Mike Wootton
To see the photos of death, damage and destruction wrought in the Visayas by Super Typhoon Yolanda makes for a sobering realization of the condition and exposure of the Philippines to natural disasters. Such flimsy houses, such jerry-built construction, such lack of robust infrastructure; such “living on the edge” that it can be no surprise that a powerful typhoon has such awful consequences, and it doesn’t have to be a super typhoon to wreak havoc death and destruction. Living conditions really are so fragile for the vast majority of people.