The typhoon curse and what to do about it

This type of hurricane is a very strong tempest, so many and so strong hitting these islands that neither Virgil nor Ovid nor any other poet I have read can describe its destructive power. These occur very often and we suffer so much, that even after experiencing them, it is difficult to believe these can happen.

– Francisco I. Alzina SJ, a Jesuit missionary in the Philippines, 1668