Caught in a Category 5 Typhoon

Should people follow the priest’s advice and seek refuge in the Church?

No power, no television, no Internet and plenty of time to kill.

In September 2018, I was living in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines. A category 5 typhoon named Mangkhut approached with menacing winds and rain on the 15th and by the 17th, it hit Baguio with incredible force.

For some strange reason, the Philippine authorities rename every typhoon so the local name for this one was…