Experience with the world's strongest typhoon recorded

Last nov.8 was the most horrifying typhoon I've ever witnessed in my life. I and a group of visual team were sent to tacloban for a hypermarket store reopening at the city of tacloban  on nov.4 despite a low pressure coming and our return was scheduled on the 8th, not knowing that the storm will hit at the exact date.

For the 1st 2 days, we stayed in a hotel in the downtown area. We changed to Go Hotels beside Robinson's after the 3rd day, since it was just walking distance to our store than the 15 min. Ride we had downtown. All was well, and we were doing double time so we can finish all that needs to be done for the store is opening on the 18th. On the 7th day, the store was almost finished, just some minor installations and it will look good definitely the next day. After work we walked to Robinsons to catch some dinner and buy pasalubong since we were scheduled to leave the day after. We knew there was a storm coming that day, but it seems we underestimated it and even the mall closed at 6pm   While in cebu almost all the big stores closed at 3pm. People were panick buying you can say, but not that nervous of the approaching storm. Me and my colleagues bought a 1 Ltr. Water each and some snack not knowing tomorrow would be a disaster. We didn't rebook because nobody from our office asked us even if all the heads were pulled out 1 by 1 and also we were busy finishing our jobs. I mean they might say we left our work unfinished, so we stayed. 

On the 8th, around 5am something, I lost my sun signal so I chatted with my hubby through fb since the hotel wifi was still working. At about 7pm Yolanda made landfall and my colleagues and I went down to the lobby to see whats going on. It was ok at first , some rain and wind, until it all turned white outside, maybe due to the force of the wind and rain that there was just zero visibility. So we ran upstairs. We're just fortunate that our hotel was elevated and made of concrete because the force of the wind was like standing in front of an airplanes turbines. At that time, all signals were lost. The following morning, we went downstairs and the lobby was a mess, Robinsons destroyed and the store we were working on was no longer standing. People were walking with injuries, dead were being transported without no clear passage. Two words : WAR ZONE. .....

@ Robinsons, car park 

To be continued....