I asked a church member who has family in Mindanao.
The storm hit Mindanao, the most southern island of the Philippines. Martin was in Surigao, a northern Mindanao city in his next to the last post. But in his last post, he left there and was in Cebu, which is still southern Philippines, but not in the heaviest storm path.
That's all I know. I am just a messenger. I don't know much more than the news report and the church member.
I take that back. I just looked at a map of Philippines.
Surigao is northern Mindanao, but is almost directly east of Cebu. The storm went to Palawan after Mindanao and Cebu is in between. Damages in the news are of Mindanao, not Palawan. But, they also said it hit hard in Palawan.
“well he was online 5 days ago so i wouldnt break out the party pies yet"
The trouble with the above statement, and making fun of loved ones is, the joy or the wish in someone else's misfortune. The trouble with ragingbull is he is not innocent from this. I don't believe anyone is at one time or another.
The business that Martin is building is in an island just off northern Mindanao. That is where the heaviest damage of the storm was. Martin was on his way to Cebu in his last post, also on the storm's path, but was not in the news as far as damage.