Although Slater’s house was lucky and it wasn’t as bad as others, coming from a guy that experimented having a glass house in the philippines, he is an outstanding engineer. Also having the house on a mountain could have made it worse but, still Slater’s house was very durable even after a really bad super typhoon.

You can really tell if a house is well built when it can withstand a strong typhoon like Odette; its roof was never blown off by the strong winds even if it sits on a hill, and no visible form of surrounding obstruction that could somehow weaken the winds. It's very well calculated, the windloads that could affect their home's form of sheltering. An engineer's expertise indeed.

OMG. The damage. This is so watered down in all news outlets. As a fellow engineer, I gotta appreciate the structural integrity of your house. I saw the construction of skypod(?) and thought it was an overkill but, whoa... the design definitely kept you safe. Prayers and resources to all those who were affected.

People here in England don't appreciate just how lucky they are, they moan about trivial things and have nothing like this happen. In the Philippines the people endure so much yet still manage to be happy and family means so much to them. I love the people over there and I miss the place so much, hopefully I will get back there next year. Take care everyone and stay safe

This is one of the reason why we should think and hire the right person when building a house. Yung natural calamities sa atin unpredictable. Yes, mahal pero it will be worth it in time. Glad to hear you and your family are safe, Engr. BANGON VisMin! :)

In the rebuilding process, consider maybe a room or bunker in the house that’s designed as a typhoon/flood/earthquake shelter of some sorts, where occupants could survive in 2-3 days and wait out these types of calamities.

Kudos to Slater for building such strong foundation for their home! Imagine a glass house on top of the mountain being hit by a super typhoon yet they only get water leaks as a result. Of course their trauma is a different story.

I donated 100k personal funds 🥺 sana malayo maabot. Heartbreaking nangyare. Glad your familys okay

I hardly finish the video kasi nakakadurog ng puso ang nangyari diyan sa region ninyo.. All our prayers are with you guys and those who are also greatly affected by the typhoon. Babangon muli and tulong tulong tayo! God Bless!

I’m from the Philippines living now in Florida and here we experiences strong hurricane or typhoon and we do a lot of preparations before the hurricane. The windows are boarded that means we cover the windows with plywood or now a days using aluminum shutters. The reason for covering all the windows and even the doors is so that if a flying object hits it won’t break the glass that would then let the water in the house. I remember helping my husband doing all these things. The other things are… bringing in all the potted plants, patio furnitures inside the house so that they won’t be lifted by strong winds and be a flying weapon. Next is preparing enough foods and water that will last you for couple of days. Have candles, flashlights with good batteries, manual can opener, gas for the grill so you can cook even without electricity and tap water to use for bathing and flushing the toilet. Put your vehicle inside the covered garage or transfer them to a secured garage even if you have to pay. Fill up your car. Lastly, take some cash out from your bank in case because after the storm if there is no power, ATM won’t work. It’s a lot of work. I understand your situation and feel your pain. Stay strong!

The house is saved by the design and also luck. Could really say that the designer have done have done a great job.

Liteblock is amazing it has withstand the wind damage than hollow blocks! Such a good source of an alternative construction materials. This is a must have tlaga!

A lot of people here are commenting that it isn't advisable to built a glass house here in the PH. Well, as you can see their house had minimal damage from the typhoon compared to the other houses. Stop questioning their decision in choosing a glass house. It was super typhoon, dude. Glad they're all safe and the house wasn't even damaged at all.

As your fellow Engr, I salute you Engr. Slater for the structural stability of your house that withstand such super typhoon. It only shows that it is far more vital to take serious measure when it comes to stability of an structure.

Here in Bicol as we experienced so many typhoon. We learned a lot from it and be innovative before a typhoon comes. We trim big trees or cut it down when it's near our house, we use sand bags to hold our roofs,it's very proven effective cause it gets heavier when wet.

Praying for everyone affected by Typhoon Odette. Not just cebu but also Negros Occidental, negros oriental, siargao, leyte and so on. These provinces are not getting alot of media coverage and there are multiple casualties and families that lost their homes. Let’s do what we can to help them 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Call it lucky or engineering expertise that made the house withstood the brutal winds but for me talagang Devine protection, kasi as what Slater said kahit isang glass na mabasag everything will fall apart and to think na may isang malaking tree branch that fell but never hit the glass window ay talagang big deal na yun to say Thank you Lord!

I really agree to Sir Slater, this super typhoon got me so traumatized. Even a simple vibration of the 10 wheelers truck all the memories happened recalls back. Hoping and praying not to experience those kind of natural disaster again.

Praying for Cebu and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

You inspired countless people into building their dream homes. I know you will continue to inspire people to rise again and to build back better.

Lets all be thankful that no one is hurt, that's it. Material things, mahahanapan ng solusyon yan, yung buhay natin pag nawala, wala na, kaya lets all be thankful. We can do this together.!

Thank you for sharing this because so many people don’t realize the extent of the damage. This is definitely an eye opener

Thanks for sharing, Slater! Good to know you guys are safe. I have a colleague who is based there in Cebu as well, they are okay. Praying for everyone's safety...

5:57 IM SORRY BUT KRYZ 😭 Praying that everyone's coping alright though. Other than the damages, I can't imagine the stress preggy pa jud si Kryz. 🙏🏼

When I lived in Wilmington,NC, a lot of hurricanes would cause yearly damage. One tip was to have an old fashion telephone line (yong May jack) so if there’s a power outage, one still has a phone to use.

I am sad about the damage Odette did to others. But I am happy for me. My wife had just finished building a nice house in Bohol province but we hadn't moved in yet. All brick, steel roof with heavy steel trusses. Odette caused a bit of damage to one roof corner. We had them go back and use good Hurricane Truss Tie Downs on the entire roof. Now our house is typhoon proof. Thank you Odette for testing it for us. I want your generator now :)

"A lot of people in Manila are messaging us like 'Hey, meet your deadline' parang business as usual." - Hits different because you know this is true. Life here in Luzon continued like nothing happened with our people in Visayas and Mindanao.

I admire you so much slater the way you accept damage to your house and in your project as well.. anyway you're inspiration to others who've lost their homes too, godbless you slater!!!

Slater our prayers are with you. Hoping you can sort it all out. I know your heart is in the right place when you kept mentioning others that were worst off and you figuring out how to help. God Bless

Hi Slater, I am from the northern part of Cebu. we're good here. yung nasa Cebu city and other neighboring cities are coming here to rent a hotel, buy necessities, and others. Yung problem lang is yung iba naghohoard ng gasoline just to sell jan sa city then they double the price. kaya nauubos yung supply ng gas dito samen. Yung ibang gasoline station is nagclose na. I experienced yolanda at I think ganun talaga kalakas yung tumama jan sa inyo. buti nalang maliit lang casualties pero nakakasad paren. Ingat po kayo jan.

Oh man. I've recently found the channel and have seen your videos. Seeing the damages and how the typhoon ruined the once beautiful work is depressing. Seeing your family safe is the best thing this day.

You are blessed, Sir Slater and family . Praying na maging ok pa din lahat para sa typhoon Odette's victims ✨🙏

Youre family is the first one who comes to my mind the moment i heares about the damage..the skypod is almost glasses..its good to know that you are all safe..everything can restore but the life cannot..God is good

The closed regional TV channels could really help during these times sana 😞 Thank you Slater for showing us even a glimpse of how bad the damage is on your region. Praying for the recovery of Cebu and all the affected areas 🙏🏼

Not just Cebu that needs help but also Bohol, Samar, Leyte and many other places. Just watch out for enterprising scammers. I was already partly scammed by a former neighbor. He didn't distribute as was said and kept most for himself. But I understand. Necessity turns people to become bad. He wasn't that greedy before this happens.

WOW. You guys are so lucky. Things could have be so much worse. Thank God that you guys are safe. Prayers to everyone in the Phils. God bless.

Amping mo diha, Slater. You're definitely blessed to still have your home intact. I admire how you're stepping up to help your fellow Cebuanos. We have families in Dalaguete, Cebu and we heard it was a mess there. They're expecting power to be back in 2-3 months pa. 😢

We are continously praying for the eventual recovery and the safety of all families whose lives and properties were ravaged by the typhoon Odette. Thank God at ligtas kayo, Engr. Slater. At least your house is still quite intact despite the damaged parts. Keep safe and always lean to God. Babangon din kayo, Visayas and Mindanao. Kayang-kaya ninyo iyan.😢😟

i feel so sad for everyone who were affected by typhoon. I pray and hope for all of you to recover fast. This vlog of yours show that even good engineers or family of engineers at that can still be affected by this kind of calamities. I just wish you all the best for the coming days

Thank you for sharing these, wishing you all safe!

Praying for everyone na naapektohan ng bagyo. Sana safe po kayong lahat at Salamat sa lahat ng tumulong at tutulong pa😇🙏

I remember your dad has a turtle in their backyard. Praying for all of you that got hit by Odette 🙏 Keep safe always ♥

Glad you are all safe. Thanks for sharing what is happening in Cebu. I kept checking your socials to make sure you guys are ok.

I am glad that you all were safe despite of all these horrible typhoon. 🥺🙏🏼 May God bless u all! Our prayers are with you all. Sending love from Bahrain 🇧🇭

Praying for Cebu and the Philipines. All I can say that I am glad your family safe and I hope after or post typhoon you will have an idea on how you will renovate your house, I believe you are a great engineer and will come up with a safe better post typhoon house (you should build a bunker, I remember houses in the USA that have typhoon/hurricane have a bunker). Stay Strong Slater, Kryz and baby Scotty. 💜 ( i know this is maybe too much in remote area there are friends of mine that has satelite telephone it was useful when there was a Tsunami / earthquake or remotely faraway . Old landline usually works too)

Grabe! Magpapasko pa man din. My thoughts and prayers are with you guys and to all the affected on this disaster. Bangon! Laban lang!

Kudos on your mindset! Acknowledging what is most important - your loved ones are safe. Being grateful for what you have left in the midst of a calamity and going so far as to think of unselfishly helping others.

Thank you for sharing this information, its nice to hear that everyone in your family are safe, thats the most important thing.. Please take care and continue to pray. Unforgettable Mae

Slater, even if you where damaged you still say How blessed you are. True strength of spirit!

Thank God that my family and friend in Cebu are unharmed. Praying for everyone's safety.

It's so sad to hear about the damage that Cebu took on due to typhoon Odette. Glad to hear that your family is safe. Take care everyone. Praying for everyone. God bless.

Just want to say...the tip you mentioned a year ago with sir/ Architect Oliver about always having a silicone gun and cartridge on hand really helped a lot...it didn't stop the leak but it totally helped in preventing more rain water from getting blown inside the window because of the strong wind, it also didn't adhere or sealed off the window frame after since it's already wet so there was no concern about the frame sticking to the track.

My heart goes out to you and your family and the people of the Philippines. So sad to see all these disasters in all these places. Stay strong guys, take good care of each other. Always have faith and hope 🙏🙏🙏

Thank God you were all safe. Stay strong Sir Slater and family! Tulong - tulong tayong lahat para sa muling pagbangon. 🙏🙂

Tibay ng bahay ni Slater. Lalo na the glasses. Not even 1 glass wall broken. Kudos to you, Dong!

Thank you for helping other people kahit na kayo mismo ay nasalanta din. God bless you. God bless all our kababayan in PH who suffered badly from the super typhoon.

This is one of the strongest typhoons that i have ever experience aside from Yolanda, you could really hear the strong winds and things outside crashing everywhere. very scary, no signal as well. T_T

5:56 Ma'am Kryz made my day ^_^ Praying for Cebu and everyone affected of the typhoon.

You are so blessed engr Slater young …God keeps u all safe …thank u Lord Praying for all the people of cebu and all rest of the province ,city …may God Provides all your needs …stay strong po God cares😇💖

This shows you’re a legend in engineering. Goal to get you design my dream house in the future. Keep safe

yes as someone who lives in Negros Occidental, it's my first time also to experience such very strong winds. The howling was scary. Malayo pa ang bagyo super lakas na nang hangin. After 30 years lumusot ulit ang Bagyong ganitong kalakas sa Negros. Most of the time kasi Bacolod don't experience such things Kasi humuhina ang bagyo kasi naka Shield ang Mt. Canlaon. and mga bukirin na part. Although humina nga naman ang hangin instead of 240kph, bumaba. Pero super lakas parin talaga.

Stay safe Skyfam and prayers to you both, scottie, your relatives pati sa mga kamag-anak nila kuya at ate diyan 🙏 also to all the affected 🙏

I was just watched your vlog now, how sorry I am to see and hear about this disaster weather that had happened to Cebu’s cities especially your house. I am so glad that to see that you are all safe, please take care.

Thank God you're all safe. Grabe yung damage, lalo yung sa ibang houses din. Our prayers are with you and those who were affected by the typhoon 🙏

I'm so glad you're all safe, but I've always wondered how well your house would fare in a typhoon, with all of that glass. I assume you discussed this with the architects and builders while you were building. It's so critical to consider when house building. My heart goes out to all of you in that area. God bless and please be safe ❤

In Gods protection and to the engineers and architects who designed the house, Thank you to all of you,they are safe. Love and light to your family sir slater and to all vismin people affected by typhoon.

So glad that your whole family is safe. 🤍

Watching this and Krizzy’s vlog made me cry because I remember how we were during st yolanda in 2013. Yung literally sira bahay nyo because water was everywhere even on the walls tapos we cannot fix them until now because of financial constraints. Marami nangyari sa family namin since Nov8,2013 mostly health concerns and urgent medical needs of my mama that we had to prioritize over fixing our house. The only thing we were able to fix was our roof because it leaked and we needed to get it done because my late mother was a well-known diabetic and my nephew was 9mos old at that time and they were immunocompromised. I haven’t cried since that day and seeing this now flashes back all of the memories and ordeal we had to go through kasi ramdam mo gaano kahirap and kacostly for the couple and all of disasters survivors to reset and rebuild everything. But God is good, darating din time makakapag paayos kami ng bahay. Be strong, survivors. There is no hurdle that we cannot overcome. God bless you. Merry Christmas 🎁

My 2 daughters were also sleeping all throughout. Even though the noise caused by typhoon was so loud. I was just praying the whole time..🙏🙏

Thank you for sharing this video... very raw, very real. Planning is everything, as you said. Kahit pa one year ang planning, now we all see, sulit talaga! We learn and we adapt, then innovate. I’m sure you have learned many things from this, Engr, and you will find innovations na naman. Thank you for taking up vlogging talaga. We pray for your safety so you can help more people! Merry Christmas, kahit ganito ng nasira ang lahat, what’s important is that you are all safe. In the end, this is what matters most. We can rebuild lalo na if we all work together.

So happy all of you survived and are safe. Big blessings to all of you over there...

They only I could help is prayer🙏🏻 Glad you guys are safe and that's the most important.

I think need mo po maglagay ng Roll-up Shutter for more safe lalo na pag Large glass windows po and I'm glad you're all safe.

Hi Sir Slater. I was so worried for your fam knowing nga kusog kaayo si Odette. Salamat sa update Sir. Bangon Bisaya!

I don’t follow you that often only because I’m not yet ( not sure now if I will ) be in the Philippines. But enjoy your designing concepts so I catch you every once in awhile. More so I am happy to know you and your family are safe and sound. Many lives destroyed, homes gone. Objects can be replaced, people cannot. Thoughts, prayers and blessings go to the peoples of the Philippines. Best of luck, for you are truthfully most fortunate.

I am an avid follower .I am thinking about your beautiful house after experiencing the typhoon here in southern leyte. I am very glad ur okay. U have no idea how happy i am watching this video. Keep safe po.

Praise God that you’re all safe and well! 🙏🏻

OMG! My prayers to your family and to the people of Cebu.

glad you and your family is safe bai! Thank you for sharing, beautiful place you have! Keep safe and God bless!

It's a miracle that your home got minimal damage, thank God for that. What's also important is All of you are safe. ❤️ Prayers for all the affected of Typhoon Odette, may God give you strength (physically, mentally and emotionally) so you will able to rise again from this calamity. ❤️❤️

Bangon CEBU!! Praying for all of you guys ug sa tanan na apektohan nga pamilya 🙏🙏🙏

We are praying for ur recovery of the house and everything in cebu sir it really breaks our heart to see the damage. Thank God your all safe and we continue to pray for u all affected.

I always have this huge spot for Cebu, i lived there for 8 years and i felt shattered as well seeing the feeds brought by the typhoon Odette. Bangon Cebu, barog lang. Praying for total recovery of the entire Cebu and all areas in VisMin affected by Odette.

praying for all you guys out there

Praying for you and your family to be able to recover quickly, sir Slater. And also for the rest of those who were hit by the storm. 🙏

Reminds me of Sendong here in Cagayan de Oro, my goodness, our prayers are with you Slate and to all who are devastated.

slater is really a good engineer. I saw some videos on youtube, glass windows were broken but slater stand still

Houses could be restored, and I'm glad you're all safe. Calamities are uncontrollable. Stay safe...

Really glad everyone's safe especially Momma Kryz! Bangon Cebu!!! huhuhu

Oh no brod! Sorry about the damage to your property and am glad all are well. Btw, hoping this will end the rainy season as it has been a long. Hoping also, the soil is not as saturated and that foundation is good and strong.

Super thank full nothing happened to you guys. And its sad many people were affected. Thinking of those many homeless people. So sad. And it's what 4 days to Christmas. God. Thank you Slater for helping.

Yea I don't trust this guy to make that banaue inspired condo for rich people

That is terrible. But compared to other homes, I think you made out pretty well thank god. I’ve seen the destruction to the poorer neighborhoods and everything is gone. And not to mention they’re not as well off. So hopefully everyone will be able to help those who are in dire need with life and death situations. I pray everyone will recover quickly🙏🏼

Stay safe, Engr! Kami rin dito sa Palawan grabe. Sobrang takot. Sounds exaggerating pero grabe talaga lakas. Also, sana mapansin din ang Palawan na matulungan.

First of all its nice to see you safe yun ang pinaka importante sa lahat. Grabeng lakas talaga ng bagyong Odette, giniba nya ang SKYPOD, isa sa mga hinahangaan kong bahay structurally wise na sinubaybayan ko hanggang finishing at akala ko typhoon proof na talaga ito but still the damage is very minimal pero nakakapanlumo pag nakita mo ang dream house mong devastated it's Hurting, pero tama ka you're still lucky compared to others. We pray for all the Cebuanos and all affected areas in Visayas.🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank youuuu po sa update! Been waiting for this po…

For awareness on how strong the typhoon is, will you share cctv footage of the typhoon ? We only see the aftermaths, but the actual strength we have no idea.

Prayers to all from Cebu,Leyte and Bohol stay safe stay strong and God will always Protect us all🙏🙏🙏

Watching from Consolacion Cebu…karong buntag lang gyud nabalik ang among kuryente bai! Grabe si Odette

Liked this vlog because I want the people to know that Visayas and some parts of Mindanao needs help. Cebu needs help!