Prices for limes and coconuts are up, thanks to bad weather and more demand.
Many Filipinos send care packages back home, even in good times.
Typhoons beat on the Philippines regularly, destroying roads, bridges and buildings in an already poor country.
The Philippines does have an important longer-term asset: The underlying strength of its economy.
The extensive Filipino community here in the U.S. is rushing to the aid of its typhoon-struck homeland with grass-roots fundraising initiatives.
