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11-06-2007, 06:04 PM
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Is it just my 'magination or does the bag in the last photo say "E' p'alante que vamos"?
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Using a little publicity may help his re-election bid.
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11-07-2007, 08:05 AM
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11-08-2007, 10:28 AM
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11-08-2007, 08:32 PM
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Lambada, agree with the better organized programs(here still not existent) and the main point, there the people go when told to go, but with the prior alert time, i completely disagree because that's completely off the facts.
the dominican republic had the storm warning with all it's power on time and did not react in no way before the heavy rainfalls went down, the Cuban's had the much shorter notice, because the storm had not been expected to turn northwards, they got hit on full surprise, the DR not.
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11-08-2007, 09:59 PM
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the dominican republic had the storm warning with all it's power on time and did not react in no way before the heavy rainfalls went down, the Cuban's had the much shorter notice, because the storm had not been expected to turn northwards, they got hit on full surprise, the DR not.
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If this is in fact true, then the more reason to praise the preparedness of the Cubans in times of natural disasters. Their call for action is done with less resources but more discipline.
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11-08-2007, 10:18 PM
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Mexico also does a great job at it, be it with a cat. 5 hurricane hitting its Carri bean coast or the recent biblical floods in the inland part of the country.
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11-09-2007, 06:13 AM
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They have their act together, there is no doubt - and it's all to do with good organisation and knowledge and very little to do with expensive hardware. People who work in disaster preparedness across the region frequently call on the Cubans for advice, training and support on low-tech community disaster preparedness and mitigation strategies.
There's also the fact that Cubans do not have the 'freedom' to build a shack in any old place - there are controls on rural-urban migration and not very much in the way of informal settlement. Add to that a low birth rate and - despite the poverty - you haven't got the ingredients for sprawling slums that you get in other third world countries.
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11-09-2007, 11:17 AM
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Here are some photos taken in the Los Cacaos coffee growing area of San Cristobal, to the south-west of the capital. The communities there are cut off, and access is only possible on foot, mule or motorbike.
Eight people in the area lost their lives, including a mother and four children in one of the houses pictured. The father had crossed to a neighbour's house for a moment when he heard the landslide. When he got back to his house, that was what he found.
The captions are in Spanish, but the images mostly speak for themselves. |
11-09-2007, 06:19 PM
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Here are some photos taken in the Los Cacaos coffee growing area of San Cristobal, to the south-west of the capital. The communities there are cut off, and access is only possible on foot, mule or motorbike.
Eight people in the area lost their lives, including a mother and four children in one of the houses pictured. The father had crossed to a neighbour's house for a moment when he heard the landslide. When he got back to his house, that was what he found.
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Lets hope those 8 billion pesos get channeled correctly to these people. 
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