and here comes the next one.

[piranha]

hurricane wilma is battering cozumel, and cancun (pictures).

i wonder whether i'd be writing journal entries while a hurricane is busy trying to tear my home down. probably.

cuba evacuated 370,000 people from its western coast. how come cuba is so good at evacuating? they seem to have it down pat. lessons to be learned?

Comments

[crazed-lynn.livejournal.com]

We simply have the wrong dictator.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Castro actually gives a shit.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

This may actually be one of the few benefits of having a dictator -- there's a REAL clear chain of command. And, well, if you're Fidel Castro, you really can't pass the buck to anyone else. He screws up, it's pretty damn clear who screwed up.

[asciident]

Aside from Castro giving a shit, and a clear chain of command that points directly at him if shit messes up, Cuba has had tons of practice for handling hurricanes. (Although certainly Castro giving a shit helps. ;))

[bpt.livejournal.com]

regarding Cuba, see Weathering the Storm: Lessons in Risk Reduction from Cuba (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/publications/research_reports/pdfs/cuba_hur_eng.pdf&ei=UOxZQ6C4Nb_macOnkMQC&sig2=GSULvI2ifhh3iO9RE0GBDQ) from Oxfam

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

Re: Cuba: Practice, practice, practice.

I want to know what the hell happens when we run out of the alphabet? *Wilma*!???