Reuters AlertNet - Cuba's hurricane handling is example to all-U.N.:
GENEVA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Cuba's system of preparing for hurricanes is an example to all, including the U.S. state of Florida, the United Nations' top official for humanitarian affairs and disasters said on Thursday.
While over 3,000 people were killed in Haiti last month by hurricane Jeane, nobody died in Cuba when it was struck earlier by an even more powerful storm, said Jan Egeland, the U.N.'s coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Humanitarian Relief.
While Havana was lucky the storm did not hit the most populated part of the Caribbean island, the main reason nobody died was that Cuba was well prepared, he told journalists.
'The number one in terms of social organisation in having people respond responsibly when there is a hurricane alert in the region is Cuba and then maybe Florida is number two,' Egeland said.
'In this case, Florida could probably learn from Cuba, however ... it is probably marginal,' he added."
Ha ha ha! Some U.N. official takes whatever Cuba says at face value! Hmmm, maybe they're...lying! Cuba is a disaster every day for it's people, even without a hurricane, due to its failed socialist policies. But lefties still revere good old Che and Fidel. Unbelievable. In their mind more "government planning" is the solution to every human problem. With people like themselves in charge presumably!
GENEVA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Cuba's system of preparing for hurricanes is an example to all, including the U.S. state of Florida, the United Nations' top official for humanitarian affairs and disasters said on Thursday.
While over 3,000 people were killed in Haiti last month by hurricane Jeane, nobody died in Cuba when it was struck earlier by an even more powerful storm, said Jan Egeland, the U.N.'s coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Humanitarian Relief.
While Havana was lucky the storm did not hit the most populated part of the Caribbean island, the main reason nobody died was that Cuba was well prepared, he told journalists.
'The number one in terms of social organisation in having people respond responsibly when there is a hurricane alert in the region is Cuba and then maybe Florida is number two,' Egeland said.
'In this case, Florida could probably learn from Cuba, however ... it is probably marginal,' he added."
Ha ha ha! Some U.N. official takes whatever Cuba says at face value! Hmmm, maybe they're...lying! Cuba is a disaster every day for it's people, even without a hurricane, due to its failed socialist policies. But lefties still revere good old Che and Fidel. Unbelievable. In their mind more "government planning" is the solution to every human problem. With people like themselves in charge presumably!