[edit] US Should Learn Emergency Procedures From Cuba
When hit by category 5 hurricane, Ivan, in 2004, Cuba evacuated 1.9 million people from vulnerable areas prior to the storm. No Cubans died as a result of the storm. [3]
Ray: I was as corrupt like you once, George, but I'm a changed man! GWB: What do you mean, like me? Do you realize how many people I killed? How many people I will kill?
On rebuilding Trent Lott's house: "'Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house, there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch,' he said. Commentators were quick to note that Lott has at least one other house, unlike the poor who are stranded in New Orleans." (GWB cited in The Observer, September 4, 2005) [1]
"Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is working very well for them," Mrs. Bush told American Public Media's "Marketplace" program, before returning to her multi-million dollar Houston home. (cited in The Nation, Sept. 6) [2]
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