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Prepared to confront Gustav.  Granma is the official newspaper, so remember that caveat, but it looks like they're prepared.  In previous hurricanes, the Cubans have been very good about getting people to safety.  Much better than in the US.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 05:29:22 PM EST
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Having been in on the emergency response side, the people who know what's happening are too busy doing their jobs to piss around giving interviews.  In these kinds of emergencies "official" is the best it gets.  The Cuban government has little reason to bullshit their own people about what is happening -- they can look out their windows (assuming they still have 'em) and see what is happening.

The only accurate source would be picking up the police, fire, and emergency radio traffic on a side-band capable short wave receiver.  Very confusing if you don't have in-depth information about the area and emergency response measures/tactics being used.

 

by ATinNM on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 07:58:30 PM EST
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I simply cannot believe that this storm achieved a category 4 status in such a brief period of time.  This is truly unprecedented:

Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm.

Forecasters said Gustav was just short of becoming a top-scale Category 5 hurricane as it powered its way toward mainland Cuba, where authorities were hurriedly evacuating more than 240,000 people from the nation's tobacco-rich western tip.



"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 08:17:09 PM EST
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That's Chaos for you.
by ATinNM on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 09:00:33 PM EST
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