Cubans Take Cover

Cubans Take Cover

It appears the hurricane that I have warned you about for the past year is arriving on schedule. Dean may be a historic hurricane for Cuba. The path it is taking is rare and will cause the storm to run parallel to Cuba. A wide swath of Cuba will experience 100 mile per hour winds, perhaps higher than that for some. The southern coast will get a huge storm surge that will cause flooding to occur a great distance inland through the rivers.

Do not depend on the Cuban government to save you. They are having a tough enough time saving themselves. The most important thing to have is water. There will be none available after the storm and once it passes the weather will be burning hot. Each person will need at least a gallon a day maybe more. Next, find a secure location to hunker down and get the hell out of those buildings being held up by sticks. These dwellings will not survive 100 mile per hour plus sustained winds. Low lying areas are death traps.

Once the hurricane passes there may be millions of you left homeless and in need of help. The electric grid will be down perhaps for a very long time. Water and sewer facilities will be non existent. Roads and bridges will be washed out preventing supplies from reaching their destination. Aircraft will be destroyed on the tarmac as well. Medical care will go from the usual terrible service to none at all. Diseases will become a problem with the lack of sanitation complicated by masses of people crammed together. Food supplies will be destroyed as will crops not yet harvested. In short this may be an event of Biblical proportions that will expose the frailty and greedy incompetence of the regime for what it is. Like it or not the US and Cuban exiles may be the only group with enough resources to save you. If even several weeks of condition prevail as were seen in New Orleans after Katrina then thousands of you may die a dreadful death. Perhaps Raul and his gang might get out of the way and let us help. Or do you think he will expect you to just die rather than accepting our help?