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techumseh
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of the frozen North.
Apr 1999
time: 22:32
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China evacuates 790,000 as typhoon slams into coast
September 2, 2005
China evacuated more than 790,000 people as powerful Typhoon Talim slammed into its east coast yesterday after barrelling across Taiwan, where it left three dead and dozens injured.
Talim was forecast to be the strongest storm to hit China this season and the observatory in Fujian province issued its highest-level alert, warning of potential landslides, flooding and widespread damage.
With a radius of 250 kilometres, Talim was packing centre winds of up to 144 kilometres per hour, according to the central weather bureau in Taiwan.
The China Meteorological Association said the storm made landfall at Putian city in Fujian late afternoon, bringing torrential rain and strong winds.
State television showed rising seas off the coast of Fujian as rains hammered coastal roads, but winds did not appear as strong as they were in Taiwan where three people died and 59 were injured on Wednesday and yesterday.
Nearly 500,000 people have been evacuated in Fujian and another 291,000 from neighbouring Zhejiang province, according to local officials, while some 30,000 fishing vessels returned to harbour.
Most flights from Fujian's capital Fuzhou were cancelled yesterday and schools province-wide have been ordered to close until Monday, state television said.
Talim is "probably the strongest typhoon China will experience in terms of wind this summer," said National Meteorological Centre expert Zhang Ling.
Wang Dongfa, head of Zhejiang's meteorological bureau, said they expect the typhoon to focus on Fujian but nevertheless warned of torrential rain to Wenzhou, Taizhou and Ningbo cities and surrounding areas.
East and south-east China are prone to typhoons and have been pummeled by dozens over the past 50 years.
Talim churned through Taiwan Wednesday but by late yesterday had largely left the island as it churned towards China.
Two men drowned in southern Tainan and northern Miaoli counties while a 60-year-old woman was hit by lightning in the southern Changhua county, the National Fire Agency said.
Offices, schools and financial markets closed in Taiwan, all domestic flights were cancelled and many trains and international air services were delayed.
An air raid drill slated for Friday in Taipei was postponed until next week.
Electricity was cut to 1.7 million homes but most were expected to be reconnected before the end of the day.
In Taichung, a bridge connecting Kukuan, a popular hot spring, was submerged by flash floods, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of tourists.
In the northeastern county of Ilan, powerful waves smashed into the port of Wushi which was closed by the authorities.
Among those injured were eight prisoners and a policeman, hurt when their van rammed a crash barrier.
In the capital, where the rain and winds were less severe than elsewhere, bars, karaoke lounges and restaurants were crowded as people took advantage of the national holiday declared as a result of Talim.
Most air and land traffic was expected to return to normal yesterday as the typhoon moved away.
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Kinda speaks for itself.
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Guynemer
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I think the point being that China successfully evacuated all those people, whereas we did not.
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chegitz guevara
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL Communist Party of Apolyton
Jun 2000
time: 00:32
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Originally posted by Guynemer
I think the point being that China successfully evacuated all those people, whereas we did not. |
Cuba's evacuation system is far more impressive. I'm cutting the original email address.
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>From: xxxxxxx
Sent: Sep 1, 2005 9:13 PM
To: xxxxxxxx
Subject: how cuba does it
i just spoke to xxxxxx, a walking encyclopedia of knowledge about cuba, and asked him how civil defense is conducted in cuba. he ticked it off while i listened with my left hand and typed with my right. here are the notes i took:
* * *
less than 2 months ago, cuba was able to move 1.7 [million] people on short notice.
the whole civil defense is embedded in the community to begin with.
people know ahead of time where they are to go.
they come to your door and knock, and tell you, evacuation is coming, then they come and tell you, now.
if no electricity, they have runners who communicate from a headquarters to central locations what is to be done.
the country's leaders go on TV and take charge. but not only the leaders are speaking. the TV weatherpeople are knowledgeable. and the population is well educated about hurricanes.
they not only evacuate. it's arranged beforehand where they will go, who has family where. not only pickup is organized, delivery of people is organized.
merely sticking them in a stadium is unthinkable. shelters all have medical personnel, from the neighborhood. they have family doctors in cuba (!), who evacuate together with the neighborhood, and already know who, for example, needs insulin.
if they evacuate to a countryside high school -- a last resort -- they have dormitories there.
they also have veterinarians and they evacuate animals. they begin evacuating immediately, and also evacuate TV sets and refrigerators, so that people aren't relucatant to leave because people might steal their stuff.
it's not throwing money at the problem. it's not financial capital, it's social capital. the u.s. in this sense has zero social capital.
dealing with hurricanes in cuba, as compared with how it's done in the u.s., is similar to the differences in how they deal with medicine. it's not reactive; it's proactive. they act as early as possible. the u.s. doesn't have civil defense, it has civil *reaction.* |
Last edited by chegitz guevara on 04-09-2005 at 03:28
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BlackCat
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quote:
Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Cuba's evacuation system is far more impressive. I'm cutting the original email address.
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>From: xxxxxxx
Sent: Sep 1, 2005 9:13 PM
To: xxxxxxxx
Subject: how cuba does it
less than 2 months ago, cuba was able to move 1.7 people on short notice.
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Just out of curiosity - what 0.3 part of the second person moved are left behind ?
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BlackCat
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Somehow I think that there may be the smell of flesh hitten by a banning rod - well, in this case I'll enjoy it.
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04-09-2005 02:53
zomfg pwned!!! 
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