Hurricanes like Gustav and Hanna seem only to matter if they hit America
'The dog that didn't bark' was how one US analyst described hurricane Gustav. From a US perspective, he's right. Gustav did not match the build-up. The New Orleans levees held.
But a few hundred miles south, and it's a different story. In Haiti, Gustav – and its little sister, Hannah – have killed more than 160 and left hundreds of thousands homeless. In neighbouring Cuba, 90,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed. Cuba's southern Isle of Youth is a scene of total devastation. State-run media, which tends to put a positive spin on things, says the destruction wreaked by Gustav is equal to the last 14 major storms to hit the island combined.… Seguir leyendo »