Reply #55: It isn't that Castro's gov't is better, Cuba just has better geography.

[Silverhair]

Cuba is very hilly. If you can get 30 feet above high tide level then you are safe from storm surge. If you are not in a valley, you won't get flooding. A sturdy cinder block building will survive the winds. Castro only has to move people a short distance. They can WALK to safety !!!! Nor does he have the megacities that we do.

In the US, the cities are on coastal plains, or on islands, or isolated by swamps and lakes, and some of them are megacities. You have to drive far inland to reach safety. It is a hugely different problem.