"Food shortages seen after 2 hurricanes
HAVANA - The Cuban government warned yesterday of impending food shortages because of damage from hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and said emergency measures would be taken to limit their impact. Vice Minister of Agriculture Alcides Lopez said 30 percent of the nation's crops had been damaged by the storms, which together caused devastation across virtually the entire length of the island. "There have been very serious effects, but I can say . . . no Cuban is going to die of hunger or be abandoned to their fate," Lopez said (Reuters)."
Unlike here in AmeriKa: AmeriKan MSM Hiding THOUSANDS of DEAD From Hurricane Ike
And as if to prove my point:
"Galveston evacuees asked to wait a week, then return; Officials working to get city 'ready' for residents" by Juan A. Lozano and Christopher Sherman, Associated Press | September 19, 2008
GALVESTON, Texas - Officials pleaded for tens of thousands to wait at least another week before trying to come home.
Life took more steps toward normal in Houston, where traffic picked up on the downtown streets.
Pffffttt!
Also see: The Silver Lining of Ike
To help ease the recovery in Texas, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff urged private mortgage lenders yesterday to cut some slack to financially strapped homeowners. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development had earlier issued a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures on FHA loans, a reprieve for about 7,000 homeowners who were in foreclosure or on the cusp.
WTF? How come THEY get some SLACK?!
What about the REST OF US?! Where are OUR BAILOUTS?
"A lot of times, after a disaster, people come back, they have expenses they didn't count on," HUD Secretary Steve Preston said as he stood alongside Chertoff. "We want to make sure they have breathing room before they have to worry about mortgages (that) will become an additional challenge for them."
Chertoff was in southeast Texas for the second straight day, watching over the federal relief effort that has delivered hundreds of trucks of ice, water and food to the region's more than 5 million people.
Oh, yeah, they are doing a great job: FEMA Handles Ike Like Katrina While Chicago Floods
See what I mean about the MSM's obfuscation and lies?
Ike's death toll in the United States stood at 56, with 22 in Texas, and there was still the fear that more victims would be found.
See: Hurricane Ike Killed Tens of Thousands and Like Katrina, Like Ike
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