Mean Hurricane ARRIVED!
{Saturday, September 9th, 2017}
Bad Friday night in Cuba.
Cuba evacuated 700,000 people.
{Saturday, September 9th, 2017}
The Reuters/BBC photo above shows the fierce winds of Hurricane Irma lashing the Camaguey Archipelago on Cuba's northeastern coast. The hardest hit areas of Cuba included Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritis, Villa Clara and Matanzas. But the entire, vulnerable island will be in a recovery mode as Irma smashes Florida.
Still assaulting Cuba Sat., Sept. 9th.
The photo above shows three very talented and dedicated broadcast journalists in Havana keeping Cubans up to date on the fast-approaching Hurricane Irma. From left-to-right: Rosy Amaro Perez, Antonio Guzman Morales, and Yanet Perez Moya.
The ferocious Hurricane Irma, shown above via satellite, has the undivided attention of Cuba as well as its Caribbean and South Florida neighbors, and rightly so. It is now the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in all of recorded history.
The graphic above shows the expected path of Hurricane Irma from 12:00 PM EST Thursday, September 7th -- till 8:00 A. M. EST Monday, Sept. 11th. Cuba is bracing for Irma to start raking its northern coast by Friday night. The Miami Herald has pointed out that U. S. meteorologists and Southern Command military experts have long advised the U. S. and other nations to study Cuba's hurricane preparedness. In a major Sept. 6th article written by Mimi Whitefield, Miami's top newspaper said, "Cuba is known for carrying out its hurricane preparedness plans with military precision...even clearing caves in rural areas where Cubans often seek shelter."
Cuba's prime preparation for Irma is underway from Matanzas southeast of Havana down to the southeastern province of Guantanamo where the U. S. has an important military base at the island's southern-most tip. As of Thursday morning, Cuba had not announced a watch for Havana but the Miami Herald reported, "Long lines formed outside supermarkets in the capital city to stock up on their hurricane supplies."
Cuba's outstanding broadcast journalist Rosy Amaro Perez reported on Hurricane Irma-ravaged disasters -- "desatres en Isla San Martin" -- and then she pleaded with Cubans "to take good care of yourselves!" {"tomar bueno el cuidado de te."}.
Hurricane Irma's Caribbean march.
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| Photo courtesy: Al Diaz-Miami Herald
The Miami Herald's Mimi Whitefield has been honored for her reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean, especially Cuba. She received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, which acknowledges excellence in coverage of the region. It's the oldest prize in international journalism and this year's winners were announced by the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Columbia's President Lee C. Bollinger made the announcements and also saluted journalists slain in Mexico.
If Irma had permitted, there was a major anti-embargo/blockade march set for this weekend -- Saturday, Sept. 9th, 2017 -- in Cuba. The "No Mas Bloqueo" protest aims to shine focus on the U. S. embargo of Cuba that has been in effect since 1962 as one of the efforts to counter...upend...the 1959 victory of the Cuban Revolution.
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