Tornado Destroys MUCH of Havana

An Historically Cruel Hit!!
{Updated: Wednesday, Jan. 30th, 2019}

     A stunned Cuban woman standing outside what was her Havana home, now totally demolished by the tornado as were many others.

    Most Cuban-Americans are good people who care about both Americans and Cubans on the island. However, since 1959 ONLY a handful of Counter Revolutionary extremists, and their easily acquired greedy sycophants, have dictated America's Cuban policies and America's Cuban narratives. Therefore, when DECENT Cuban-Americans tried to start a Go Fund Me program to help Cubans on the island overwhelmed and devastated by the tornado, the handful of indecent rogues were quick to end the bold and decent effort. So, if you will, read the above refusal of Go Fund Me to allow those decent Cuban-Americans to help the Cubans direly victimized by the tornado. In 2019 for the U. S. democracy to continue to allow RUBIO, THE DIAZ-BALARTS, CLAVER-CARONE, REICH, MENENDEZ and a few others of that ilk to dictate such an endless, cruel, inhumane, and genocidal policy shames America, and these miscreants obviously know that and simply don't care. For almost 200 years the U. S. democracy was strong enough to prevent such shame in its name, but not since 1959. And, folks, 1959 was six decades ago. Think ABOUT IT.

     Among the majority very decent Cuban-Americans is Dr. Arturo Lopez-Levy who has taught at five U. S. universities and is a superb Latin American expert and author. He supported the DENIED Go Fund Me effort to help Cuban victims of the devastating tornado. On his Facebook page Dr. Lopez-Levy mentioned the "gang" he deems responsible for such endless cruelty against innocent Cubans.

    The Associated Press/Ramon Espinosa photo above shows a stunned Cuban girl cradling her little puppy as she is mesmerized by the damage caused by Monday's historic tornado that has devastated much of Havana. Winds reported to be 200 mph ruined homes and everything in their paths. As of Tuesday morning 4 deaths and at least 195 serious injuries were reported. Cubans had not seen a tornado like this in 8 decades!! As the Trump administration allows only anti-Cuban extremists like Marco Rubio to "strangle Cuba once and for all," recovering from this devastation may be a hopeless proposition. Cubans realize that Rubio has no compassion for this little girl or her little puppy, just for the economic and political rewards he can immediately squeeze out of the Trump White House and a mainstream U. S. media that is much too afraid to challenge Miami extremists.

     After the worst tornado in at least 80 years tore into Havana in the wee hours of Monday -- Jan. 28th, 2019 -- this International Business Times photo shows devastated homes and downed power lines as Cubans began viewing the debris near daylight on Monday morning.

       Cuban journalist Rosy Amaro used photos like this taken by the great Yamil Lage to show some of the urgency after the tornado hit Havana. Rosy said, "The maternal hospital Daughters of Galicia in Havana was strongly hit by the tornado. The images of the moment of evacuation of mothers and babies are here."

A rescued baby in Havana.

    This AP/Ramon Espinosa photo shows Cubans who had tried to salvage a few things from their tornado-demolished homes. They were taking these belongings to a bus that was waiting to transfer them to a shelter. In the past 8 decades no tornado has ever done this much damage to hurricane-prone Cuba.

       Coastal prone zones of Havana were flooded and residents like these tried to go inland to some safer havens in the capital city.

    At 1:20 A. M. on Monday morning -- January 28th, 2019 -- my friend in Havana, Rosy Amaro, took time to send me this exact message from Cuba to the USA: "My dear Rich. My family and me are fine. My Havana was affected by a tornado. But we are fine." It was the first I had heard about the tornado. As a democracy-loving American ashamed of America's insanely cruel Batistiano-driven Cuban policies, I am deeply proud that Rosy knows how much I care about her safety and the safety and well-being of her 5-year-old Mariana.

       Almost a sleepless night in Havana for Rosy and Mariana Monday night -- Jan. 27, 2019. I hope they feel much safer and happier three days later. At 3:20 A. M. back on Monday morning, Rosy told me she had gotten Mariana to sleep, saying, "Yes, Mariana is sleep. I'm gathering information and I'm working at home." Rosy is first a mother and then a top journalist on the island.

     As of very early Monday morning -- Jan. 28th, 2019 -- Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel had toured the tornado damage in Havana and updated Cubans on television and on his Twitter page. As you can see he reported at that time that "3" Cubans had died and "172" had been injured according to early accounts. Diaz-Canel is the white-haired man in the tan jacket at the scene in the above photos.

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