Saturday, September 13, 2008

Internet Video of Ike Whacking Cuba

Ever notice how commercial media (and the CBC, BBC et al) give considerable coverage to hurricanes and such hitting the coast of Florida even if by the time they get there they have subsided into tropical storms, but little or no attention is paid to Cuba (with its extensive hurricane evacuation system) or Haiti (where the death toll will likely break 1,000 this season)?

Internet video sites and a little creative citizen journalism is making a difference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9WGhKNuKhU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dD0hI0QC1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03JU_ScZJtg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9L7Mj6my8I

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