Someone just posted this on fb actually :

http://i.imgur.com/2GsOt.jpg

Me too and I live in America.

Well the thing is, I read that anything over an inch of surplus rainwater would inundate the subway pumps. That seems like it needs aggressive upgrading to me. :laugh:

I mean fair enough, they can't protect against the Sandy-scale flooding but they need new pumps immediately.

And I don't think it's a case of technology moving in the wrong direction, but more a case of money going to the wrong places -cough- for-profit companies -cough cough-.

Well to be fair, Haiti and Cuba looked like disaster zones BEFORE the storm hit them, so it's really not as dramatic as a disaster in America.

Also New York and the north eastern seaboard has a much larger population affected as well as a huge number of tourists from all over the world affected.

Remember all the attention the volcano in Iceland got? It was front page news for weeks and it was far less destructive. All it really did was affect people wanting to fly/airport closures, but we heard about it every night on BBC, CNN, etc.

yes Im sure thats just what the poor people whos lives homes have been destroyed and even died, thats all they need is for a bunch of ignorant comments from you mocking them and their country, shameful as always:nono:

I wasn't mocking them, it's the truth. I was explaining WHY major developed and highly populated countries get more attention than 3rd world countries with a much smaller population. The change or "before and after" shots are far more dramatic, and obviously the news loves drama, and obviously the media is far more sophisticated in developed countries than in 3rd world countries. New York probably has more journalists per square mile than any other place in the world.

Just like during Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans got far more news coverage than all of the smaller towns in Louisiana that were also devastated by the storm. Can you name any of the other towns destroyed by Hurricane Katrina without googling?

rubbish, youre were mocking them and pouring scorn on nations who have just been hit by hurricanes, sick. youre not even decent enough to admit it. pathetic:nono:

You DID mock them.

Well said Glenn :wavey:100% accurate...Shameful stuff from alex as usual

How is it mocking to say the truth? They do look disaster struck BEFORE the storm, therefore the before and after pictures are not as dramatic.

Spare me your patronizing 1st world guilt BS.

trolls. :nono:

What do you think Cuba looks like exactly, do you think it's all shanty towns and mud huts or something

wtf are you talking about? mud huts are you joking? You really need to educate yourself.

Cuba is one of the poorest nations on the planet. The vast majority of people are living off of government hand outs and rationing of food staples for decades, That's what communism IS. that's what i'm talking about.

Most Americans do not survive off of government provided staples and have never experienced food rationing or needing that kind of immediate government support. Obviously the difference is much bigger for Americans going through a disaster, and having to rely on government support, than for Cubans. That's the difference i'm talking about.

Most Americans get what they need through private corporations, electricity, water, housing, food, it's all private, they arn't used to being dependent on the government like Cubans are.

Also, Most people watching CNN, or BBC or any cable news channel is going to relate to a disaster more through American eyes than through Cuban eyes, not to mention the Cuban government has such limited rights of free press that there arn't many ways for journalists to go and report on it to begin with. The Cuban government like most repressive communist governments (China, North Korea, etc) tries to control the press and doesn't want a bunch of images of the disaster spread around the world for people to criticize the government.

I agree with what Niall said. ;)

Yeah obviously I was joking because you seem to have this idea that the whole of Cuba looks like a "disaster zone" day to day which obviously isn't true, places like Havana and Sanitago de Cuba (which was hit hardest by Sandy) are beautiful cities. It is far from being one of the poorest nations on the planet. It's not hugely wealthy or prosperous by any means but they actually have a very high literacy rate, a low infant death rate (lower than the US btw) and pretty high standards of education and healthcare

Anyway yes I can understand why the media focus has been a lot more on America because the scenes are more shocking to most in the West, but I can also see why it would seem to just be a disregard for any lives which aren't American

Bump

These posts :laugh:

I wonder what Beverly and Gabe are up to these days

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I actually thought what we were watching would become the norm, that wherever there was a natural disaster, there would be someone live streaming it.

its called bbc parliament :laugh:

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:laugh2: "Sandy's Cumming".

PMSL omfg

dying rn

Ahh the memories :love: