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Santiago de Cuba, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) Even today, nearly 48 hours after the earthquake struck Haiti and its aftershocks in the region, apprehension dominates me at the computer, it was precisely there where I experienced a strange sick feeling before the balancing of my desk that afternoon. To many people in town something similar happened and even two days later that remains the prevailing topic of conversation in homes, workplaces and public spaces in a city where the quake, imperceptible or not, is unfortunately part of the idiosyncrasy. As recently as the months of October and November, each tremor though slight, had been putting people in the city in stress, but the quake on Tuesday, for its longer duration, had a remarkable impact, which joined the momentary danger of a tsunami alert in the eastern coastal area. In the following hours, the cruel reality prevailed and even when here there were no loss of life nor damages, the proximity of the West Indian country virtually devastated by the earthquake causes a sense of loss and sadness that only the sense of solidarity can bring relief. The country's aid to the suffering people of Haiti left from Antonio Maceo International Airport, where the Cuban medical brigades are already healing the wounds and pains. The Santiago de Cuba brotherâ?Ös heat also attempts to calm the desperation of hundreds of students from that nation who are studying at the local medical university in various health specialties. The preparation to handle such disasters and the institutional will to mitigate them are the only arsenal to the mystique of the bowels of the planet. From here, the specialists of the National Center for Earthquake Research (CENAIS) daily scrutinize these depths and warned about its behavior, mainly from the Geodynamic Observatory located on the road to Siboney. In this work, Cuba is connected to international networks and working with data and information to facilitate the follow-up in the most diverse latitudes. The system of civil defense, meanwhile, has the indispensable scientific instrument for the protection of the population. Taken from the web site (cubasi.com) Related news |
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Santiago
de Cuba: the Tremor, the Terror and the Cold 
