LeKiwi
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| oscuria wrote: | | LeKiwi wrote: | | iamnotaparakeet wrote: | Do they normally get these storms? If so, why were they unprepared?
My family is unprepared for a tornado though, so I'm not really one to speak... |
They weren't warned it was so severe. Also, they're a very reclusive and impoverished nation with a ruling military junta who allow very few freedoms. |
They WERE warned. India told them 4 days prior that something disastrous was heading their way. Burma claims it sent out warnings, but it didn't tell the people what to do (from what I heard in the news). Just "There's a storm coming, prepare." something to that effect. |
I meant the people of the country. The junta knew, of course, but not the lay-people of the country. As far as I'm aware they were told at most 'There's a storm coming', not that it was a whopping great cyclone that would probably wreck most of the land and they should really get to high ground and do something to prepare.
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