How another country handles this

While Americans were wrenching their hands about Katrina, typhoon Talim hit
China, bringing torrential rains, storm surges of 30 feet and winds of up to 184
mph.

How did the Chinese handle it? They more or less successfully evacuated
millions of people from several provinces. Apparently no whining, no political
infighting, no "refugees" staying behind against government orders, no
bureaucratic foul-ups, no miserliness with funding, no liberal kooks complaining
that the military is involved and it's one step away from a fascist state, no
pillaging and raping.

Just an orderly evacuation.

Kind of like what usually happens in Florida when hurricanes hit. Floridians
have experience. I hate to imagine what would happen if some other American
cities had to evacuate. Manhattan, Seattle, Anchorage, Los Angeles, San
Francisco -- YIKES!


Toll rises from China typhoon

Saturday, September 3, 2005; Posted: 12:03 a.m. EDT (04:03 GMT)

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Torrential rains and flooding from Typhoon Talim have
killed at least 13 people and left 15 missing in eastern China, the government
says.

At least two other people were killed when the typhoon passed over the island of
Taiwan on Wednesday and Thursday. About 30 people were injured there.

Almost 600,000 people were evacuated as the typhoon struck southern China,
forcing authorities to shut down schools, highways and airports, officials said.

The mainland deaths occurred in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces on China's
southeastern coast, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.

It said Talim caused $450 million in damage.

In Zhejiang province, storm-damaged roads were hampering rescue efforts, said an
official with the Flood Control and Drought Relief Office in the coastal city of
Wenzhou.

The official wouldn't give his name. Civil servants in China routinely decline
to give their names when speaking to foreign media, usually saying they aren't
authorized to talk to reporters.

Floodwaters and heavy flows of mud and rock also caused the collapse of more
than 300 homes in the mountainous Cangnan area, just south of Wenzhou, the
official said. He said he had no information on injuries or economic losses from
the collapses.

Talim was downgraded late Thursday to a tropical storm and weakened further on
Friday as it passed further inland into Jiangxi province.

In Zhejiang and neighboring Fujian provinces, the storm had prompted the
evacuation of almost 1 million people from low-lying coastal areas and mountain
villages that are vulnerable to flash floods.

By noon Friday, Talim was centered about 465 miles southwest of Shanghai and
moving inland at about 12 miles per hour, according to the Hong Kong
Observatory.

However, heavy rains continued in Zhejiang and coastal Fujian, where the storm
landed Thursday afternoon.

Fujian television showed waves up to 30 feet high (9.14 meters) crashing against
breakwaters in the fishing village of Ningde, about 450 miles from the
commercial hub of Shanghai.

Fujian authorities evacuated 286,000 people, ordering boats into port and
placing rescue teams on standby, according to the Web site of the Fujian
Meteorological Bureau.

Just to the north in Zhejiang province, more than 291,000 people were moved away
from the coastline, rivers, aging reservoirs, mountain villages and dilapidated
housing, according to the official China News Service.

More than 29,000 ships and fishing vessels took shelter in harbors, it said.

In Taiwan, Talim's heavy rain and winds were blamed for the drowning deaths of
two men and injuries to 24 others on Thursday.

Schools, offices markets and financial markets on the island reopened on Friday
after being closed Thursday. Train services and flights were also restored.


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