Gustav damages

[rafa]

Sorry i haven't time to translate

La Habana.- El huracán Gustav, que el sábado atravesó Cuba sobre la provincia tabaquera de Pinar del Río, destruyó unas 3.400 casas -donde se seca la hoja- y humedeció 906 toneladas de tabaco, aunque estas pueden salvarse.

'Se afectó más de 3.414 casas de tabaco' pero las hojas pueden recuperarse, precisó Olga Tapia, primera secretaria del Partido Comunista de la provincia de Pinar del Río, que no ofreció calculo alguno acerca del valor de los daños ni los efectos sobre la cosecha.

Gustav atravesó la principal zona tabaquera de la isla con vientos de más de 200 km/h y rachas ocasionales de más de 300 km/h.

http://www.elbuenhabano.com/esp/noticias/noticias.php?id=549

[zuma]

Shonky translation for youse:

Havana .- Hurricane Gustav, which on Saturday crossed Cuba over the tobacco-growing province of Pinar del Rio, destroyed about 3,400 tobacco curing houses, drenching 906 tons of tobacco leaves (that , thankfully, can be salvaged)

'It affected more than 3,414 tobacco curing houses but the leaves are salvageable, explained Olga Tapia, first secretary of the Communist Party of the province of Pinar del Rio, who did not provide valuation of damages nor on how the crop would be affected .

Hurricane Gustav crossed the main tobacco-producing zone of the island with winds of over 200 km/h and occasional gusts of more than 300 km/h.

*note: italics not in original text

[Miami101]

Miami:

It did not hit Miami, but I did feel the winds, rain was out of control here...much less we could not go to the beach......Oh yea the beach was good for surfers....wind surf sports....

One guy was wind surfing, and got pick up 20 foot, and carried into a building....