NETWORK.
AND THESE ARE THE STATIONS
YOU CAN FIND US ON IN THE KEYS.
A BATTERY-POWERED RADIO ARE --
RADIO SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR
KIT.> NOW LET'S GO DOWN TO
THE CUBAN COAST AND TALK TO
PATRICK. Reporter: GOOD
EVENING.
REICH -- RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A
BIT OF A PAUSE.
CONDITIONS WERE SLOWLY
WORSENING.
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE JUST GOT
BLASTED WITH DEADLY RAIN.
WE ARE ON THE NORTH CENTRAL
CUBAN COAST.
AT THIS POINT, IF PEOPLE WANT
TO LEAVE, IT IS JUST TOO
LATE. TELL US HOW PEOPLE ON
THE ISLAND HAVE PREPARED FOR
THE STORM.
IS THE ISLAND PREPARED FOR THE
STORM?
Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT HAS
CLICKED INTO HIGH GEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING THEY DO QUITE
WELL WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES
THAT THEY HAVE.
A LOT OF IT IS STRATEGICALLY
PLACING SUPPLIES.
WE COULD SEE THEY WERE BRINGING
RESOURCES INTO THIS AREA
YESTERDAY.
AS SOON AS THE STORM GOES BY,
THOSE RESOURCES WILL COME IN TO
REPAIR TREES AND GET THE
ELECTRICITY BACK UP AND
RUNNING.
THERE IS A RAPID RESPONSE.
THIS IS A COUNTRY WHERE 80% OF
THE PEOPLE MORE OR LESS WORK
FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT IS HERE IN ALL
PLACES AND THEY DO FOCUS ON
TRYING TO FIX STORM DAMAGE.
CUBANS HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
WITH HURRICANES.
IF YOU LIVE ON AN ISLAND,
THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO PICK
EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS WHAT TO DO
WHEN A STORM COMES.
BUT NOBODY HAS SEEN A STORM
QUITE LIKE IRMA.
TRACK WHEN YOU SAID PEOPLE
EVACUATED, WHERE DID THEY GO
AND HOW? Reporter:
ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET AWAY
FROM THE COAST.
YOU GO INLAND.
THAT MAKES YOU SOMEWHAT SAFER.
THERE IS A NEARBY SCHOOL THAT
HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A SHELTER.
SOME PEOPLE WENT TO HAVANA.
EFFECTS IN THAT LOCATION WILL
BE MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE
FEELING RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE GETTING THE FULL FORCE
OF THE STORM RIGHT NOW.
OTHER PEOPLE GO UP INTO CAVES
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
OTHERS GOING INTO OLD BOMB
SHELTERS.
THE GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING
SOME TRANSPORTATION, AS MUCH AS
THEY CAN.
PEOPLE WORE PUTTING THEIR
PRIZED POSSESSIONS INTO HORSE
AND BUGGIES TO TRAVEL TODAY.
CUBA WILL BE FEELING THIS
IMPACT.
MANY ARE PREPARING.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
BUILDING CODES, PATRICK.
AFTER ANDREW NEW CODES WERE PUT
IN PLACE HERE IN FLORIDA SO
THAT ANY NEW BUILDINGS THAT
WERE PUT UP WERE BUILT MORE
STRONGLY SO THEY COULD
WITHSTAND THESE HURRICAINE-
FORCE WINDS.
BOTH RUDABEH AND I HAVE SPENT
TIME IN CUBA.
MY PERCEPTION OF THE BUILDINGS
IN OLD HAVANA WERE THAT THEY
DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN
FORTIFIED IN ANY WAY.
TELL US HOW SAFE THOSE
STRUCTURES ARE ON THAT
ISLAND. Reporter: I WAS IN
HAVANA THE LAST FEW DAYS.
I WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE
WAS NO PLYWOOD UP OVER WINDOWS.
THIS COUNTRY IS STRAPPED FOR
RESOURCES.
YOU CANNOT IMPORT THINGS
WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
SO YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF
SUPPLIES, EVEN ON THE GOOD
DAYS.
THERE ARE MANY DILAPIDATED
BUILDINGS HERE.
WHEN IT RAINS IN HAVANA, STRONG
RAINS CAN CAUSE BUILDINGS TO
COLLAPSE.
SO IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, EVEN
IN THE STRONG RAIN.
IF A MAJOR HURRICANE WENT INTO
SOMEWHERE LIKE HAVANA, IT COULD
BE CATASTROPHIC.
SO CUBANS ARE BREATHING A SIGH
OF RELIEF THAT THE STORM WILL
NOT HAVE THAT TYPE OF IMPACT ON
HAVANA LIKE IT IS EXPECTED TO
HAVE ON MIAMI AND FLORIDA.
BUT IT WILL BE HAVING SOME TYPE
OF IMPACT.
MANY THAT WORK FOR THE
GOVERNMENT SAY THE ENTIRE
ISLAND WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS
STRONG AND POWERFUL STORM.
IT WILL TAKE WEEKS, MONTHS,
PERHAPS LONGER FOR CUBA TO
RECOVER FROM THE DAMAGE THAT WE
ARE JUST BEGINNING TO
EXPERIENCE HERE. YOU NEVER
WANT TO GET THAT FALLS SENSE OF
SECURITY BECAUSE AT THE LAST