Must read article-- Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm --

by Michael Casey, AP Environmental Writer --http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_re_as/the_perfect_storm&printer=1;_ylt=Amt8j_au7e6VG7zsSnpgScH9xg8F

Summary -- this was a once in 500 years "event" -- why don't governments get it?

Bangladesh has a cyclone warning system --

all vegetation on Burma coast -- mangrove forests depleted by shrimp farms etc.