Special posting for Burmese readers -- Hurricane Ike in Texas

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/13/hurricane.ike.texas/?cnn=yes#cnnSTCVideo

Like Nargis, but in a developed country.

Since Norma Bixler wrote in a CIA Factbook about Burma, that "Burma is about the size of Texas," that is, in square miles, it's become a cliche with people who write about Burma.

Now this Hurricane Ike was as large as Texas.

Lot of lessons for Burma in how this was handled.

But the biggest lesson of all is that Democracy makes a difference.

I am tired of all the talk talk talk about Burma -- most of it skirting around systemic factors.

Another seminar coming up in October.

Blog text copyright Kyi May Kaung