RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Category 5 hurricane headed for Cuba!!$ 
Cuba is vulnerable to hurricanes, and its government is famously well-prepared. Even the United Nations once praised Cuba as a “model in Hurricane risk management” in 2004. Jacobin Magazine notes that only 35 Cubans have died from the last 17 hurricanes. Last year’s Hurricane Matthew didn’t kill anyone in Cuba, although it killed 271 people in nearby Haiti.
As The New York Times noted in 2013, the National Prognostic Center of Cuba’s Meteorological Institute in Havana is responsible for monitoring the weather there. Before President Barack Obama resumed diplomatic relations with Cuba, hurricane preparedness was one of the few things American and Cuban officials worked together on.
Despite an older infrastructure, its hurricane preparedness plans that are taught to children in schools have saved countless lives. Children are even taught to identify at-risk trees and hazards in their neighborhoods. During a storm, schools, hospitals and hotels become members of the Cuban Civil Defense force and are responsible for caring for residents, notes the Times.
Spaghetti models for Irma consistently show the storm hitting Puerto Rico and heading over the Dominican Republic, but once it reaches Cuba, they start to diverge. A few models have it making landfall at Cuba and crossing over the island. Others have it moving north of the island and not making landfall until it reaches South Florida.