In comparison, all of Rakhine state, she said, is "highly vulnerable, " even if it isn't where the cyclone first makes landfall, because of inadequate infrastructure.

WSJ: Cyclone Threatens Bangladesh, Myanmar

Nway wouldn't talk about the cyclone after aid workers found her a month later.

CNN: A year after cyclone, a girl remembers

"It is fortunate that there are still a few days to go before this hits, " said Ms. Mildren, adding that the priority is to "be as prepared as possible" even if the intensity of the cyclone, for now, doesn't seem to be as brutal as with Cyclone Nargis in 2008.

WSJ: Cyclone Threatens Bangladesh, Myanmar

We can't help them more, except to warn them of the cyclone.

WSJ: Cyclone Threatens Bangladesh, Myanmar

"It's all over, and we are very relieved that we didn't have any unfortunate incident in Rakhine state due to the cyclone, " regional spokesman Win Myaing said.

BBC: Bangladesh rides out weakened storm

You know that the Web isn't quite done with reinventing humanity when, in the space of a week, a cyclone kills 100, 000 people in Myanmar and an earthquake kills 70, 000 in China.

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It doesn't take much imagination from even a brief visit--which I made a month before the cyclone struck--to see how devastating such a storm would be.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

In addition to 12 new tracks, Case also covers two songs on Middle Cyclone: "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" by Sparks, and "Don't Forget Me" by Harry Nilsson.

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