2010 will have a solid roof in order to resist wind gusts.

Gustav and Ike, the most recent hurricanes, damaged 97 thousand homes in this region, and more than half of them have been rebuilt already.

In rural areas, the fell trees are used in repair and construction works.

That experience known as Mambi Project, have become a valuable option to restore the houses in the countryside, stressed Veliz.

Made of palm trees and other timber species, the typical farmer constructions have a zinc roof and a concrete bathroom, where the locals could protect part of their assets before the threat of a hurricane.

The Project, that retakes traditions of Cuban countrysides, aspires to win the World Habitat Award granted every year by the United Nations.ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In some ways it was like any other flight. Forty children and their families waited anxiously to get on the plane at Newark Airport. Boarding passes were checked, and the kids, some anticipating their first in-flight experience, urgently filed down the jetway, through the door and into their seats.

But unlike the destinations of Orlando, Chicago or Los Angeles, this plane was headed to the North Pole.

The fantasy flight on Wednesday, Dec. 13, was for children who are patients at Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth, Newark Beth Israel and University Medical Center in Newark.

Passengers received all the customary safety instructions and during the one-hour plane ride, Christmas songs echoed through the decorated aisles of the aircraft as children and flight attendants dressed in holiday-themed costumes sang