From: peter griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Almost a thousand people dead in Maharashtra, about half of them from Bombay.
Transport screwed, no electricity, no running water, some areas STILL under water a week later. They haven't even begun figyring out how many people were injured. Or what the tolls might increase to if the epidemics we all fear do happen. (And that's likely, if you have sewage mixed with rain water standing thirteen feet deep in some places) They have't even begun estimating what the losses of property are going to be like. So many have lost everything. Bombay needs help folks. We can analyse what wrong later. We can figure out what to do about it later. Right now, Bombay needs help. Bombay's bloggers (and some friends - the net doesn't worry about borders) are trying to do their bit, by making sure information is easy to find. Information was one more thing we all didn't have enough of last week. Not that it's much better now. http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/ is an effort to put online such critical "for emergencies" information as we can find. We hope to turn this into a permanent site that will act as a Bombay disaster portal. http://cloudburstmumbai.blogspot.com/ is a collection of news, both from the media as well as stories sent in via email and blog links. Link to us if you run a site, pass these links around to your friends, send us information, send us stories [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pass the word, people. It's a small gesture, considering the enormity of what has happened, but we hope it will go a long way. Thanks, peter