--- Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This entire post, including the first line and the > punch line has appeared > in scores of sites over the past week see > http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=12%2C622%2C500+Katrina&btnG=Search > > Failure to acknowledge sources or passing off is > unfortunately the trait of a few individuals. > Mario replies: > Eddie, The following is a response to the post you referred to is shown below. It was sent to me by Rahul Deshmukh, an Indian student in the US. India's fantasies about being a superpower will never be achieved until they somehow learn to avoid treating the whole country as one big public garbage dump, spitoon, urinal and commode: > > How about putting things this way. > > Wind force hitting the New Orleans - 150-160 > miles/hr enough to destroy > everything in its path > Wind force hitting Mumbai - few miles an hour. > Unlikey to cause much > damage. > > Inches of Rain in New Orleans -18 . Flooding caused > - Almost NIL. > Potential for flooding - ENORMOUS - 10 meters below > sea level, the main > reason for flooding was levy breakdown- designed to > sustain category 3 > Inches of rain in Mumbai - 37. Potential for > flooding with design of > proper drainage system almost NIL... Slightly above > sea level. > Flooding problems, railway shutdowns --- every year > story for Mumbai. > > Way to remove water from NO- Literally pump > billions of gallons out of > the city through pumps. > Way to remove water for Mumbai- Do not obstruct the > drainage system. > Gravity will take care of the rest. > > Number of people homeless before Katrina in NO- very > few . > Number after - The WHOLE CITY (around a million) > > Number of people homeless in Mumbai before the > floods- A few MILLIONS > Number homeless after the floods- again a few > million > > Infrastructure destroyed because of hurricane (not > rains) in NO - Mind > blowing. > Infrastructure destroyed because of rains in Mumbai > - little, should > have been NIL. > > Possibilty of deaths in NO - Thousands . Actual > number dying- a few > hundred. > Possibilty of deaths in Mumbai because of rains - > should have been NIL. > Actual number dying - a lot more than necessary. > > Cause of the disaster in NO - Mother Nature > Cause of the loss of life and property in Mumbai- > Poor city planning > > Early warings to evacuate NO - Given well in advance > > Early warnings to seek higher ground in Mumbai - > Almost None > >