Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
Title: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not At 9:00 PM +0100 9/2/05, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, I'm sorry but I do not have access to Cable TV like you do. My heart goes out for deprivation U :-). That is double trouble. You made your assessment with even less information than I thought you had. Not a good tack if you asked me. But my old friend, the Large Animal Shrink Dr. Tilok Hatimuria tells me that is not where the problem is. It is apparently in the receptors in the visual and aural centers of your psyche. Some of them are either partially shut down or on temporarily disabled mode, that allows certain information to register and others to be refused entry. It is a kind of selective information processing in the field of LAS. Kind of a neurological semi-conductor array I imagine. But not to worry, you can reactivate the receptors with a tad bit of extra interest in listening and observing :-). Take care Only after writing me earlier mail I was able to see CNN today at Montgomery college and realize that most of the victims were poor and black. However, I do not see any reason for your accusations of my supposed bias. Maybe it is how you stereotype me. Umesh PS: I like to analyse and find some solution -- you did not suggest any solution -- here is mine: The school system of such places should have programs for not only the students but also community members --- simulation exercises about how to respond in case of such calamities. Esp in coastal areas where such cyclones etc regularly occur. I'm told that in schools kids have a fire drill (saw a Hollywood movie about Schwartzernegger as a school teacher -showing that). Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: U: >Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school >level >education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have >money enough to buy >TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still >about 100,000 remained in the city >and thousands are supposed to be >dead. Dilip explained some of it. But do you not realize, even after watching all that news coverage, that not all or even the most ( I don't buy Dilip's characterization here--even though I have watched perhaps 30 minutes of TV coverage so far) in serious trouble are either the able bodied, or the economically able ? Only thing you did not throw in this time was your racial / gender or religious stereotyping. Umesh, it is about time, more so after a year in Harvard, that before you shoot off these seat-of-! the-pants conclusions and judgements, exercise your reasoning abilities a tad bit more. Good luck, c-da At 6:09 PM +0100 9/2/05, umesh sharma wrote: >C-da, > >It is surprising that so many people are dying even after the >announcement that ALL must leave the cities being hit by Katrina. >Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school >level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money >enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about >100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead. > >Umesh > ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
Dilip-da, I think your analysis is very correct. Esp about the pictures of cars still in NO under water and people not leaving town. There are some victims coming to DC and a friend from college has asked for volunteers next week for Red Cross. I hope to do something to help. Umesh Dilip-da wrote: The first group is the majority since you can see in pictures that a large number of cars are still in the city under flood water .Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Umesh, There are two reasons for the able bodied people staying behind. Some did not take the warnings seriously despite the Louisiana governor "begging" people to leave New Orleans. I read the story of tourists flying into N.O. on Saturday just before the hurricane landed. Others did not have the means to leave - no cars or no money for gas. The first group is the majority since you can see in pictures that a large number of cars are still in the city under flood water . Anyway, Texas as a neighbor is doing all it can by opening all large public places to the victims. Many Houston businesses are also hiring some of the victims to let them settle in Houston. The Houston Mayor estimates there are 100,000 victims sheltered in Metro Houston. Read today's Houston Chronicle to find out about the effort in Houston -http://www.chron.com. Houstonians are doing as much as possible, through donations and volunteer work. Dilipdaumesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: C-da, It is surprising that so many people are dying even after the announcement that ALL must leave the cities being hit by Katrina. Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about 100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead. Umesh[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender:"Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure" And so much for engineering determinism --- from the world's most advanced and wealthy nation. cm NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 2, 2005 Federal Response: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LIPTON Despite all the warnings, Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the very government agencies that had rehearsed for such a calamity. 1. Editorial: Waiting for a Leader 2. Op-Ed Columnist: A Can't-Do Government 3. Op-Ed Columnist: The Storm After the Storm 4. Basics: How to Make Phone Calls Without a Telephone 5. Editorial: Life in the Bottom 80 Percent » Go to Complete List Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
C-da, I'm sorry but I do not have access to Cable TV like you do. Only after writing me earlier mail I was able to see CNN today at Montgomery college and realize that most of the victims were poor and black. However, I do not see any reason for your accusations of my supposed bias. Maybe it is how you stereotype me. Umesh PS: I like to analyse and find some solution -- you did not suggest any solution -- here is mine: The school system of such places should have programs for not only the students but also community members --- simulation exercises about how to respond in case of such calamities. Esp in coastal areas where such cyclones etc regularly occur. I'm told that in schools kids have a fire drill (saw a Hollywood movie about Schwartzernegger as a school teacher -showing that). Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: U:>Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school >level >education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have >money enough to buy >TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still >about 100,000 remained in the city >and thousands are supposed to be >dead.Dilip explained some of it.But do you not realize, even after watching all that news coverage, that not all or even the most ( I don't buy Dilip's characterization here--even though I have watched perhaps 30 minutes of TV coverage so far) in serious trouble are either the able bodied, or the economically able ?Only thing you did not throw in this time was your racial / gender or religious stereotyping.Umesh, it is about time, more so after a year in Harvard, that before you shoot off these seat-of-the-pants conclusions and judgements, exercise your reasoning abilities a tad bit more.Good luck,c-daAt 6:09 PM +0100 9/2/05, umesh sharma wrote:>C-da,>>It is surprising that so many people are dying even after the >announcement that ALL must leave the cities being hit by Katrina. >Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school >level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money >enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about >100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead.>>Umesh>___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
U: >Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school >level >education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have >money enough to buy >TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still >about 100,000 remained in the city >and thousands are supposed to be >dead. Dilip explained some of it. But do you not realize, even after watching all that news coverage, that not all or even the most ( I don't buy Dilip's characterization here--even though I have watched perhaps 30 minutes of TV coverage so far) in serious trouble are either the able bodied, or the economically able ? Only thing you did not throw in this time was your racial / gender or religious stereotyping. Umesh, it is about time, more so after a year in Harvard, that before you shoot off these seat-of-the-pants conclusions and judgements, exercise your reasoning abilities a tad bit more. Good luck, c-da At 6:09 PM +0100 9/2/05, umesh sharma wrote: >C-da, > >It is surprising that so many people are dying even after the >announcement that ALL must leave the cities being hit by Katrina. >Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school >level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money >enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about >100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead. > >Umesh > ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
Umesh, There are two reasons for the able bodied people staying behind. Some did not take the warnings seriously despite the Louisiana governor "begging" people to leave New Orleans. I read the story of tourists flying into N.O. on Saturday just before the hurricane landed. Others did not have the means to leave - no cars or no money for gas. The first group is the majority since you can see in pictures that a large number of cars are still in the city under flood water . Anyway, Texas as a neighbor is doing all it can by opening all large public places to the victims. Many Houston businesses are also hiring some of the victims to let them settle in Houston. The Houston Mayor estimates there are 100,000 victims sheltered in Metro Houston. Read today's Houston Chronicle to find out about the effort in Houston -http://www.chron.com. Houstonians are doing as much as possible, through donations and volunteer work. Dilipdaumesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: C-da, It is surprising that so many people are dying even after the announcement that ALL must leave the cities being hit by Katrina. Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about 100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead. Umesh[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender:"Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure" And so much for engineering determinism --- from the world's most advanced and wealthy nation. cm NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 2, 2005 Federal Response: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LIPTON Despite all the warnings, Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the very government agencies that had rehearsed for such a calamity. 1. Editorial: Waiting for a Leader 2. Op-Ed Columnist: A Can't-Do Government 3. Op-Ed Columnist: The Storm After the Storm 4. Basics: How to Make Phone Calls Without a Telephone 5. Editorial: Life in the Bottom 80 Percent » Go to Complete List Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
C-da, It is surprising that so many people are dying even after the announcement that ALL must leave the cities being hit by Katrina. Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about 100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead. Umesh[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender:"Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure" And so much for engineering determinism --- from the world's most advanced and wealthy nation. cm NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 2, 2005 Federal Response: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LIPTON Despite all the warnings, Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the very government agencies that had rehearsed for such a calamity. 1. Editorial: Waiting for a Leader 2. Op-Ed Columnist: A Can't-Do Government 3. Op-Ed Columnist: The Storm After the Storm 4. Basics: How to Make Phone Calls Without a Telephone 5. Editorial: Life in the Bottom 80 Percent » Go to Complete List Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
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[Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure
Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender: "Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure" And so much for engineering determinism --- from the world's most advanced and wealthy nation. cm NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 2, 2005 Federal Response: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC LIPTON Despite all the warnings, Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the very government agencies that had rehearsed for such a calamity. 1. Editorial: Waiting for a Leader 2. Op-Ed Columnist: A Can't-Do Government 3. Op-Ed Columnist: The Storm After the Storm 4. Basics: How to Make Phone Calls Without a Telephone 5. Editorial: Life in the Bottom 80 Percent » Go to Complete List Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
