--- 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=100hl=enlr=newwindow=1safe=offq=12%2C622%2C500+KatrinabtnG=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
