Aamchi Mumbai

Its been a while since my last post, but work has been overwhelming. I expect to post reviews of a few movies that were absolutely awesome (... like Sarkar).

But Hurricane Katrina has been hogging the news in the US and rightly so. I just received an email today with a forward. Admittedly I have not checked all the facts but based on the news I've seen and read on the web, most of this stuff rings true.

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Rain in Mumbai

inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane katrina... 18

inches of rain in mumbai (July 27th).... 37.1



population of new orleans... 484,674

population of mumbai.... 12,622,500



deaths in new orleans within 48 hours of katrina...100

deaths in mumbai within 48hours of rain.. 37.



number of people to be evacuated in new orleans... entire city..wohh

number of people evacuated in mumbai...10,000



Cases of shooting and violence in new orleans...Countless

Cases of shooting and violence in mumbai.. NONE



Time taken for US army to reach new orleans... 48hours

Time taken for Indian army and navy to reach mumbai...12hours



status 48hours later...new orleans is still waiting for relief, army and electricty

status 48hours later..mumbai is back on its feet and is business is as usual

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I realise that there is the possibility that hurricane katrina had more power than the rain in mumbai, yet the magnitude of rain in mumbai was much much higher. Some parts of Mumbai are below sea level and the flooding was similar. Yet the preparedness of any city to disaster is an indication of several things....