New Orleans VS Mumbai

[solarv]

received this email from someone...

inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane katrina... 18
inches of rain in mumbai (July 26th).... 37.1

population of new orleans... 484,674
population of mumbai.... ?2,622,500

deaths in new orleans within 48 hours of katrina...100
deaths in mumbai within 48hours of rain.. ?7.

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 its business is as usual

USA...world's most developed nation
India...third world country..

[15-20_God]

After a weekend of watching CNN I though America was the only place that got weather. Had no idea other parts of the world got bad weather too.

[fakishan]

After a weekend of watching CNN I though America was the only place that got weather. Had no idea other parts of the world got bad weather too.

http://home.att.net/~thehessians/disasterwatch.html

[artsreview]

There's bad weather and there's CNN-bad weather.

[MrDisco]

yeah i received that email from someone too and promptly deleted it. i hate how indians sometimes have to look at other people's tragedies to bring themselves up

[jedijome]

that comparison is so stupid its not even funny.
tasteless and low.

i'm indian and i still think its ********.

MrDisco i don't know where you're from either, but could be more judgemental and stereotype any more?

[Emancipated]

yeah i received that email from someone too and promptly deleted it. i hate how indians sometimes have to look at other people's tragedies to bring themselves up

You got to be kidding me!!? If anything, that's from a person who sees and recognizes the farce of the whole tragedy; the tragedy of how a hegemonic country can drop the ball in such a critical moment.

Pff..

[solarv]

personally, i think the comparison is ******** too...I will copy and paste all your replies...and forward them to the person who sent me this.

[corrupt123]

yeah it is ********. even though NO got less rain, it's below the lake it's built on. so the lake just filled it up.

but building a city below the lake it's on is also ********.

[biosh]

"When Mother Theresa visited New York City, she said that she found the spiritual poverty there far more appalling than the wretchedness in the slums in Calcutta. "

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[d_jedi]

inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane katrina... 18
inches of rain in mumbai (July 26th).... 37.1

Is Mumbai below sea level?

Cases of shooting and violence in new orleans...Countless
Cases of shooting and violence in mumbai.. NONE

This one boggles my mind as well.. I can't understand how people could.. snap.. such that they think shooting at emergency personnel was a good idea

status 48hours later...new orleans is still waiting for relief, army and electricty
status 48hours later..mumbai is back on its feet and its business is as usual

USA...world's most developed nation
India...third world country..

Point being: The US really messed up the response to Katrina, big time.. very big time. And the pitiful response cost lives. I don't think anyone disputes that.

OTOH, it appears that the Indian government acted appropriately (can't say for certain - I don't have enough information).