Cant stop from making this comparison.. New Orleans vs. 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 Mew 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 electricity
Status 48hours later..Mumbai is back on its feet and is business
is as usual
USA...World's most developed nation
India...Third world country..
Oopss...did I get the last fact wrong???
I love my city and my life literally revolves around (parallel at times) it.This is gonna be my modest attempt to share info about Bombay's people, its places, markets, maidans, institutions, transport systems, politicians, socialites, food and eating habits, sports, business, underworld, fashion and life. I shall also post Stock market tips, News and Rumours which I normally get from my many friends and sources.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
New Orleans vs. Mumbai
Got this via email.
Just made me feel even more proud & greater to be mumbaiiet :))) after reading this article
ReplyDeleteCheerz,
PP.
The same thing they said about the Tsumnami relief effort too in South and South-East Asia. Help arrived in 48 hours~
ReplyDeleteNo except that Mumbai is not below sea level and was not hit by a Category 4 hurricane before it was flooded.
ReplyDeleteStill I'd pick the people of Bombay over the people of NOLA any day. But its apples and oranges man.
As another poster pointed out, there is a difference between the New Orleans and Mumbai floods. In Mumbai, the water had a natural path in and out. The water in New Orleans is stuck there until the city's protective levees are rebuilt and even then it must be forced out by pumps.
ReplyDeleteStill, it's really pathetic that the USA did not respond better to the tragedy. There are a lot of reasons why that is true, too many for a blog comment to list.
I think the point is that, even Americans are dissappointed about the response time of the various agencies involved, as well as the beaurocracy/red tape. From what I hear, a mobile hospital could only be situated in Missisipi instead of Louisiana simply because of that.
ReplyDeleteThen again there was the shooting at aid agencies and the police that made lotsa people gawk in disbelief...... Thank God it looks like the unrest (not the water) seems like its over now.
preity: same here :))
ReplyDeletevincent : We are all the same when it comes to nature's fury... new orlean or Bombay or Indonesia or Sri Lanka.
ReplyDeleteanonymous : Bombay had 40 times more population than NOLA and had enough early warning... its survived and rocked on...
suhag : how come ur Firangi ??? :S
rluxemburg : USA has one poitn agenda.. lets preach the world and forget whats happening in our backyard.
You just cant solve the world problems before setting your own house in order.
The best part was Bangladesh donating 1 million USD for the victims in New Orleans :))
The comparison is uncalled for. This stupid assertion was published in Mumbai Mirror as a mail today.
ReplyDeleteInches of rain: Doesn't matter. It wasn't rain which was the problem in New Orleans. It was a hurricane which even broke bridges, brought forth a 20 feet wall of water, drowned people who had taken shelter in attics. Entire localities were blown away in the hurricane.
Deaths in Mew Orleans within 48 hours of Katrina...100
Deaths in Mumbai within 48hours of rain.. 37.
Stupid comparison. A comparison between rain and a hurricane which came with rain and blew sea water in?!
Number of people to be evacuated in New Orleans... entire
city..wohh
Number of people evacuated in Mumbai...10,000
Of course. That is becase the entire city lies below sea level, and once water gets in, it can't go out. If you watch TV, you can see that the entire city is filled with water. Once there is stagnant water, it is obvious that diseases are just a few days away.
Cases of shooting and violence in New Orleans...Countless
Cases of shooting and violence in Mumbai.. NONE
Not countless, we don't know the numbers yet. It was definitely high. In Mumbai - none. Why? Because people knew that the water would escape, they coud reach homes, it will be a normal day soon. New Orleans had an acute food an water shortage for several days, full communications systems breakdown, and lots of dead people, and people dropping dead due to exhaustion. When life looks hopeless, lawlessnes follows. Did it look hopeless in Mumbai?
I am going to step into this and say that if a Hurricane Katrina hits Mumbai, we are all DEAD. Dead, as dead fish in dirty water. NOLA faced something which is prety similar in impact to a Tsunami - we faced water and flooding which drained away by itself. If you feel like comparing, compare India's Tsunami-hit areas to New Orleans. This city, Mumbai, is barely standing on its feet on a good day - pray we never have to see a Tsunami, an earthquake, a hurricane. US had its boats and helicopters and plans and hovercrafts - even though they were moved away during the huricane - which is why it toook time to bring them back to help - not to mention official cluelessness too. I doubt the entire Indian navy has many helicopters as the ones which are helping in evacuation now.
Don't tempt fate.
This is not meant for the author of this blog - he just reproduced something. The gloating about how great Mumbai is becoming unbreabale with every passing day. Did any newspaper mention the molestations and robberies that took place during our single night of rain? Yes. HT did. Others prefered to play up the Mumbai spirit.
Want to see mumbai spirit again? Visit any of the beaches on ganesh Visarjan. The number of girls and women who get groped on that day is just shocking. You can find that news itme in a corner of newspapers and not at all on TV. Religious occasion use for groping? have a calamity, and then watch the rapes!
B Mathew
Editor
www.dancewithshadows.com
I am wondering this stats...is it worth??
ReplyDeleteIts two different aspects that we are comparing to!!!
To motivate the spirit is good but ...I think there is some mistake about rain n hurricane..!!!
cheers!
B Mathew : I agree with you there are infinite shady elements in Bombay, but inspite of having a population of 14 million we didn't have anything on the scale of New Orleans.
ReplyDeleteLots more needs to be done to clean up this city and its values.
Fiza : I dont think its worth it in totality, 2 wrongs dont make 1 right.
We need better infra and governing systems