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Mumbai and New Orleans

Received this in my inbox today:

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

status 48 hours later…new orleans is still waiting for relief, army and electricity
status 48 hours 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???

The basis of comparison is flawed. Hurricanes and Cloud Bursts do not compare.

Spirit of Mumbai is amazing though. No wonder.

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6 Responses to “Mumbai and New Orleans”. Add Yours

  1. MikeWendell.info » says:

    [...] Posted on : September 7th, 2005 I don’t normally post spam but I think this was interesting: inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane [...]

  2. parth shah says:

    idiot, the devastation in mumbai is larger than the entire state of maharashtra. secondly, it was a HURRICANE IN THE USA. there was a flood in mumbai. there were winds in excess of 150 mph (almost 300 kpm) which caused the flooding. they had a mandatory evacuation………………..compare apples to apples……….

    //Priyank replies: You are commenting without bothering to read the entire post. As for your other unnecessary remarks, I really pity you Parth Shah.

  3. parth shah says:

    and also, the government of the usa also:

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  4. parth shah says:

    oh yea, india ranked 127 out of ………….

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  5. mustafa says:

    just to known the mumbai population

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