Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is also the point of constructing a city below sea level. --- Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: > What surprises me is that the Mumbai floods last > month were handled with > a lot less chaos, and much more order (no looting, > etc.) in essentially > a city 10-15 times the size of New Orleans, and with > many slums of > extreme poverty, each the size of New Orleans. It is > probably because > nobody expects anything from any level of > government, so help each other > out. But, even with that, what surprised me even > more was the fact that > the President of the USA was on a one month vacation > when such an > eventuality was widely expected, and seems to have > taken his own sweet > time getting back to work. Maybe centralized > government has its uses, > especially when coordinating national disasters over > a few federal > states and fiefdoms..... > > It looks that one of the prime causes in both > disasters was the > destruction of natural resources - the mangrove > swamps in the case of > Bombay, and the wetlands in the case of New Orleans. > > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > SonC@aol.com wrote: > > >In a message dated 9/1/2005 6:34:42 A.M. Central > Daylight Time, > >wrs111445@yahoo.com writes: > > > >However, it could have been prevented IMHO. > > > > > >"The cuts mean major hurricane and flood > protection projects will not be > >awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study > to determine ways to protect > >the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been > shelved for now." > > > >http://tinyurl.com/bhkrf > > > > > >Regards, > >Sonny > >http://www.sonc.com > >Natchitoches, Louisiana > >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com