I've received an email from one of my friends, who sent over a rather interesting list of figures - one of them was the devestation of Katrina on New Orleans, and the other was the devastation by record rain at Mumbai. I've did some preliminary checks on the figures, and most of the figures look in order, not those typical chainletters that are usually works of disinformation that aim to create confusion to masses.
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 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... 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
After reading through these figures, it does give a lot of food for thought doesn't it?
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