Tamil Nadu prepares for Cyclone Mala

Nick-H · Dec 19th, 2005, 18:19

So that's what she's up to these days

On a more serious note: 50,000 people living near to the sea are being evacuated. Tamil Nadu has had record rains: the most rainfall for 120 years, this monsoon. Chennai is getting used to floods as opposed to its usual draught. When will it stop?

PRIYA · Dec 19th, 2005, 20:03

This is pretty scary........when are you expecting her to make landfall???
After the weekend's disaster with all those people being trampled....now this?? The world has sure gone mad.........some man-made and others of "nature's" making. Stay safe.

OT - You see what happens when you talk about someone???

iwanttogoback · Dec 19th, 2005, 20:13

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Chennai is getting used to floods as opposed to its usual draught. When will it stop?

wow, didn't realise a cyclone was headed your way! i saw some footage on the news, but that was only because the hockey championships were rained out (and australia is doing well, so it is on the news

).
i hope you stay safe nick, and all in chennai.

crvlvr · Dec 19th, 2005, 20:37

looks scary.. when is it expected to hit?

Sama · Dec 19th, 2005, 22:14

batten down the hatches, Nick -- you and Sushi stay safe! I hope it's not as bad as Hurricane Katrina was here for New Orleans...

by the way, "mala" is Spanish for "bad"....

Nick-H · Dec 19th, 2005, 22:26

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Originally Posted by iwanttogoback

wow, didn't realise a cyclone was headed your way!

That'll be another cyclone; they're becoming a regular event. The last one affected further down the coast only, the one before that was the one that turned my meeting my landlady at the airport into a six-hour saga and gave a foot of water around the house.

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i hope you stay safe nick, and all in chennai.

Thanks

davyd · Dec 19th, 2005, 22:34

Again rain!
this is something terrible.
Half a month in Tamil Nadu and I just think of it like tiny patches of land. Both sides of east Coast road are inundated. Poor farmers, they harvest is flown away, today in newspapers I read about disastrous stampede in Chennai and 42 people left dead.

bijapuri · Dec 19th, 2005, 22:37

that stampede is fresh on the heels of a similar tragedy last month. Poor survivors of floods are desperate

lotus blossom · Dec 19th, 2005, 22:48

i was reading about this. tragic for the homeless who were stampeded while simply trying to get some food to eat.

as my friends in Bhagsu-Nag said when i was there in March; Mother Nature is very angry!

Nick - stay safe and take the necessary precautions.

davyd · Dec 19th, 2005, 22:54

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Originally Posted by lotus blossom

i was reading about this. tragic for the homeless who were stampeded while simply trying to get some food to eat.

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they were tryingh to get tokens for 2000 Rs and 10 kg of rice. Somebody told them Sunday was the last day of distribution of tokens. adding to theiw woes sudden night rain lashed them and caused panic. so sad.

Nick-H · Dec 19th, 2005, 23:11

It is very, very sad, and a combination of the don't-care attitude of Indian institutions (nobody here is going to sue and get big dollars) and the complete lack of safety sense on both a personal and civic level.

When I first came here the freedom to get hurt was, somehow, refreshing: if you fall down a hole or walk into a sharp piece of steel, tough. But then something like this happens

Mala was a piece of IndiaMike history that seems to have disapeared,even from the member's list.

rangss · Dec 19th, 2005, 23:52

Sue the government through a public interest litigation....for callousness.

I hope mala is the last one. I can't stand another cyclone...had to put up with six cyclones already.

Nick-H · Dec 20th, 2005, 00:05

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Originally Posted by rangss

..had to put up with six cyclones already.

But, Hey! Who's counting?

SHIMLA · Dec 20th, 2005, 06:04

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Originally Posted by lotus blossom

as my friends in Bhagsu-Nag said when i was there in March; Mother Nature is very angry!

She certainly will be, with her selfish and thoughtless abuse by man everywhere.

davyd · Dec 21st, 2005, 12:23

Fortunately cyclone Mala drifted away and Coromandel coast has shining day today. Hurray!

Dec 19th, 2005, 18:19	#1
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,758	Tamil Nadu prepares for Cyclone Mala So that's what she's up to these days On a more serious note: 50,000 people living near to the sea are being evacuated. Tamil Nadu has had record rains: the most rainfall for 120 years, this monsoon. Chennai is getting used to floods as opposed to its usual draught. When will it stop? __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Dec 19th, 2005, 20:03	#2
PRIYA Discombobulated Elsewherean! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: nether regions Posts: 1,125	This is pretty scary........when are you expecting her to make landfall??? After the weekend's disaster with all those people being trampled....now this?? The world has sure gone mad.........some man-made and others of "nature's" making. Stay safe. OT - You see what happens when you talk about someone??? __________________ Happiness is for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. (Anon.)

Dec 19th, 2005, 22:14	#5
Sama a pain in the asana Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: the India inside my heart Posts: 5,348	batten down the hatches, Nick -- you and Sushi stay safe! I hope it's not as bad as Hurricane Katrina was here for New Orleans... by the way, "mala" is Spanish for "bad".... __________________ *My India, 2005-2008* BE THE REVOLUTION

Dec 19th, 2005, 22:34	#7
davyd just a traveler Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 320	oh no! Again rain! this is something terrible. Half a month in Tamil Nadu and I just think of it like tiny patches of land. Both sides of east Coast road are inundated. Poor farmers, they harvest is flown away, today in newspapers I read about disastrous stampede in Chennai and 42 people left dead.

Dec 19th, 2005, 22:37	#8
bijapuri laid traps for troubadours Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Priustan Posts: 2,598	that stampede is fresh on the heels of a similar tragedy last month. Poor survivors of floods are desperate __________________ Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. Barack Obama lookit me!!!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bijapuri/ Utube fuzzy logic: http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bijapuri&p =r

Dec 19th, 2005, 20:37	#4
crvlvr Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hollywood Posts: 4,473	looks scary.. when is it expected to hit?

Dec 19th, 2005, 22:48	#9
lotus blossom re-member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: revolving around the sun standing still Posts: 1,890	i was reading about this. tragic for the homeless who were stampeded while simply trying to get some food to eat. as my friends in Bhagsu-Nag said when i was there in March; Mother Nature is very angry! Nick - stay safe and take the necessary precautions. __________________ Not all who wander are lost

Dec 19th, 2005, 23:11	#11
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,758	It is very, very sad, and a combination of the don't-care attitude of Indian institutions (nobody here is going to sue and get big dollars) and the complete lack of safety sense on both a personal and civic level. When I first came here the freedom to get hurt was, somehow, refreshing: if you fall down a hole or walk into a sharp piece of steel, tough. But then something like this happens Mala was a piece of IndiaMike history that seems to have disapeared,even from the member's list.

Dec 19th, 2005, 23:52	#12
rangss Bulk Carrier Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,838	Sue the government through a public interest litigation....for callousness. I hope mala is the last one. I can't stand another cyclone...had to put up with six cyclones already. __________________ ...and I took the road less travelled.

Dec 21st, 2005, 12:23	#15
davyd just a traveler Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 320	Hurray! Fortunately cyclone Mala drifted away and Coromandel coast has shining day today. Hurray!

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