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Aijaz Rahi / AP
People walk past fallen sign boards and other trash caused by heavy winds in Pondicherry, India, on Dec. 30, 2011. India's weather office has warned residents along parts of the country's southeastern coast that Cyclone Thane is likely to cause heavy rains and gale-force winds.
Aijaz Rahi / AP
People take shelter during heavy rain and wind in Pondicherry on Dec. 30, 2011.
Aijaz Rahi / AP
Motorcyclists drive past fallen trees during heavy rain and winds in Pondicherry on Dec. 30, 2011.
The Associated Press reports from NEW DELHI:
A cyclone brought heavy rains and gale-force winds to India's southeastern coast, killing at least 11 people, uprooting trees and damaging homes.
The India Meteorological Department said Friday morning that Cyclone Thane was centered in the Indian Ocean, 22 miles southwest of the town of Pondicherry. Continue reading.
Cyclone Thane has brought heavy rains and gale-force winds to India's southeastern coast, killing at least 11 people. Msnbc's Richard Lui reports.
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It's a shame that India's weather service warned the public of only gale force winds, if the winds did in fact reach 85 mph. That is hurricane force. If this is true, I'm not surprised that people were caught off guard/unprepared.
Larry you are right. It indeed is a shame. In India the weather office is not very predictable - partly because 99% of India doesn't have natural calamities that will result in deaths. The nature is benevolent for the most part.
But i agree that's not an excuse. By the way India owes a lot to a man named Gowarikar who built the first ever monsoon models that started accurately predicting monsoon. You can imagine in an agriculture based economy of 70s and 80s that made huge impact. But I guess after that India could still have gone further. Clearly it hasn't.
God bless the dead and hope the recovery is fast.
India needs a massive birth control effort
... Or else they all will come to US on H1B and open 711s around every single corner. We all will be speaking hindi and dancing to bollywood songs. Doesn't sound as bad a thing to me ;)
I think you should not reproduce.