Articles with tag: disaster
Myanmar Disaster
kashkin dabruski May 8, 2008 interacts: 3“Dedicated to the people of Burma in their hour of need………but stands there, the government and its obstacles “!!!
Six Minutes
kashkin dabruski Nov 27, 2007 interacts: 4The changing world,
Continuation of destruction
Through volcanoes and winds
The Cyclone and the Saudi Prince
Naeem Randhawa Nov 26, 2007 interacts: 2Patargata - never heard of it, it sounds like a Thai dish. Do I need to worry about it? I've got enough on my mind.
Floods in Assam
M B Qasmi Sep 19, 2007 interacts: 1When will Assamese see a permanent solution to the problem they have come to live with. To remove the backwardness of the region, tackling the flood menace is a must.
How Prepared are we for Earthquakes?
Nasruminallah Mian Jun 18, 2007 interacts: 2On October 8, 2005 we rudely awoke to our nightmare that killed 73,000 and rendered about 3.5 million homeless.
Why Doesn’t the World Care?
Aamir Ibrahim Nov 3, 2005 interacts: 369Instead of blaming the world for short changing us in our hour of need, we should seek to understand the reasons beneath this global apathy.
Earthquake in Pakistan
ijaz gul Oct 10, 2005 interacts: 17Most of the worst hit areas are so remote and inaccessible that even in normal circumstances, it will need a superhuman effort by the entire relief effort to reach them in time and save precious lives.
Deadly Earthquake
Chowk Staff Oct 8, 2005 interacts: 102This earthquake is perhaps the most intense one seen in this region for over 100 years.
Katrina: An Abdication of Responsibility
Temporal Sep 2, 2005 interacts: 143The mandatory evacuation called on August 28 made no provisions to evacuate homeless or low-income and car-less households, as well as large numbers of elderly and the infirm. In 2000, a census revealed that 27% of New Orleans households were without any
Fleshened Bones
Farzana Versey Aug 8, 2005 interacts: 34It was always love for me. Let me hold you in my arms, Sister, mother, fellow bitch, I won’t applaud you for your spirit
A Personal Connection
Harimau Iyer Apr 6, 2005 interacts: 18“Please save my baby. He is all I have got. I lost my seven-year-old son to the sea and my baby is dying in front of my eyes. Please, sir, save my baby.” Her plea was impassioned. There were no tears in her eyes, just despair and a faint ho
Report on the Tsunami: Cuddalore
Harimau Iyer Mar 13, 2005 interacts: 7I thought all India needed was ten Anu Georges in each district to modernize it. Right now, altruism, however politically motivated, has met the idealistic civil servant and that had made the relief efforts possible.
The Tsunami Disaster
Udayakumar Jan 5, 2005 interacts: 95If the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) officials are unable to protect their own men and machines from a natural disaster, how on the Earth are they going to protect us, evacuate us, rehabilitate us and safeguard our safety and security from possible at
Tsunami
Tauheed Ahmed Dec 28, 2004 interacts: 136Let us then pray for those who are lost, and those who are suffering, and contribute what one can.
When the Sea Swallowed a City Whole
Soysauce Dec 28, 2004 interacts: 36Where the river Kaveri drains into the Bay of Bengal, there once was a city that was the setting for two famous ancient Tamil epic poems, Silappadigaram (“The Anklet Story”) and Manimekalai.
Mourning (Tsunami victims)
Fitaa Feeraz Dec 28, 2004 interacts: 5You cant have a burial,
Or there will be more deaths
Disaster Education
Udayakumar Jul 22, 2004 interacts: 23The Kumbakonam school fire tragedy is yet another indication that we, as a nation, are not good at averting disasters or at being prepared for unexpected emergency situations.
