hudhud - severe storm hitting north andhra coast in the next few hours

by truthbetold Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:29 pm

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29564007

That article describes how cyclones are named.

There was a time cyclones killed thousands of people. India (and probably most other countries) learned to prepare for the danger and minimized the number of deaths. The storm is going to drop about 20 inches of rain around the city of Vishakapatnam.

Hope they can make it through with minimum losses.

by truthbetold Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:44 pm

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141012/nation-current-affairs/article/pm-holds-emergency-meeting-review-preparedness-hudhud

The storm is receiving highest level of attention.

by southindian Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:49 pm

How did they find that name?

by confuzzled dude Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:19 pm

southindian wrote:How did they find that name?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29564007

by truthbetold Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:38 am

Vishakapatnam took a direct hit from the storm. 200 km winds. Tidal waves. No power.

by confuzzled dude Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:55 am

Looks like Vizag incurred massive damage, they probably won't be able to assess the damage till next week.

by confuzzled dude Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:45 am

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by truthbetold Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:59 am

India so far learned to use technology to move people to secure areas. That minimized deaths from 1000s or 10000s to 10s. That is good.

They will do a reasonable job of recovery.

Now the lesson to learn is developing proper building codes, road constructions codes, buried electrical lines and other long term preventive actions. These requires universities, disaster management teams, international help, and lot of money and time. Benefits are seen only after a long time. Will politicos care about long term benefits? Only time will tell.

I was in touch with people in vizag. Some communications are restored. People are terrified by the intensity of the storm. It dented established norms of safe structures. Weakness of roofs and glass windows was exposed. In many cases they were not designed for such high winds. Common comment was that scooters were flying. Some apartment buildings severely damaged. Property damage is said to be high and widespread.

by Obnoxious Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:04 pm

Many glass windows shattered, roofs flew. My parents live in Vizag. I lived there for a while. It was sad to the destruction. This time it hit me close.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:00 pm

truthbetold wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29564007

That article describes how cyclones are named.

There was a time cyclones killed thousands of people. India (and probably most other countries) learned to prepare for the danger and minimized the number of deaths. The storm is going to drop about 20 inches of rain around the city of Vishakapatnam.

Hope they can make it through with minimum losses.

They should give islamic names to all cyclones. As there are no good cyclones - just like islamic kings - and they contribute only to destruction.

Start with Ghori - 2014.

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:27 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
truthbetold wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29564007

That article describes how cyclones are named.

There was a time cyclones killed thousands of people. India (and probably most other countries) learned to prepare for the danger and minimized the number of deaths. The storm is going to drop about 20 inches of rain around the city of Vishakapatnam.

Hope they can make it through with minimum losses.

They should give islamic names to all cyclones. As there are no good cyclones - just like islamic kings - and they contribute only to destruction.

Start with Ghori - 2014.

Pakis may like that! They name their missiles after them.

I suppose Paki's future weapons will be named after Dawood, Afiz, bin Lavden, etc.

by confuzzled dude Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:20 am

State govt requested for 2000 crores package and central government gives half of it. They're estimating that total loss could be around 70,000 crores. What a start for the new state which already has budget deficit issues to deal with

by Hellsangel Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:22 am

confuzzled dude wrote:State govt requested for 2000 crores package and central government gives half of it. They're estimating that total loss could be around 70,000 crores. What a start for the new state which already has budget deficit to deal with

Is that schadenfreude?

by confuzzled dude Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:25 am

Hellsangel wrote:
confuzzled dude wrote:State govt requested for 2000 crores package and central government gives half of it. They're estimating that total loss could be around 70,000 crores. What a start for the new state which already has budget deficit to deal with
Is that schadenfreude?

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