Guest B1ackwater Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 BBC Tens of thousands of people have left coastal districts of Bangladesh as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal, officials say. Operations have been suspended at the main ports of Mongla and Chittagong, and people are being moved away from high-risk areas. More than 40,000 policemen, soldiers, coastguards and health workers have been deployed along the coast. The cyclone was expected to make landfall on Thursday evening. With winds of 200km (120 miles) an hour, the cyclone may also affect eastern India and the west coast of Burma. Thousands of families have been evacuated from their homes in over a dozen coastal districts of Bangladesh, officials said. - - - - - Only "tens of thousands" have evacuated ??? Needs to be something like a MILLION or more. This is a kick-ass cat-5 storm aimed perfectly to flood half of low-lying Bangladesh and adjacent bits of India. Tidal surge may go as far as 20-30 miles inland and the winds will flatten most of the humble homes common there. Then comes the floating bodies and livestock, contaminated water and disease ... we've seen it all before. "Bangladesh" ... must be local lingo for "Land of the doomed". If it's not hurricanes then it's droughts, pestilence, poison well water, crop failure - and that's just the natural disasters. Worse than California ! Alas, they've nowhere else to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest presidentbyamendment Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 On Nov 15, 8:29 am, b...@barrk.net (B1ackwater) wrote: > BBC > Tens of thousands of people have left coastal districts of Bangladesh > as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal, officials say. > > Operations have been suspended at the main ports of Mongla and > Chittagong, and people are being moved away from high-risk areas. > > More than 40,000 policemen, soldiers, coastguards and health workers > have been deployed along the coast. > > The cyclone was expected to make landfall on Thursday evening. > > With winds of 200km (120 miles) an hour, the cyclone may also affect > eastern India and the west coast of Burma. > > Thousands of families have been evacuated from their homes in over a > dozen coastal districts of Bangladesh, officials said. > > - - - - - > > Only "tens of thousands" have evacuated ??? Needs to > be something like a MILLION or more. This is a kick-ass > cat-5 storm aimed perfectly to flood half of low-lying > Bangladesh and adjacent bits of India. Tidal surge may > go as far as 20-30 miles inland and the winds will > flatten most of the humble homes common there. Then > comes the floating bodies and livestock, contaminated > water and disease ... we've seen it all before. > > "Bangladesh" ... must be local lingo for "Land of the > doomed". If it's not hurricanes then it's droughts, > pestilence, poison well water, crop failure - and > that's just the natural disasters. Worse than > California ! > > Alas, they've nowhere else to go. Start Loving is the guy on peace vigil in front of the Cannon House Office Bldg.. He'll be my peaceful emergency services coordinator in the Pentagon. I'm going to make him a 2-heart general. That's General Loving to you and you and you and you.... Rick Hohensee http://www.myspace.com/presidentbyamendment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patriot Games Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 "B1ackwater" <bw@barrk.net> wrote in message news:473c47ca.4582609@news.east.earthlink.net... > Tens of thousands of people have left coastal districts of Bangladesh > as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal, officials say. > - - - - - How much did Bangladesh send New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina? Let's end Bangladesh that much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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