Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Critics: India unprepared for monsoons

url: (http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-23/118659925332130.xml&storylist=international)

You cannot change the Nature or even reform the disasters that have caused agony across the Southern Asia, especially India. It is impossible to change that, and all we have to do is simply wait to improve and build a new developing country with patience. Many people have been killed and forced from their homes, and now the government is being blamed for not building the best dams or perhaps the evacuation plans, which is relatively disappointing to know. Since 1998, the floods have killed nearly 2,379 people and left 3-quarters of Bangladesh underwater, but this year, I was surprised with the improved number of mortality, which is only roughly 192 people in Bangladesh! However, I think in the future, the government especially the science experts should think further and wisely to create a better system to protect the people of Bangladesh including the South Asia because for now, there are millions of malnourished children that are most vulnerable to diseases and are at risk after being isolated by flooding! The pilot system that allow to present forecast floods may be beneficial for people so they can have alloted time to evacuate, but I think the government should do something better than that, since not many people have capability to see what's going on with the flood forecasts, especially young children. The government needs to wake up and realize what certain weaknesses they have to defeat within a short period of time.

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