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Trapped in Mumbai floods (with Pictures)
July 28, 2005

Posted on 07/28/2005 8:59:22 AM PDT by Gengis Khan

Hi Everybody! I am freeping from Mumbai and I am trapped in the
floods. I am right now in office, cant get out of the building and cant go
home.....and have nothing to do :( 
So I am posting this. This is how bad things are at this end :
 
 


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Local News; Miscellaneous; Weather
KEYWORDS: floods; india; mumbai; zaq
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To: Gengis Khan

Wow, stay safe. I've relatives there - freepmail me if you need their help.
cheers


21 posted on 07/28/2005 9:50:14 AM PDT by razoroccam (Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
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To: sigSEGV

Mumbai is the original name. The British renamed it Bombay. When the BJP came to power they went back to the original names of Calcutta (Kolkata), Madras (Chennai), etc.


22 posted on 07/28/2005 9:50:23 AM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: swarthyguy

I heard it was 36'!


23 posted on 07/28/2005 9:50:50 AM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: Gengis Khan

27 inches in one day. I wonder if that is a record. One place I lived had 11 in one day, and the rain was pouring like a waterfall from the sky all day without stopping.

Stay safe! And send more news when you can.


24 posted on 07/28/2005 9:50:52 AM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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To: Gengis Khan
Its still pouring cats and dogs here outside.

Don't step in a poodle!

Stay safe, eh!

25 posted on 07/28/2005 9:51:26 AM PDT by headsonpikes ("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
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To: Gengis Khan

YIKES!


26 posted on 07/28/2005 9:57:18 AM PDT by eddie willers
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To: sigSEGV

It'll always be known as Bombay even tho officially it's now Mumbai. Many Bombayites/Bombayans still refer to it as such.

When the city was a bunch of islands, it was known as Mumba Devi, after the statue of a goddess on one of the islands.

The Portugese, who were on the islands by the early to mid 1500's may have been responsible for the change, but it certainly took hold after the British secured it via imperial marriage, IIRC.


27 posted on 07/28/2005 10:05:03 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: BullDog108

I heard 37 too, but the Beeb reported 27 for a certain 24 hour period, perhaps the 37 was a measurement from the area that got the most or that particular monsoon rain cycle.


28 posted on 07/28/2005 10:06:06 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: swarthyguy

Acha...


29 posted on 07/28/2005 10:13:02 AM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: Gengis Khan

I think I'm going to go for a run here in the beautiful 76 degree, calm and sunny weather here in Wichita. :) Stay dry.


30 posted on 07/28/2005 10:13:27 AM PDT by sigSEGV
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To: BullDog108; sigSEGV

It wasn't the BJP that started the process of renaming Indian cities.It was regional political outfits.The Shiv Sena(army of Shivaji,a Maratha leader) renamed Bombay to Mumbai after coming to power in 1996 in alliance with the BJP.The Tamil Chauvenist DMK party renamed Madras to Chennai,while the Commies decided to show their patriotism in renaming Kolkata.


31 posted on 07/28/2005 10:15:15 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Thanks, I stand corrected!


32 posted on 07/28/2005 10:21:19 AM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: Gengis Khan

Stay Safe and prayers for the people


33 posted on 07/28/2005 10:41:04 AM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: swarthyguy
According to Yahoo! News:

The city's weather bureau said Mumbai received 944.2 millimeters (37.1 inches) of rainfall in a 24-hour period ending mid-morning Wednesday, the most rainfall ever recorded in a single day in India and beating a record which has stood since July 1910.

34 posted on 07/28/2005 10:44:16 AM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: Gengis Khan

If you think you're bored now, try getting a job with the US government!


35 posted on 07/28/2005 10:55:55 AM PDT by thoughtomator (frotho ergo sum)
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To: BullDog108

I soak corrected.


36 posted on 07/28/2005 10:59:34 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: Gengis Khan
The rain drops keep fallin' on your head...

Don't know the rest of the song, but keep your feet dry or you'll catch a cold ... :)

37 posted on 07/28/2005 11:16:20 AM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck ("Love and cooking should both be approached with wild abandon" - Author unknown)
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To: Gengis Khan

wow, thats a lot of water there and we have water shortage in Chennai (I think)


38 posted on 07/28/2005 12:42:03 PM PDT by ulmo3 (I don't want to be immortal through my work I want to be immortal by not dying)
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To: sukhoi-30mki; Cronos; CarrotAndStick; razoroccam; Arjun; samsonite; Bombay Bloke; mindfever; ...

Hey guys there is a breaking news! There has just been a stampede in Mumbai and 16 people are reported dead.

It was caused by rumours about Powai dam bursting and people fleeing the area by thousands!


39 posted on 07/28/2005 12:54:06 PM PDT by Gengis Khan (Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until u hear them speak.)
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To: Gengis Khan

OMG!!!


40 posted on 07/28/2005 12:57:56 PM PDT by voletti (The meaning of life, the universe and everything...)
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