Re-A Strom That Wasn't - The PHAILIN UPDATE
TIME-8:55 PM - AS I WRITE THE STORM ‘ Phailin must have hit the coastal regions of India as many parts of the Eastern India must be flooded with Durga Puja greetings. A part of my India is in pain and undergoing a natural disaster, hence the blog. Far away from family the other deluge did affect me to write what I feel. Parts in Behrampur, Jagatsinghpur, Gopalpur and almost half a dozen other coasts must have been hit and by now (Sunday-11:31 AM) the TV media must be busy assessing the damage. 9:30 - As I write no one (media, NDRC, NDMA, people, politicians and other relief operations group) members must be near the coasts. No one till the deep night crossing Saturday into Sunday, will get to know what happens exactly for neatly five kilometers off the coast would see, Not untill Sunday or Monday morning. Nobomi for Bengalis. A Fisherman trying to rescue himself and the boat Have been tracking the cyclone news since morning, the cyclone ‘Phailin’. The news reporting experi...