TC SIDR Aftermath : Photos,Videos and News

[Derek Ortt]

its almost certainly going to take more than a couple of days for the entire scope of the disaster to be known. Maybe keep the thread here for a while longer than the usual 48 hours would be betetr that the usual policy

[cycloneye]

I think you are right about the slow information period in this case.

[Coredesat]

I would keep both threads here for at least a week, just for starters; once news comes in a decision can be made later.

[CrazyC83]

Sadly, the first 13 deaths have been confirmed. Probably the first of an enormous list

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/a ... rent_id=24

[Chacor]

BBC:

In many places electricity and communication connections are down, and reports of casualties were confused.

Reuters new agency reported at least 28 fishermen - 16 Bangladeshi and 12 Burmese - were missing after their boats sank in the storm.

The news agency AFP said one elderly man had drowned when a river boat had capsized.

But there was no confirmation of the reports.

Also, 40,000 policemen and officials were deployed to the coastline BEFORE the storm in what is probably the most bone-headed thing I've heard of a government doing. I hope all 40,000 survived.

[cycloneye]

Photo of many of the evacuees.



I hope that the news from there start to get out soon,but I am afraid it will take time as the authorities have to get to many remote areas and see what occured.

[Derek Ortt]

it took more than 3 weeks for the surge to recede in 1991, and this surge was likely higher

it will likely take months to know th true extent of this storm

[HURAKAN]

Unfortunately evacuating millions of people in just 48 hours (more or less) is impossible. Even for a first world country. This leaves many people in vulnerable places, which counts for most of the country of Bangladesh. I'm hoping for the best but certainly expect the worst.

[JTD]

Tourists reported unable to be evacuated and thousands of homes "flattened"

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/1 ... index.html

[CrazyC83]

It will surely take a long time to find out what really happened. Think of what happened with Katrina, just shift it to a developing country.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

If this storm after coming ashore as 115 knot(IMO) storm into one of the most low laying and with a very high level of people living with in this area. The 1970 storm killed over 500,000 people, while 91 did over 100,000. If this kills less then a 10,000 then this country has came a long ways. In I don't mean that to be mean or wishful for death, I say it as a fact.

[Category 5]

If this storm after coming ashore as 115 knot(IMO) storm into one of the most low laying and with a very high level of people living with in this area. The 1970 storm killed over 500,000 people, while 91 did over 100,000. If this kills less then a 10,000 then this country has came a long ways. In I don't mean that to be mean or wishful for death, I say it as a fact.

I'm afraid I must agree sadly. Everytime they see a storm like this, the death total is massive.

[HURAKAN]

Now we have better technology, but compared to 1970, Bangladesh population has almost tripled. According to the graph below, in 1970 the population of then East Pakistan was about 65 million, then in 1991 was about 110, and based on an estimation in July, 2007, the current population is above 150 million.

So, more technology, but also more people.

[CrazyC83]

Interesting report from nearly 7 hours ago before the station went offline:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... 0.37000275

92 mph sustained winds reported, and that is well inland...

[Ptarmigan]

This could be a real disaster unfolding in Bangladesh. Sidr was a monster storm.

[HurricaneBill]

The last major cyclone to hit Bangladesh was Cyclone 1B in May 1997.



That cyclone struck with 1-min sustained winds of 115KT. It also struck at low tide during the daytime. 111 lives were lost in that cyclone.

[badkhan]

[Ptarmigan]

It's really bad there. I feel their pain. Oh and welcome to Storm2K.

[Ptarmigan]

The last major cyclone to hit Bangladesh was Cyclone 1B in May 1997.



That cyclone struck with 1-min sustained winds of 115KT. It also struck at low tide during the daytime. 111 lives were lost in that cyclone.

111 lives is bad, but that's a lot less than in 1970 and 1991.

[Derek Ortt]

major difference in storms pre and post monsoon I was told b a PhD student from India that shares the same office as I do.

Premonsoon storms are usually far less deadly than post monsoon. The reason is that post monsoon, the rivers are full from the monsoon rains