i recieved an email -from some one who is associated with yhe - * SAVING LIVES PROJECT * in Goa , he wrote to say that was so saddned to note that many of the NURSES did not even have the basic knowledge of * FIRST AID " ,
Thank God or St. Francis Xavier , we did not have a disiaster in Goa , can you imagine the chaos ? Having said that , is it not time for us Goans in Goa to prepare ourselves for the future ? Why wait for the Government. ...... rene --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilbert Lawrence: > We feel Samir's pain and frustrations, and those of > others. > > In the USA we are very pro-active and perhaps > over-so. We spend a lot of > time, money, resources and patience in PREVENTION > AND MAINTAINANCE. > > Now that we know how to spell tsunami (I first did > it because of spell > check), we will be more familiar with disasters from > the oceans. The > challenge now is how the government AND THE PEOPLE > will prepare for this > catastrophe along with earthquakes, tornadoes and > flooding. > > Lest we only blame the authorities, the PEOPLE AND > COMMUNITIES have to > practice some drills for emergency preparedness. To > speak for myself, I > did not take them seriously. Maybe now it will be > different. Does Samir > (and others) have stored-away a two-week supply of > emergency canned > food, water, flash-light etc.? > > Let's learn from mistakes. Let's not exacerbate the > blame-game as there > is perhaps enough to go around. Pointing fingers at > others is our > tradition. > Regards, > > Samir Kelekar: > The real reason for not seeing this tragedy is much > deeper than what it > appears. It is now clear that the Indian govt. knew > of the earthquake in > Car Nicobar one hour before the waves hit Tamil > Nadu. However, given the > state of things in India, one could bet one's life > that nothing would be > done. > > To top it all, the head of NIO does not even know > that a tsunami is > possible in the Indian ocean. What could one say for > the caliber of > people at NIO? > > Basically, it is our tradition to put down dissent, > put down merit. We > will come up with crude reasons such as so and so's > action is due to > communal reasons, vested interests and what not, but > we will not respond > positively to an intelligent suggestion. ....We > cannot be pioneers or > creative, because there is not just apathy but > outright disgust, and > opposition in this country to creative brains. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
