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India headed for really bad weather - sm


Posted: Oct 12, 2013

Not sure where to post this so used the main board.  Wonder if any transcription is going to be affected by this.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/india-red-alert-super-cyclone-nears-east-coast-041317879--finance.html

Probably not much. Cyclone is coming in on the east coast. - sm

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Most transcription is done in Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore, I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong about no major BPOs on the east coast).


My best wishes for everyone's safety.  I can't even begin to fathom an evacuation of that many people.  



Heard about this yesterday and they said it - was a monster, bigger than Katrina

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with winds that might reach up to 200 mph. What is bad is not everyone can evacuate because of the poverty there.

Guess that means our IT department will be - unreachable, again. nm

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