Got this via mail today and am still not sure whether it gave a feeling of vindication or just made me feel plain bad. I think it's a case of comparing apples and oranges though. Sure the US govt has done an awful job of search and rescue, but as to Bombay being up and about in 2 days, the problem with New Orleans is it's strange geography, being like a bowl with most of it being underneath sea level, with all the levees and everything, its difficult to get the water out. However, it is true that after the floods, there were no gun-toting thugs wandering the streets of Bombay, raping and looting. So yeah, I guess in some aspects, Bombay did manage to get it all together much better than New Orleans did...

inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane katrina...18
inches of rain in mumbai (July 27th)...37.1

population of new orleans...484,674
population of mumbai...12,622,500

deaths in new orleans within 48 hours of katrina...100
deaths in mumbai within 48hours of rain.. 37

number of people to be evacuated in new orleans... entire city...
number of people evacuated in mumbai...10,000

cases of shooting and violence in new orleans...Countless
cases of shooting and violence in mumbai...None

time taken for US army to reach new orleans... 48 hours
time taken for Indian army and navy to reach mumbai...12 hours

status 48hours later...new orleans is still waiting for relief, army and electricty
status 48hours later..mumbai is back on its feet and is business is as usual

US...world's most developed nation
India...Just a developing nation...