Dawn after the storm – The morning after Cyclone Phailin
There were three storms in our region last night. Beautiful swirls of white on a peacefully sleeping earth.
Nighttime satellite image of 3 massive cyclones impacting Asia. #Phailin #Nari #Wipha via @anthonywx pic.twitter.com/jJG4fSFKvW
— Meredith Frost (@MeredithFrost) October 12, 2013
A myth of course, many spent the night in fear. But the morning dawns with its own revelations.
#Phailin : Dawn in Vizag (RK Beach) pic.twitter.com/Yrp5V9oz0z
— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/Sam_Kumar_TW/status/389211752350511104/photo/1
Cyclone #Phailin: Locals in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam say extent of damage is not as much as initially believed pic.twitter.com/M25UHC1mwx
— NDTV (@ndtv) October 13, 2013
The sun bringing in some hope in #srikakulam district of AP. Rescue ops underway. No casualties so far #Phailin pic.twitter.com/SstaOiArjn
— Preeti Singh (@singhpreeti08) October 13, 2013
#Phailin : Dawn in Bhubaneswar pic.twitter.com/GA7LwwMbBN"#indiafightsback
— Deep Mehta દિપ મહેતા 😎 (@deepmehtait) October 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/KPCheema/status/389194968969248768
#Phailin : Dawn in Kalingapatnam (AP) pic.twitter.com/XTyfXXnsqe
— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2013
It is a couple of hours since dawn, and there are very few images on Twitter, which makes me worry that areas with worst damage may still be cut off, but let us not anticipate bad news. So far, the stories are of a scary experience and damage to property of course, but the only lives lost seem to be the 5 from before the cyclone hit land.
Vidyut has a keen interest in mass psychology and using it as a lens to understand contemporary politics, social inequality and other dynamics of power within the country. She is also into Linux and internet applications and servers and has sees technology as an important area India lacks security in.