Was Katrina as bad as the mudslide in Qaziabad?

The Qaziabad mudslide of October 8, 2005 has left 2.5 million homeless and about 80,000 people dead. Katrina's homeless are about 500,000... and as of January 13, 1,323 died. In looking at the natural disasters side by side, one can see that the mudslide is the biggest disaster of 2005 in terms of human tragedy. I was thinking a group like NASA or the European Space Agency should be involved in creating housing for the mudslide region. NASA? Well they probably have the technology to build a portable self-contained shelter for in a inhospitable environment with self-contained power source. Think too of all the good will it would provide in a Muslim country. They would have to give the help with no strings attached.
Of course the easier way could be sending Qaziabad some Fort Macpherson Tents as a quick fix. I used these kinds of tents when I did winter camping in Old Crow, Yukon in very cold weather. In looking at all these tradegies, I just think that we have technologies which could help if people think beyond traditional lines.
This is not to say the efforts are not working:

"The region has also avoided any major
epidemics so far. An outbreak of cholera was quickly scotched in a camp in Muzaffarabad in November, said Sacha Bootsmaspokeswoman for the World Health Organization in Islamabad."

Those on the ground are working very hard.


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