Devastating Floods in Pakistan

[nfotiu]

The tweet was from 2 weeks ago. Things are much worse than they were then, I'd guess?

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

My friend is Pakistani with family back home and a lot of what Pakistan has done to support Ukraine hasn't been spoken about in Western news. Basically they didn't have to do anything, but they chose to show support to Ukraine and the West. They deserve recognition for doing so, and deserve support now.

These floods are truly devastating and aren't getting enough attention. Really hope other countries step up to support them right now.

Western news at times is embarrassing. In coloured countries stuff is reported on if it fits a western narrative (terrorism, famine, etc). Even silly social media slacktivism doesn’t do much. There is no “pray for Pakistan” or black square (thankfully so), but you can bet if stuff happened to a country more relatable there would be these campaigns.

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by activeStick

I've seen estimates of between 33M-50M people there being affected from the melting glaciers in Pakistan. So incredibly sad for the poor people there.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1563252444179492866

it's from monsoons not melting glaciers, nit picking I know

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

it's from monsoons not melting glaciers, nit picking I know

It started with glacial lakes spilling out and the monsoons added to the problem.

[surferguy]

Those are called Jökulhlaups.

/nitpick

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Plague, floods, war, drought... incoming famine seems horrifyingly likely in some places. These are some times to be living.

This thread could use some good news.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...world-supplies

A turnaround in Canada’s wheat crop may help boost world supplies...

...Statistics Canada said Monday in a report. That makes 2022 the third best harvest in records dating to 1908...

Let's go Canada

[BagoPucks]

It's nice to be positive but the thread should focus on the realities of the situation around the world.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

This thread could use some good news.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...world-supplies




Let's go Canada

Umm, this thread could use some positive news out of Pakistan if there was any, not positive news to get away from the flooding devastation. That doesn't make any sense, lol.

This is true tragedy in real time, and the thread is for that.

[CroFlames]

It was a specific reply to the person obviously being shaken up about plague, floods, war & drought. I thought it might help pick up their spirit a bit.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

This thread could use some good news.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...world-supplies




Let's go Canada

Yes indeed, I was speaking with someone at AFRED about this just yesterday. Seems like our farmers are likely to see a windfall.

[activeStick]

Wow, that's impressive. Just over $62M USD

https://twitter.com/user/status/1564508667231502336