Posted on 09/28/2011 5:24:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Environmentalists are blaming climate change for the unprecedented massive monsoon rains in Pakistan, which so far this year have affected eight million people, claiming 350 lives and damaging 1.3 million homes.
Pakistan has witnessed swift climate change because of rising temperature and flooding downpours in the past two years. Climate experts consider this unexpected change as a part of broader regional climate changes also happening in the neighboring countries.
(Excerpt) Read more at ens-newswire.com ...
Pakistan, as with the rest of the sub-continent, has a long history of flooding.
http://southasianfloods.icimod.org/contents.php?country_code=PK&c_id=11
It is likely deforestation and population growth has made this last batch worse that earlier ones. The article provides no evidence AGW has anything to do with it. It is just assumed.
In days of old we would throw a virgin into a volcano to please the weather gods.
Today we throw cash into politician’s limos to get the same result.
Worshipping a false god and applauding those who murder innocents in his name doesn’t help Pakistan, either.
IIRC, the Sahara and the Middle East were green until they were overrun by Islam.
Just sayin’.
Dear environmentalists....WHAT ended the last ice age? The SUVs driven by Australopithecus, or perhaps Wholly Mammoth flatulence?
How I loathe these people.
It’s always something.
Oh didnt you know. It US-India-Afghan alliance that causing the floods according to some nutjobs in Pakistan!
At times I wonder how many times would the earth go through the 40 days & nights of flooding if the promise wasn’t made to Noah...
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