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Pakistan: Another Victim of Climate Change
Environment News Service ^ | September 27, 2011 | By Zafar Iqbal

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 ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climategate; failure; hoax; pakistan


1 posted on 09/28/2011 5:24:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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.


2 posted on 09/28/2011 5:33:15 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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.


3 posted on 09/28/2011 5:51:42 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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’.


4 posted on 09/28/2011 6:06:28 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Environmentalists are blaming climate change for the unprecedented massive monsoon rains in Pakistan

Dear environmentalists....WHAT ended the last ice age? The SUVs driven by Australopithecus, or perhaps Wholly Mammoth flatulence?

How I loathe these people.

5 posted on 09/28/2011 6:15:29 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage

It’s always something.


6 posted on 09/28/2011 6:32:02 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
It’s always something.
7 posted on 09/28/2011 6:50:51 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: elcid1970

Oh didnt you know. It US-India-Afghan alliance that causing the floods according to some nutjobs in Pakistan!

http://asiancorrespondent.com/39066/zaid-hamid-blames-floods-on-india-and-afghanistan-not-a-joke-promise/

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...


8 posted on 09/28/2011 9:28:42 PM PDT by coldphoenix
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