How Pakistan’s floods compare to size of UK


by Sunny Hundal    
August 20, 2010 at 10:09 am

The floods in Pakistan now cover an area that is bigger than the whole of the UK.

Here is how they would look super-imposed:

via the How Big Really? site.

You can donate to the DEC from this page. So far, the deluge have killed over 1,600 people and displaced some 20 million people.


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1. Morlock

Iraq: none of our business.

Afghanistan: none of our business.

Pakistan: none of our business.

Not f*cking hard, is it?

2. Left Outside

Let’s all laugh at Morlock!

Behold the self described Libertarian who seems to want us to abandon all responsibility to help our fellow man!

Also, hilariously, he’s happy to let people die, but doesn’t like swearing!

Another thing of note:

“To put matters in their depressing context, the number of children who perish daily from water-related diseases is several times higher than the rate at which people perished in last week’s devastating floods.”

3. Mr. Pistaker

Left outside your penchant for your fellow man’s water is laudable, Try to be humane to all peoples not just those in your own though group! Did you learn the term “water related diseases” on socio- geographic prima for marxists in East Anglia.

4. Gypsy Rose Lee

And we are meant to weep and snivel about this?

BOO HOO HOO HOO HOO

There, that’s enough; switch to another channel.


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