BBC quoted a Pakistan government official as saying 1/3 of the country is currently underwater. Even if that’s hyperbole, and I’m not sure it is, the scale of devastation is immense.
I don't think it's hyperbole. Some civil servant assessed that the peak of the floods would cover a third, the minister simplified that by pretending that the peak is right now, all over the country. Even if the minister is wrong and the peak is a little later in some parts of the country than in others, that's IMO no significant difference. Just a detail, really. A simplification, not hyperbole.
Sigh.
We won't care about this flood. We won't really care even when the Central Valley of California is submerged, and that's full of rich people. And today I saw another new species of insect on the balcony. More southern species show up here every summer.
Sigh.
We won't care about this flood. We won't really care even when the Central Valley of California is submerged, and that's full of rich people. And today I saw another new species of insect on the balcony. More southern species show up here every summer.