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Well, as some kind of

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:46:47 +0000

In reply to Of course they have nowhere

Well, as some kind of tearjerker example of global warning, it missed the mark. Life in the delta has always been awful. (Sime question about how bad Churchill's role in the 1943 famine, but it was an ugly chapter).

Of course they have nowhere

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:39:22 +0000

In reply to For as long as I remember,

Of course they have nowhere to go, so should we send the Bangladeshis, all one hundred sixty million of them, condoms or life jackets or just advise them to grow gills? As many observant someones much closer to our border must have said dead seriously: Si, no tenemos platanos. No hay trabajos aqui tampoco. Asi que ve a otro. I wish that simple solution could work for everyone trying to keep their head above water. But really, why should I care, I live in the mountains.

For as long as I remember,

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:25:54 +0000

In reply to A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything.

For as long as I remember, long before the term "global warning" was current, floods every year in Bangladesh cover 1/3 of the country - a shocking statistic then and now. These people live in a flood plaun if several if the mightiest rivers in the world coming out of the Himalayas And ending up in the Bay of Bengal. As a comedian said about Ethiopia once, "Move! You live in a fucking desert!"