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Help the flood victims in Pakistan!
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Pakistan’s worst floods in recorded history
More than 2 weeks already passed since the floods, triggered by Monsoon rains, destroyed almost about one fifth of the country. Roughly 20 million people and about 160,000 square kilometers of land have been affected by the enormous amounts of water. People there are suffering badly because of the lack of fresh water supplies and a worrying food shortage.
Humanitarian catastrophe
According to the U.N. 3.5 million children are in severe risk of getting ill which is caused by dirty water. The W.H.O. has estimated that about 36.000 people are already affected by the breakout of fatal cholera and the situation is getting worse with each passing day. Relief workers have a hard time to reach the homeless and very desperate people. The communities urgently need fresh water supplies, latrines and hygiene products.
Donations needed
Due to the picture our western media has drawn of Pakistan which has been often portrayed as a “terror-state”, people are hesitating to donate money. When compared to the earthquake which happened earlier this year in Haiti, the amount of total money donated until now is incredibly small. Western nation’s people often think that the money won’t make it to the humans affected. But not donating money at all is the worst option and aid organizations are doing a great job at using the money effectively and making sure that it arrives where it should.
Where are the billionaires?
Shortly before the floods, various media was reporting about the initiative started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to convince billionaires all over the world to donate a part of their vast income for good deeds. I’m wondering why they are so silent about that now. If they aren’t just pulling a PR-gag out of that, they should start already to give money or resources to the aid organizations!
Please donate on one of the following sites to help the people which are desperately needing supplies!
How to stay informed about the BP oilspill?
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Worst case scenario
The explosion of the “Deepwater Horizon” drilling rig on April 20, 2010 triggered the worst oil disaster in the history of the United States. 11 workers died and 17 were injured at the explosion. Until BP managed to cap the gushing oil wellhead on July 15, 2010, 90 million to 180 million gallons of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico.
How to stay informed?
Due to the massive amount of information which mainstream news media spread, people all over the world watch and comment this horrible event.
The most important thing for affected people is to keep informed. So I collected a few links which might be interesting.
Oil spill related blogs and websites
- Florida Oil Spill Law
- The Oil Drum
- SpillBabySpill.com
- MarkIMoore
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- EPA Information about dispersants
- Life After The Oil Crash Forum
- BP’s ‘Nightmare’ Well: Internal Documents Uncover Negligence | Wired Science | Wired.com
Oil spill maps, satellite images and monitoring
- spillmap.org
- NOAA BP oil spill response
- NOAA Ship Tracker
- Deepwater Horizon Response Air Monitoring
- Gulf Oil Spill Tracker by SkyTruth.org
- www.geoplatform.gov/Gulfresponse by ERMA
Live video streams from ROVs at the capped oil wellhead
- Official BP website
- Spillcam on globalwarming.house.gov
- JTnog.org
- bp.isevil.org
- data.plan9.de
- List of direct stream URLs
Help now!
People to follow on Twitter
If you think there are links missing, please comment on this post and I will add them all!
