re: #18 LudwigVanQuixote

There has been almost a decade of straight droughts in the Southern US. Texas has been in the worst drought for some time since February. China experienced its worst drought in 200 years in its breadbasket. Monsoons wiped out 6,000,000 people’s homes in Pakistan and as many as 1,000,000 died.

You might want to check this figure. Seems a little high. The total deaths for the 2010 Pakistan floods was 1,781. Additionally, running a request at the EM-DAT database for flood events in Pakistan covering the years 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; results in 2,065 deaths. Total flood events according to EM-DAT from 1900-2011 includes 4,372 + 2,994 + 7,500. Total deaths from storms in the period including 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; is 369.