getting geography help
Jan. 30th, 2026 07:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwMost of the weather emergency info I've been getting has been about the eastern and central US. I know how big that is. I have learned that there are many people in Mozambique who are cut off from food and healthcare by massive floods. Do I have any idea how big Mozambique is? No. My ignorance of geography is profound. Thank you to journalist Yousra Elbagir (who mostly covers Sudan, I think) who helpfully mentioned on twitter that just the flooded area is comparable to the size of Lebanon. So Mozambique must be bigger than Lebanon. I really am terrible. I will look at a map.
When I hear Mozambique, I tend to think of Bob Dylan. In fifty years since the song was released, shouldn't I have learned more?
I do a monthly donation to Unicef and a couple of other charities that I hope are helping. That's why I do a monthly donation - bad stuff happens year-round. Shout-out to the UNHCR ad people who decided that instead of images of dying babies we should see inside their warehouses of supplies. I feel terrible about the starving babies (and their older families) but seeing what is actually being done is helpful.
The warehouse in Dubai was supplying goods for Syrian refugees
When I hear Mozambique, I tend to think of Bob Dylan. In fifty years since the song was released, shouldn't I have learned more?
I do a monthly donation to Unicef and a couple of other charities that I hope are helping. That's why I do a monthly donation - bad stuff happens year-round. Shout-out to the UNHCR ad people who decided that instead of images of dying babies we should see inside their warehouses of supplies. I feel terrible about the starving babies (and their older families) but seeing what is actually being done is helpful.
The warehouse in Dubai was supplying goods for Syrian refugees
