UPDATE: At the moment there has been significant interest from users willing to contribute feeds to slashgeo. So drop alex a line if you are interested in helping out slashgeo as an editor.

A sad bit of news that Alex from slashgeo.org has decided to put an indefinit end to the project. It’s a real shame since its the only geo-news site that isn’t crammed with pointless commercial news and annoying ads from you-know-who. The news on slashgeo actually qualified as being cool and geeky. I am waiting to see, perhaps someone with more courage than me can help pick up the project. Link to the post from Alex.

It appears that while most western media’s attention is fixed on the seemingly good work the Government of Pakistan is doing in Islamabad, those truly deserving our help are the deprived and poor of Sind and Baluchistan. The floods in South Asia have had the most devastating effect in South-Western Pakistan. Sadly in contrast to the political will to take action on an internationally sensitive issue, little will seems to exist when it comes to assisting over a million poor. Ironically a benevolent visit by the PM lead only to misery, when the frail and the elderly seeking medical attention had to wait for four hours in the sweltering sun to catch their delayed flight.

From the BBC:

At least one sick woman had come from as far away as Mand on the Iranian border, 120km to the west of Turbat. Her relatives say they had to carry her across riverbeds at two points on the road where the floods have washed away the bridges.