---
title: In Karachi Pakistan they took to the streets in lifeboats
date: 2012-05-06T13:53:28Z
modified: 2012-05-06T13:56:33Z
permalink: "https://350.org/karachi-pakistan-they-took-streets-lifeboats/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: to remember the devastating floods of 2010 and 2011, where tens of millions were forced from their homes by rising waters 
wpid: 29427
author: Bill McKibben
---

to remember the devastating floods of 2010 and 2011, where tens of millions were forced from their homes by rising waters

![](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7001228180_6b58833f59_z.jpg)

![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7147312097_28fcd520f2_z.jpg)