While international rescue teams deploy to Nepal and Tibet following catastrophic flash floods that have killed over a thousand people, Baja California Sur remains a vacuum of geopolitical empathy. An expat lounging in a hammock in Pescadero briefly glanced at a headline before muttering that the swell direction was ruining his morning session. Nobody down here can be bothered to care about Asian river basins when the beach break is firing and the Pacifico is freezing cold.