25 Jan 2008

Stop snowing please

I never saw such a heavy snow which flew without direction and filled the whole world with white. I never knew that snowing could also be a disaster in so-called ''Jiang Nan'' district in China. I grew up in ''Jiang Nan''. I had never experienced such a heavy snow since I heard "global warming" which I hated so much for taking away my loving snow. I could only figure out a rough image of snowing from my parents or grandparents. But what happened this winter shocked me totally. The crazy snow lasted for almost two weeks and was still going on which was incredible for people who lived in southern China where people had few warming facilities in winter. According to “East Morning News”, till Feb 2th the big snow has destroyed 223,000 houses and damaged 862,000 houses. The direct economic loss was about 53.79 billion Yuan. The snow covered 1.2821 million sq.km of China. More than 100 million people were affected. My hometown Anhwei province was also one of the most seriously affected places. According to the materials from the state government, till Jan 30th more than 10.799 million people were affected. Many villages were short of electricity and communication. Almost all the expressways were covered by heavy snow which could not be used anymore for the time being. Some railway stations and bus stations were out of service for the same reason. It was said that people at home could not go anywhere. Another consequence of the snow was the rising of goods’ price.
Chinese New Year is coming. However, thousands of people are stopped from going home by the snow. In some area people even do not have enough food since the transportation system has crashed. Millions of people are suffering. Stop snowing please! Let people have a nice new year.

5 comments:

Brad Blackstone said...

Thank you for posting comments on this highly relevant topic!

SalmonFish said...

Anyway,forget the boring stuff and enjoy yourself.Wish you joy in the new year !!!

Chen Yiguo said...

I am also interested in the snowstorm happened to China this winter.My hometown had its first snow in the 15years. But strangely,it was above 10 degree last winter in the same period.

Flystehu said...

Let's show our best wishes for those are suffering the snow storm. Happy Spring Festival!Believe in the government and we can finally overcome the didaster!

KHIEM said...

I love your emotive entry. Hope that people your hometown will soon escape from such an awful snowstorm.