Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Cold Part II: The Flowers


This is part two, so if you haven't read how pitifully cold it is for us humans, please check that out. You need to hear the pathos in my voice and see how frigid it really is before you see these pictures.

There are 500,000 plus people stranded in a train station just 3 hours north of here. The stock market is falling because of the terrible cold. Coal stocks are fluctuating based on wild rumors - can they make huge profits? will the government step in and regulate prices to cub inflation? will shortages continue? will mines be forced to stay open during the Lunar New Year? People are without water and power all over the mainland and more that 1 million police and soldiers have been mobilized to maintain order in airports and train stations and clear snow and ice from highways. It's all happening so close to Hong Kong. Even here people are remembering the bitter winter of 1996 when old people died in their beds because of the cold. But look at these flowers and plants. All of these are taken outside while I was walking home Monday night.

So don't listen to any more moaning from me.

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