Posted on 02/02/2008 3:01:26 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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Armored car crushes down ice covered the road at Lujiang section of He'an Highway in Lujiang, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 1, 2008. An armonred car was ordered to deice thick ice covered the road due to continuous icy weather in recent days. (Xinhua Photo) |
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OMG! This is the classic propaganda slogan.
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A snowman is made on the top of a car in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 2, 2008. A snowstorm hit the province, having brought more than 20 cm of snowfall by Saturday morning. (Xinhua Photo) |
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Trees are covered with snow in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 2, 2008. A snowstorm hit the province, having brought more than 20 cm of snowfall by Saturday morning.(Xinhua Photo) |
Ping!
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Soldiers of the armed police force carry disaster-relief resources in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2008. Some 120,000 clothes and quilts were sent to people suffering from severe snowstorm and frost in Hubei province on Friday. (Xinhua Photo) |
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Soldiers of the armed police force carry disaster-relief resources out of a train in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, Feb. 1, 2008. Some 120,000 clothes and quilts were sent to people suffering from severe snowstorm and frost in Hubei province on Friday. (Xinhua Photo) |
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Soldiers of the armed police force carry disaster-relief resources out of a train in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, Feb. 1, 2008. Some 120,000 clothes and quilts were sent to people suffering from severe snowstorm and frost in Hubei province on Friday.(Xinhua Photo) |
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Soldiers of the armed police force cover disaster-relief resources in a truck in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei province, Feb. 1, 2008. Some 120,000 clothes and quilts were sent to people suffering from severe snowstorm and frost in Hubei province on Friday. (Xinhua Photo) |
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Exhausted soldiers sleep on an escalator at the railway station in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhuanet Photo) |
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Two soldiers carry a sick girl to a medical aid post in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhuanet Photo) |
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A soldier helps a little girl at Guangzhou's railway station in south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhuanet Photo) |
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A soldier guides femal passengers carrying their children to the platform in advance at the railway station in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhuanet Photo) |
On CNN yesterday, there was an amazing report on 400,000 Chinese with no food or water trapped at a railroad station for a week because of the enormous snowfall. They had been trying to get to the southern provinces of China because this is their once-a-year trip back to their families in the hinterlands during their biggest holiday. Troops have been trying to restore order there and throughout the parts of China that are effectively frozen in.
In a “battle with Heaven”, Heaven wins.
In the midst of our snickering at China’s misfortune, let’s take a minute to reflect on what effect a similar disaster (an area the equivalent of the US from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, completely shut down - no power, no transportation, no reliable civic services) might have here at home....
Just thinkin’......
” and all canned food you stocked up out of Y2K paranoia.:-) “
I didn’t start stockpiling until I saw the first commercial for “NO MONEY DOWN 120% MORTGAGE”.....
(And watching the Katrina Debacle accelerated the process...)
;~)
It would make Katrina look like a garden party.
20 cm is about 8" of snow. I take it this area normally gets no snow.
“Armored car crushes down ice” once used for crushing protesters...
Is this region below the Three Gorges Dam? The pictures are appreciated, Thank you. Been thinking about those people at the train station, what a horrible situation they are going though.
Gotta love those pictures of happy children and women playing in the snow.
I guess these pictures of thousands stranded at train stations with no heat, food, medicine, or water for 3 days didn't make it past the Chinese propaganda screeners.
The pictures are all controlled by the state media. See happy faces? Yep. The government is on a brink of riots and they are issuing propaganda that looks like everyone is ok. That is not an armored car but a Tank. More than likely a T - 62 or 72.
Good pics. Thank you.
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