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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)

 

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)

Exhausted soldiers sleep on an escalator at the railway station in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhuanet Photo)

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)

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)

[kittymyrib]

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.

[Uncle Ike]

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’......