Monday, January 28, 2008

Stuck on the Plane in Shanghai, or, Mei You Deicer Truck

Almost 150,000 passengers were stranded at Guangzhou Railway Station on Saturday night after a power failure caused by snow, ice and sleet stopped more than 136 trains in Hunan Province on the trunk line between Beijing and Guangzhou.

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6345929.html

I’m stuck on the plane (shockingly, stealing internet access from some place at the airport), with conflicting information about when the deicer truck will be available, and when we might freakin’ leave this place.


This is the impact of two or three days of sleet and snow on a city that if it's lucky, gets a few drifts each year.

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