[Kerrigan]

That must be a bummer.

At least their hair dye is holding strong; not a single gray head!

[hyteckit]

That's a lot of black hair. If that was America, half would be bald and/or have white hair. Actually half would be fat too.

[MacosNerd]

Now that's a lot of people. I'd hate to suffer agoraphobia and be in the middle of that crowd

[turtle777]

What is this ?

The a cue in front of public bahtrooms ?

-t

[Jawbone54]

I would go nuts.

[Doofy]

If they had their own cars instead of relying on public transport like the good little commies they are, they'd be at their destination already.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Yeah, I'm sure traffic wouldn't be a problem.

[Doofy]

More of a problem than being in the middle of that crowd?

[osiris]

These may be the evacuation pics from the recent winter storms over there. It's a becoming quite a tragedy.

[Doofy]

Oh, and where's all the women? Looks like mostly blokes. A right old sausage-fest.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by osiris 

These may be the evacuation pics from the recent winter storms over there. It's a becoming quite a tragedy.

I might be wrong, but I think they're from a transport problem they had a few days back. Trains didn't turf up or something. Might be related to the weather. Dunno.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

More of a problem than being in the middle of that crowd?

I didn't say that. They wouldn't be "at their destination already", though.

[RAILhead]

Is it ever fun being Chinese?

/Just saying...

[osiris]

Originally Posted by RAILhead 

Is it ever fun being Chinese?

/Just saying...

Lotsa fireworks?

[osiris]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

I might be wrong, but I think they're from a transport problem they had a few days back. Trains didn't turf up or something. Might be related to the weather. Dunno.

We're both right. There was a bad storm, the trains became entangled, and it was a New Year holiday.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j...yDzlwD8UG1AN83

[Dakar the Fourth]

Isn't the number of stranded people something amazing. like over a mil?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by osiris 

We're both right. There was a bad storm, the trains became entangled, and it was a New Year holiday.

The Associated Press: Winter Storm Chaos Grips China

Ahhh, there we go then.

I particularly like the way the Chinese media are spinning it:

"When one place suffers misfortune, aid comes from all directions. That is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation and, even more, it is a vivid portrait of the superiority of the socialist system."

Heh. Because no colonial capitalist pig sent any aid whatsoever to New Orleans. No siree.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Isn't the number of stranded people something amazing. like over a mil?

800,000 peeps at the train station pictured.
105 million people affected in total.



(Source: Telegraph)

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

I particularly like the way the Chinese media are spinning it:

"When one place suffers misfortune, aid comes from all directions. That is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation and, even more, it is a vivid portrait of the superiority of the socialist system."

Yeah, LOL.
The goverment helped: they all get a free train ticket back home.

Good luck getting ON that train though...

-t

[Dakar the Fourth]

That's like 10% of the population. Staggering no matter how you look at it.
(I heard something like 60,000 peeps at a bus station, too)

[osiris]

" ...a vivid portrait of the superiority of the socialist system."

fixed it for ya Doofy.

[juniper]

HAHA! I love being chinese and that title just had to catch my eye :-p

snicker snicker