These posts usually start out in the same way. There was weather and the poor quality of Cleveland's infrastructure turned a windy day into a catastrophe. Residents of north east Ohio faced the usual 18 hour power outages after any kind of weather comes through. More significantly a train was thrown from a bridge into lake Erie.
That was last week. While in China they have been experiencing crippling winter weather for two weeks bringing the country to a standstill. The poor infrastructure and inability to deal with this much snow has caused massive transportation interruptions which in turn has caused price of produce to double in some places and has caused many people to go without power since they cant get the fuel to the power plants. At least Hu Jintao acts like a leader in this kind of situation by responding immediately, going to the places affected, and activating emergency response so that a disaster does not get worse.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK261760.htm
This week in Cleveland the temperature has been 40-50 degrees Fahrenheit and there have been scattered showers. Which in Cleveland is weather of catastrophic proportions accompanied by flash flooding, and power outages.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/OH/Cleveland.html#WAT
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