Crazy New Year

This is the craziest new year I have ever experienced. Just to list a few.

• It is snowing. Crazily heavy in Shanghai - the heaviest snow in recent years. Looking outside our office - I feel I am in Beijing.

• No railway station. From today to the Spring Festival, many stations have stopped all ticket selling. No ticket at all.

• Highways closed. In provinces like Anhui, all highways have been closed because of snow.

• No electricity. Shanghai’s storage of coal to product electricity has been left for only two days, according to media today. What happens after two days when there are not enough electricity in Shanghai?

• Things get expensive. Due to half million people waiting in the train station, someone are selling boxed meal at 10 times or higher price.

• My friends in office called people who have ticket. The price as been 3-4 fold, from 300 RMB to 1000 RMB, and increasing.

• Snow caused the most important railway line - Beijing to Guangzhou line - broken for 20 hours. People with tickets cannot leave the city.

• Many airports are closed. No aircraft have left or arrived since then.

Disclaimer: I didn’t personally see the facts with my eyes except the Shanghai snow. I rely on the sources in news in this article, and those sources are not always reliable.