Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumSouthern China's heatwave is grinding on.
The hot weather began in several eastern and southern areas in early July. Since then, nineteen provinces covering about a third of the country have endured 20 or more unbroken days of scorching heat.
43 cities and counties have seen temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius. In Shanghai, the 41 degrees recorded on July 26 was the highest there for at least 140 years.
In Shanghai alone, at least ten people have died of heat stroke. The authorities there have been advising people to avoid outdoor activities whenever possible and take measures necessary to stay cool. Likewise in neighboring Zhejiang where temperatures have reached 43 degrees.
Elsewhere in Zhejiang, a week of non-stop heat caused the glass panes in road barriers to crack, and the cement surface of roads themselves to warp upwards by as much as 19 centimeters. In the village of Shitan, a car left parked under the sun spontaneously burst into flames. Electrical failure brought on by the heat is suspected to have been the cause.
Film at the link
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/04/317099/china-hit-by-unprecedented-heatwave/
Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)scalding hot water all the time and demand the A/C turned off because they do not like being cold.
The Chinese people are an odd bunch. They would rather pack into a non A/C bus and suffer in the heat, than pay one more yuan for a bus with A/C.
Before I get "not all of them are like that," I live in China. Been here for five years. Married to one of them. I've seen it, experienced it and even listened to their inane logic about how A/C makes the air dirty and unsafe to breath.
pscot
(21,024 posts)Does the average person have any sense that the climate is changing in ways that will likely cause pain and economic dislocation?
Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)ancient superstitions, beliefs, culture, heritage, tradition and just plan unenlightened worldview.
My wife is university educated (albeit it a Chinese university) and she is just as ignorant about everything as the uneducated migrant worker.