The Portrait of an Hapless "Olympic Host" in Menmade Hell -- Guizhou
Residents: 'We are Living in Darkness with No Help'

The Epoch Times

Guizhou Residents: 'We are Living in Darkness with No Help'

By Feng Changle and Li Ling
Epoch Times Staff

Feb 05, 2008

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The worst prolonged snow, rain and cold weather period in a decade has
hit about 19 provincial level regions in China, responsible for the
deaths of at least 60 people and paralyzing air, rail and highway
traffic and stranding tens of thousands of passengers. (China
Photos/Getty Images)

Icy rain the likes of which has not been seen in a century has brought
tremendous hardship and great loss for residents in Guizhou Province.
One resident said, "It is so terrible. We are living in a world of
darkness, silence, helplessness and hopelessness. Every minute seems
like a thousand."

"Vegetables and piglets frozen "