Where's the blue sky
We're almost in the middle of summer and honestly-----I have yet to see a blue sky in Beijing. It's all been smog since the start of summer heat. Last week, we had 39C but a clear sky was nowhere in sight---not even an immaculate-cotton cloud. It's freakin' hot and boy, I took a bath three times on that day.
Last week, too, I had the most unbelievable weather experience in my whole life. I'm used to storms and typhoons but last week's weather phenomenon was different.
My foreign colleague and I were busy making our unit exams in the faculty office around noon (it was 36C outside) when suddenly it turned dark and the whole campus was covered with thick smog and we thought there was going to be a lightning and thunderstorm-----none but only a sprinkle of rain. Darkness continued until late afternoon. The nimbus cloud hanged up there but seemed hesitant to drop it's heavy weight. I went home like it's winter afternoon minus the coldness, of course.
Beijing is getting invisible, no doubt.
Sixteen of the world's 20 dirtiest cities dwell in China. Polluted particles in Beijing are 50 percent worse than Los Angeles.
Photo credit: Tim Wang's Blog
News flash: Sixteen of the top 20 dirtiest cities in the world are in china. Linfen, in Shanxi province got the "most coveted" title.
Last week, too, I had the most unbelievable weather experience in my whole life. I'm used to storms and typhoons but last week's weather phenomenon was different.
My foreign colleague and I were busy making our unit exams in the faculty office around noon (it was 36C outside) when suddenly it turned dark and the whole campus was covered with thick smog and we thought there was going to be a lightning and thunderstorm-----none but only a sprinkle of rain. Darkness continued until late afternoon. The nimbus cloud hanged up there but seemed hesitant to drop it's heavy weight. I went home like it's winter afternoon minus the coldness, of course.
Beijing is getting invisible, no doubt.
Sixteen of the world's 20 dirtiest cities dwell in China. Polluted particles in Beijing are 50 percent worse than Los Angeles.
Photo credit: Tim Wang's Blog
News flash: Sixteen of the top 20 dirtiest cities in the world are in china. Linfen, in Shanxi province got the "most coveted" title.