life - Cold wave brings massive problems in Shanghai



Last night youngsters were throwing snowballs at each other in Shanghai under weather conditions I have never seen before. Every year we would discuss whether it had been snowing for ten minutes or fifteen minutes, but yesterday it snowed all day long.
Pretty nasty outside and many of the new car owners got stuck in the suburbs for hours, they complained in many radio talkshows, because the elevated highways were closed down. Not taxi's available last night.
This morning is was dry, but because of the very early cold wave, very slippery too. The poorly heated apartments in Shanghai add there bit to the energy shortage: all the heat of my airco is blown out of my apartment.