Winter Blues

Most New Englanders would claim that 2011 has brought on one of the harshest winters in decades. But boy am I thankful that this “snow bomb” didn’t drop down on the east coast of the United States. South Korea’s east coast was covered with more than THREE FEET of snow this morning!

A picture is worth a thousand words, and I believe that this picture demands readers’ attention. As soon as I saw this photograph, I was blown away! The snow has caused buildings to collapse and thousands of citizens to be stranded. Soldiers were digging out cars early this morning and searching for trapped victims.

The Yonhap News Agency reported: “Nearly 4.8 billion won (US$4.3 million) worth of property damage was reported as of early Monday” and “the number is expected to increase steeply as public officials have yet to gain access to many homes in the region due to heavy snow accumulation.”

They go on to discuss that this is the biggest snowfall in over 100 years. It seems that it’s not just the Northeast that is having difficulty making it through this winter! I’m sure I’m not the only one highly anticipating spring’s arrival!

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/02/14/83/0302000000AEN20110214009100315F.HTML

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/14/3-feet-of-snow-covers-south-koreas-eastern-coast/

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/14/6050735-snow-bomb-hits-south-korea