China's weather problems

This is hardly the lengthy post I am used to writing but I had a thought I'd like to share. Any feedback or insight would be appreciated.

With all this snow that China has received, I wonder what the effect will be on China's other problems. The central and souther regions of China, the very places that received the devastating snowfall, are prone to yearly floods. Come spring and summer I am expecting reports of extreme flooding. Even though much of China has been under drought conditions for years without fail the rivers flood and dozens of people die every year. The snow is not going to help that problem.

On the other hand, China is approaching a water crisis. Aquifers and reservoirs strain to satisfy water demands for 1.3 billion people. We all know that China is a major world producer of everyday goods and this production requires water. As economic development in China increases, consumer demands worldwide put added stress on China's water supply.

One way that China is attempting to deal with this is by easing the imbalance of water availability in China. The south is wet and the north is dry. The government here is planning yet another epic civil engineering project, an underground river, that will transport untold millions of gallons from the flood ravaged south to the moisture starved north. Again, this is the type of government project that could only happen in China.

Blake's Final Thought: Water is so old. The water in your glass right now is the same water that the dinosaurs drank. Delicious.