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"Red Heart Moon" a WEST MEETS EAST China Weblog -- by Kevin Hart Cross-cultural musings about life straddling the Pacific. Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Ballooning Waters If we are talking about Chongqing Currents, what is going on in and around the city, one of the favorite topics is the water level of the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers, especially in the summer months. After more than a month of heavy rainfall, almost daily, the water level is still really high. Dozens of unsuspecting bystanders have been simply swept away by strong waters never to be found no matter how hard the police looked. They seemed like human sacrifices to the river gods that demanded attention for their great volume and impossibility of being minimized. The city is slowly returning to normal, the Jialing river is down about 5 meters from its highest point last week, the Yangtze is still high but not threatening to burst its formidable banks, and people keep their fingers crossed the heavy rainy season has decided to lighten up for the rest of this year. Only positive side? The temperature is very cool, around 25 degrees C, and the air quality is very good after all this precipitation. So Mother Nature gives and takes.
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