社评 0119 寒天过后

寒天过后

这几天来，德州地区正遭受到寒流之袭击， 休斯敦地区停课交通大乱， 整个城市面临着寒风凛冽， 动弹不得。 市长宣佈多処取暖中心， 生怕有人会被冻死。

今年的冬天特别冷， 由于气候暖化，  许多本来冷的地方变得更冷，而热的地方更热。 

当初到美国时住在加州， 天气宜人， 风景秀丽， 但是近年来因地球暖化， 常常引起森地大火 ， 旧金山这座美丽之山城 ，如今在市中心已被流浪汉佔领。

休斯敦国际区近年来我们一直努力之目标就是改善治安阻止流浪汉之入侵， 目前新任市长惠特曼正在努力推动流浪汉留置中心，防止他们到处流动。 

老实说， 寒冬最可隣的是穷人和无家可归者， 大休斯敦地区之居民将至少每月领到五百美元， 虽然钱不多， 但也算是政府的一项德政。

After The Cold Weather 

In last few days, Texas has been hit by a challenging cold front. The Houston area has suspended school attendance and the traffic has been chaotic. The whole city faced a fierce and freezing cold wind and was unable to move. The City of Houston set up warm centers for those people without homes and who feared that they would freeze to death. 

This winter is particularly cold. Due to the warming climate, many cold places are now becoming colder and hot places are becoming hotter. 

When I first arrived in America, I lived in California. The weather was very pleasant and the scenery was beautiful. But in recent years, due to global warming, the climate changes often caused many forest fires. San Francisco, once a beautiful city, is now occupied by thousands of homeless people in the downtown area. 

In the Houston International District area, our goal is to keep out the  homeless. Currently, our new mayor John Whitmire is also working on a project to set up a homeless center to solve the problem. 

In these cold days, we can’t be poor. Harris County is trying to give the residents $500 dollars a month to each resident. Although the money is not much, it is also shows the virtue of the government