This photo shows a family's 40 cattle shed blown down by the wind.
At 8 o'clock, June 26, a force 8 wind accompanied by torrential rain suddenly
attacked three counties (Pinggu, Shunyi and Miyun) in the suburbs of Beijing,
causing heavy losses to the local economy.
As reported by Beijing Youth, the meteorological record of that night
released by the Pinggu meteorological station indicated that the rain measured
17.2 millimeters, and the average force of the wind was 8th degree,
with the highest gust at 11th degree. These were the highest recorded
wind gusts since the meteorological station was built in 1954. This
unprecedented heavy wind hit more than 33.5 thousand mu (Chinese unit of
area, about 2.2 thousand acres) of fruit trees, causing 20%-30% of the fruit
to be blown off and thousands of trees to be damaged. The loss of fruit will be
as high as 9 million kilograms. Moreover, 13.2 thousand trees between the fields
and roads, as well as 216 electrical poles, fell in the wind, and 2,005 houses
were damaged by the heavy wind and rain. The estimated area of damaged
vegetables was 6,200 mu.
This wind was the roaring of the heavens over the bestial conduct of the
Beijing policemen who have wantonly abused female Falun Gong practitioners. The
force 8 heavy wind is a signal of retribution for all the crimes of the beasts
in human clothing and a warning to all the ignorant people: "If they don't
come to realize it, then the real catastrophe(s) will begin." (Dafa is
Indestructible)
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/6/29/12655.html