Netizens quick to locate the humor in sandstorm

BEIJING SUFFERED its heaviest sandstorm in years on Wednesday, with PM10 levels at 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, which is extremely hazardous for health. Comments:

Planting trees can help reduce sandstorms. But it takes time and money to turn a desert into a grassland or a forest, which seems almost a mission impossible now, although it is easy to turn forests and prairies into deserts.

A netizen from Gaotai county, Gansu province, commented on sina.com, April 16