这次雪灾固然与全球气候变化有着一定的联系，但是造成的巨大损失不能全部由天灾来解释。由于长期忽视基础设施建设，一旦出现极端自然灾害，便措手不及，应对乏力。仅两年中国城市气象灾害频发，人员伤亡和财产损失惨重，对灾害的反应与救助一再考验着政府部门的应对危机管理的能力及政府官员的职业操守。几乎每一次灾害发生后受到最大冲击的就是那些低收入的贫穷人群，比如农民工，由于缺乏经济基础和社会保障，使得他们无法采取更多的选择去应对灾害，只能被动地等待政府救援或灾害的结束。此次南方雪灾的教训说明，聚集在许多大中城市辛苦劳动的外来务工人员，在面临气候变化的威胁时，他们尤其是一群需要关注的弱势群体。此外，社会慈善机构的作用发挥不足，暴露了中国在社会救助发展方面的问题。由于集权式决策的弊端，加上灾害和应急管理的特殊要求，仅依靠政府有关部门完成救灾和恢复的工作是远远不够的。

Though certain link can be identified between this snow crisis and climate change, not all damage should blame on natural disaster. The lack of instant solution in confronting extreme natural crises of this kind is the reslut of long-time indifference of infrastructure construction.
In recent two years, the frequent occurence of climate crises in Chinese cities have cost heavy casualties and financial loss, which has greatly challeged the crisis management of the government and professional ethics of government officials.
Each time when crisis occured, it was the poor people , such as immigrant workers, who suffered the most. They have not so much means to actively prevent the harm , but to wait for help due to the economic vunerability and social insecurity.
This snow crisis in southern China has drawn our attention to the social vunerable group of immigrant workers, especially in the time of crisis.
Moreover, the fact that social charity has not been fully motivated has exposed the problems in Chinese social assistance system .
The drawbacks of authoritarian decision-making and the special requirement in crisis and emergency management has demostrated that it is far from enough to solely rely on the government to fulfill the job of disaster relief and reconstruction.

这一次安然度过雪灾，多少有些侥幸的成分。但社会自我救助的力量迟迟得不到建设、甚至被人为打压，一定会使得我们在面对更大的灾难时损失惨重。这次在火车站救助过程中，民政部门垄断了救济工作，但效率不高。许多民间组织又不能进场，一定要通过民政部门，类似的事件其实预示着某种潜在的危险。

LARRY

It was sort of lucky we survived from the snow crisis. Still, the self-saving force of the society was not well-constructed, sometimes even suppressed, which is likely to lead to a bigger loss in bigger disasters. During the train station salvation, the civil administration departments cornered all the salvation work with a low efficiency. Many NGOs couldn't even get it, unless through the civil administration, which indicates some potential danger in the future. Larry

以雪灾为代表的异常气候的变化，不是简单自然灾害和自然原因，而更多的是我们人类自身行为带来的后果，尽管这种后果是局部的。我们应该警醒了。

Regarding the snow disaster, abnormal climate change is not only a natural disaster, but also the consequence of humanity's behaviour. Even though it is only partly to blame, we should be aware from now on.

做好社会化大生产条件下抗灾救灾的思想与物质准备,抗灾、救灾应把发挥政治优势与运用经济杠杆结合起来,还要加强雪灾应急体系建设。

In order to face up to disasters, we need to combine both spiritual and material forces. Political mobilization and economic motivation should play respective roles in anti-disaster and relief efforts. Besides, snow crisis management system should be further strengthened.
(comment translated by Zhou Chen)