Chapter 721 The blizzard is coming
"Move quickly! Get into the underground shelter quickly!" Standing on the energy tower of the shelter, Shay felt that his body had been frozen by the wind and snow, but he still stayed where he was and yelled at the others Shouting for them to go underground quickly.
This was the last group of people to seek refuge. Before that, most people had already entered underground shelters to escape the sudden snowstorm.
"Shay! Everyone has entered the shelter, and you are the only one left!" Shay's brother stood under the energy tower. After escorting the last group of people into the underground shelter, he shouted to Shay on the tower. A sound.
Although it was difficult for his voice to penetrate the wind and snow as he was not an extraordinary person, Shay still heard his cry.
After looking around and seeing that no one else was still outside, Shay jumped from the top of the energy tower, fell into the snow on the ground, stood up after taking off the impact, and shouted to his brother: " Brother!”
Shay's brother came to Shay through waist-deep snow and pulled him up from the snow. The two of them supported each other and walked toward the door of the underground shelter.
"You two are the only ones left! Come in quickly!" A middle-aged man guarding the door saw the two of them and hurriedly pulled them in. Then he completely closed the door of the underground shelter to keep out the wind and snow. .
"Phew! This blizzard is really fierce!" Shay shook off the snow on his body and moved his arms and legs, trying to prevent himself from freezing.
He had been exposed to too much wind just now on the energy tower, and the cold wind had already made his stomach feel frozen.
A bowl of hot soup was quickly delivered to his hand. After taking a sip, Shay felt that he was finally alive.
"Who says otherwise! It was fine yesterday, but it started to blow and snow in the evening!" The middle-aged people on the side also complained. The sudden snowstorm really caught everyone off guard.
After drinking a bowl of hot soup, Shay felt that his condition had improved a lot. He looked at his brother and asked him: "How is the situation at the shelter? Are there enough food and fuel?"
"We currently have enough food to last for half a month. If we only count compressed biscuits, it can last for three months." Shay's brother has always been in charge of the shelter's supplies. At this time, he was also answering: "But in terms of fuel, Maybe it's not enough. We haven't stored much fuel. We usually only have about ten days' worth of fuel.
The last refueling was a week ago, so the fuel stock is now at a dangerous level, probably only enough for a week. ”
"Why is there only such a small amount? I remember asking you to prepare an emergency reserve, right?" Shay frowned, feeling that the number his brother said was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Xie had no doubts about the figures reported by his brother, let alone felt that his brother had embezzled anything from them.
After all, this is the northern border. All kinds of resources are mostly bartered, and money is used very little. How big can corruption be?
And Xie Yi also trusted his brother's ability very much. If it weren't for the help of this former Langton government civil servant, Xie Yi wouldn't be able to manage such a large settlement by himself.
But the numbers reported by his brother still made Xie frown and feel like he couldn't believe it.
My brother quickly explained: "It's mainly caused by two reasons. One of them is that it's been a week since the last supply.
As I said just now, our fuel reserves generally only last about ten days.
The caravan can basically come every ten days and a half, and every supply can fill our storage warehouse, so there is no need to store too much fuel.
After all, our storage warehouse is indeed small, and filling it too full at one time will affect many things. But if you encounter extremely bad weather, like now, it will be more difficult.
More than half of the fuel reserve has been consumed, and the remaining half needs to be used sparingly to last for a week. ”
"This is really not an optimistic situation!" Shay felt troubled and helpless. Although the underground shelter and energy tower seemed to be able to withstand the blizzard, this was based on sufficient fuel.
If they run out of fuel and do not receive support, they will face extremely serious survival problems.
The shortage of fuel will not only lead to insufficient heating, but more importantly, food will only be eaten cold due to lack of fuel, which will not provide enough heat for the human body to sustain consumption.
If you want to resist the cold, eating hot food to get extra calories is a very effective way.
But if fuel cannot be replenished and people cannot eat hot food, they will have no choice but to eat cold compressed biscuits.
Not to mention the taste of frozen compressed biscuits, the cold caused by fuel shortage alone is enough to kill everyone.
"When will the supply caravan arrive?" Although Shay was worried at this time, his face did not show too much worry. Instead, he showed a calm look.
As the leader of the shelter, anyone can panic, but he absolutely must be the calmest one.
Otherwise, if the leaders themselves panic, how can they expect the people to maintain order?
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"If there are no problems, they can reach us in as little as three days or as long as five days. This is also the normal time for caravan tours." Shay's brother answered him.
"What if something goes wrong?" Shay didn't believe that the caravan could patrol normally in this weather.
"It would be okay if they were just delayed on the road. If something goes wrong with this group of caravans, the weather will directly bury all the people and equipment." Shay's brother showed obvious worry on his face. .
According to usual practice, the supply caravan will arrive in three to five days at most, bringing enough fuel to the shelter to maintain the operation of the energy tower.
But the current situation is not normal. The raging blizzard has almost buried the entire shelter in snow. Shay is worried about whether the caravan can still arrive on time under such a severe blizzard.
After all, if they really delay for ten days and a half, the shelter will really run out of food.
The lack of cooking is quite acceptable. After all, the worst thing is eating compressed biscuits, but without fuel, the energy tower cannot operate normally, and the temperature of the underground shelter will also drop sharply.
Once the temperature drops, it will trigger a series of chain reactions.
Just thinking about the various problems caused by low temperature makes Shay feel a headache. He really can't think of how to deal with this worst situation.
(End of chapter)