Chapter 321 The wind is roaring, the fire is burning
The bright sun hangs in the sky, and the sunny leaves are curled up.
In the driving business car, Hawke turned on the air conditioner and blew the wind out, saying, "It's over 35 degrees outside."
Brien is very concerned about the weather these days: "Today's highest temperature is 38 degrees, and it feels like the sun is going to exceed 42 degrees on the asphalt road."
In summer, Los Angeles rains lightly and the daytime temperature is hot. Since the new century, the highest temperature in the city has reached 42 degrees.
Originally, most parts of California have a Mediterranean climate, with hot and dry summers and mild and humid winters.
But since the late 1990s, the southwestern North America continued to be super drought.
In Hawke's memory, the drought in his previous life has not been relieved for more than 20 consecutive years.
A terrible fire will come sooner or later.
Hawke opened the car refrigerator, took out two bottles of mineral water, and handed Brian a bottle: "From January to now, the rainfall in Los Angeles is only 16.9 mm."
Brian said: "The forecasts of the Caltech meteorological experts are very reliable. The weather this year is similar to what they expected."
He looked at Hawk, "Where do you think the fire will start to burn?"
There are standard answers to this question. Hawk said: "For the past decade, wildfires have been erupting in areas such as Mount Malibu, southern Santa Monica and Topkapi."
Brian said: "In addition to the Malibu Beach area, most of the people live in middle- and high-income middle-class, small business owners, cultural and sports stars, and some government employees. The houses are mainly wooden structures, and the green plants on the mountain are mainly pine and oak rich in oil trees."
Hawk reminds: "You have a suburban development plan and forest management policy in advance."
Edward was driving and parked in front of a single-family house.
Brian opened the car door and turned to look at Hawk: "You won't go down together?"
Hauk said, "This is your time, I won't go."
Brian got out of the car and walked towards the other side of the house.
The courtyard wall of this house is not particularly high, and it uses a wrought iron fence, with wisteria planted behind the fence.
Due to drought, many branches of dense wisteria have died, and many gaps have been exposed in the iron fence.
In the car, Hawke said, "Call for someone."
"If it were more than two years ago, we could sell several thousand dollars for such news." Edward said and called Juan's cell phone.
Hawke accumulated its initial capital through the free journalism industry.
A Ford sedan drove over, Juan quietly got out, sneaked up with the camera and sneaked into the iron fence, found a gap, and pointed the camera lens at the door of the house.
Brian walked in and quickly walked towards the door.
The door opened and a beautiful and sexy woman came out from inside, holding a little boy of five or six years old in her hand.
Seeing Brian, the little boy ran over quickly.
Bryan picked him up with one hand, held the woman's hand with the other, and entered the door together.
Hu's Ministry of Security took pictures from the angle of peeping and shooting.
The commercial vehicle started and left here.
Edward asked, "Boss, has Brian made his relationship public?"
"When the election was announced, he made his relationship with Jennifer Huey public." Hawke also designed this way: "If nothing unexpected happens, he will get engaged next month."
When he entered politics, he reached a certain level, and a stable partner was a must-have option.
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Fox TV Center, Channel 11.
The continuous high temperatures and droughts, and the weather trailers of major TV stations are all trying to find ways to make a living and create something new to attract attention.
Channel 11 has been working with professional institutions of California Polytechnic University for a long time and has invited experts to participate in the program several times.
Megan, the director, also came forward in person and talked with meteorological experts several times, allowing Channel 11 to establish a smoother meteorological communication channel with Caltech.
In the corridor leading to the president's office, the sound of high heels falling to the ground with extremely fast frequency sounded. Elsa came to the door of the director's office, greeted her with her assistant, and entered Meghan's office.
Meghan put down his work: "You called just now and the weather agency gave a new forecast?"
As Meghan's former assistant, Elsa also served as the producer of "Evening Meteorological Forecast" after serving as the host and deputy producer of "Ace News".
She has always been responsible for communicating with meteorological agencies on the Fox Channel 11.
Aisha put the latest weather forecast on her desk and said, "Several experts from the Polytechnic University predict through meteorological satellites and state-of-the-art computer models that as the high and low air pressure caused by temperature collides with high and low air pressure, starting the day after tomorrow, there will be strong winds in Southeast California within the next week."
Megan immediately asked, "Will it bring rain?"
In the winter of the rainy season in Los Angeles, Elsa said, "It's a dry summer monsoon, with the maximum wind speed predicted to exceed 50 miles."
Megan picked up the prediction instructions and looked at it: "How many days will it last?"
"About a week." Elsa said, "The weather experts recommend that you issue a Los Angeles wildfire warning."
Megan said, "It seems that there is no large-scale wildfire this year."
Eisa remembers very clearly: "Yes, in May, a small wildfire occurred in the San Fernando Mountains, but it was put out in two days. No waves were caused. Only the TV stations and media over the canyon reported it, and no one paid attention to the mainstream media." After reading the prediction instructions, Megan said, "Weather forecasts are reported according to the experts' predictions."
She pondered a little: "Meteorological experts gave wildfire warnings... Well, Aisha, you have dispatched a group of people to prepare for reporting possible wildfires. If you receive a tip in this regard, you will drive the broadcaster as soon as possible."
The wildfires occur in Los Angeles every year, but the size is different, and the media has always paid attention to news in this regard. "I'll do it now." Aisha left the office.
Megan put the weather forecast instructions, picked up his mobile phone and took two photos, and sent them to Hawke.
Soon, Hawke called and said, "Confirm?"
Megan said, "California University and Fox have been working with each other for nearly 10 years, and the weather forecast accuracy is very high."
"I understand." In the villa on the other side, Hawke hung up the phone, retrieved several photos he received, and said to Brian, "Open your phone's Bluetooth."
Brien asked while turning on Bluetooth, "Is the time ripe?"
Hawke passed the photo to him, and retelled what Megan said.
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Hearing that there is a very high chance of continuous strong winds in Los Angeles in the next week, Brian said with some excitement: "The opportunity is finally here!"
He looked at the photos and said: "Yesterday afternoon, I went to the mountains near Kovina in the name of an inspection. The dead branches and leaves were not cleaned for a long time, and under the scorching sun and high temperature, it was just around the corner."
Hawke reminded: "You should pay attention to it too."
Brian was prepared for a long time: "There are relatively few mountains in Kovina. Most of the low hills were rented to plantation farmers as early as the 1990s. They were full of fruit trees they planted. The fire prevention measures were done well. The only two hills. I have asked the city hall to hire a special person to clean up the branches and leaves and dug a simple fire belt."
Erica came over from the bar with black tea and said, "I heard from my colleague that her community was preparing to dig a fire belt, but under the protests of multiple environmental protection organizations, she had to give up."
Bryan took the black tea, looked at Hawk, and said to Erica, "Your boyfriend had expected this. Although all environmental protection organizations are slaves of money, there are many fanatics who have problems with their brains. As long as they are provoked, these people will go crazy."
Erika smiled at Hawk and brought him a cup of black tea: "Whether it is red or blue, environmental protection organizations are a very useful card."
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The scorching sun is in the sky, and the hot wind is blowing.
In the edge of the pistachio plantation affiliated to Wandefu Company, a person in charge directed the workers to clear out an isolation belt more than three meters wide through multiple excavators.
Not only did all the plants be dug, but a trench was also dug.
On the outside of the park, dozens of environmentalists were wearing green vests, holding posters and slogans, clamoring to let the engineering team get out and immediately stop this environmental damage.
A car drove into the plantation, with Wandefor's boss Stewart Resnick sitting in it.
He glanced at the construction department from afar and said, "Let the security personnel pay attention. Those guys dare to enter our territory and call them all!"
The assistant of the co-pilot responded, "Yes."
The car entered the plantation and stopped near a pistachio tree.
Stuart got out of the car and walked towards his wife Linda's location in the wind.
The latter was taking the planting expert to check soil and moisture problems. When he saw his husband coming, he said, "The drought is intensifying, and only a dozen millimeters of rain have been reported this year."
The expert held the sun hat to avoid being blown away by the wind, and said, "The high temperature has exacerbated the drought and the frequency of irrigation needs to increase."
Linda said again: "Many weather programs on TV stations have issued wildfire warnings, so our plantations should also be careful."
Stull looked at the assistant who followed: "I informed you that all planting areas will increase the water pumping, and all fire pools and water storage tanks are fully filled with water. The rivers, reservoirs and lakes we control will not be allowed to get water without my consent."
The assistant said: "The director of the Los Angeles Fire Department called before and wanted to communicate with us about fire water use."
"Morgan?" Stewart dealt with the old man a lot.
Assistant said: "It's the new director Karen Crowley."
Stewart waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about her."
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The strong wind blew for two consecutive days, but it did not bring any rain to Los Angeles, which was in the dry season.
In the evening that day, Brian stood on the roof of the villa, feeling the unusually dry air, and was frowning.
The fire has not started.
If it doesn't burn, the wind might dissipate.
Bryan called and called his cronie assistant, also running manager Bacon.
Not long after, Becken came hurriedly and left hurriedly.
In the early morning, Mars suddenly emerged in the uninhabited areas of Mount Malibu and Mount Santa Monica, ignited dead branches and leaves.
When the wind blows, the sky is filled with sparks.
The whole forest was burning, and the pine trees with the aroma of oil turned into torches.
The sky in northern Los Angeles began to turn red.
(This chapter ends)