Chapter 574 Before Typhoon Landing
In Windsor Castle, Purficott was still sitting in the office she had used, listening to officials from Langton City Hall reporting on various situations.
“Currently, the compressed biscuit factories have resumed production at full capacity, and the compressed biscuits produced are enough to keep everyone in the city full.” An official first reported on the situation of the compressed biscuit factory.
For the current city of Langton, most of the people who have just experienced the tsunami are in a state of lack of food and clothing, and food supply must be a priority.
Perficott was also very concerned about this, so after the official reported, he also asked: "How much grain is currently in stock?"
"In the previous tsunami, due to factors such as factory damage and warehouse flooding, we lost part of the grain storage. Currently, there is still enough grain in the warehouse to feed half a million people for a week." This official had obviously done his homework and blurted out. That answered Purficott's question.
Although Purficott nodded, he was not very satisfied with this result.
So she issued a new order to the official: "Find a way to increase the amount of grain stored. At least ensure that there are enough grain reserves in the warehouse to feed 700,000 people for half a month at all times."
For this order, the official suddenly felt embarrassed. After a little calculation, he replied: "If this is the case, we may have to reduce the existing ration distribution standards, otherwise the compressed biscuits produced by the factory will not be able to meet consumption. and storage needs.”
Even after the impact of the tsunami, there are still more than 800,000 people in the inner city of Langton City. This is the purpose of resettling the victims in these days. Someone was specially sent to count.
Although there may be certain errors in the data, the figure of 800,000 people is basically the same.
This is also the reason why she requested that there be at least 700,000 more grain rations in the warehouse. After all, if there is a big problem and the food reserves need to be used, the people will really be in trouble if there is not enough stock. The area is starved to death.
However, the current compressed biscuit factory in Langton City can only meet the daily consumption of 800,000 people. If the need to expand grain reserves must also be taken into account, daily consumption must be reduced to meet the needs of grain reserves.
But Purficott was obviously a little dissatisfied with this rhetoric. She frowned: "What if I want you to increase the stock of grain reserves while ensuring supply?"
< br>"This..." The official showed a very embarrassed expression on his face, but finally nodded and said: "If you can approve the expansion of the compressed biscuit factory by another 20%, then everything will not be a problem."
Hearing what the official said, Purficott nodded slightly: "I will give you one month. After one month, I will require that there be at least enough grain reserves for 700,000 people for half a month in the warehouse, and at the same time reduce the production capacity of the biscuit factory. To increase by 20%, is there any problem?”
“No problem!” the official replied loudly.
Perficott then looked at the next official with satisfaction and asked him: "What is the current situation of water accumulation in the city?"
"Under the action of the water pump, At present, the water in the streets in the inner city has been basically drained. Although there is still water in some low-lying areas, it does not affect people's travel," the official reported to Purficott, and also took out a bottle of water. A document further explained to her: "All shelters in the inner city have now returned to normal, and the shelters that have been flooded have also completed drainage. Manpower is currently being organized to clean and renovate.
Seventy percent of the shelters can already accommodate people, and the remaining 30% will be cleaned and renovated within a month.”
"Sounds okay, but I don't have a month to give you. If you add more people, you only have half a month." Purficott was a little unreasonable, but she knew that the big temperature drop was coming soon. There is no time for them to take their time. The front of the super typhoon has already begun to affect Langton. In the next few days, strong winds, rainfall and other weather conditions will continue to appear, and as the temperature drops, it will evolve into hail and blizzards.
When the typhoon makes landfall, if the people still do not have a solid shelter to shelter from the wind and rain, then it will be difficult for them to survive even if there is a heating field with an energy tower. .
Because in typhoon days, the real danger is not the cooling and precipitation, but the strong winds.
All kinds of debris blown up will become extremely dangerous in strong winds. Strong winds with speeds of dozens or even hundreds of kilometers per hour will carry heavy objects. Once a person is hit, it is basically difficult to survive. .
Not to mention that in strong winds, people may be blown away.
After the typhoon passed through, the temperature dropped significantly, making it impossible for people to live in the temporary tents they are currently resettled in.
The existence of a heating field can indeed provide a relatively comfortable temperature, but it is impossible for people to live in a tent all the time, especially when the temperature is getting lower and lower.
Although she can temporarily put everyone into a shelter for temporary shelter during typhoon weather, this can only be done temporarily and not for a long time. Things will happen, and the shelter itself will collapse.
So Purficott does not intend to let officials spend a month cleaning and renovating the damaged shelters, but only to strengthen them.
The official's face also turned sad, but he still gave the same assurance.
In addition to these, there is also a more serious problem, which is the problem of various garbage.
After the tsunami, Purficott did not have enough manpower to clean up the garbage. Now that the typhoon is about to make landfall, she may not have time to let others clean it up.
But this is undoubtedly a huge safety hazard, because those smaller debris or garbage may become a fatal threat under strong winds.
Of course, what is more important is that once these high-speed moving objects hit the energy tower, they will also cause damage to the energy tower.
So after careful consideration, Purficott ordered to the officials in front of him: "Give you one week, and I ask you to do everything you can to complete the installation of protective shields on all energy towers before the typhoon makes landfall.
I will hand over the specific design drawings to the production department later, but you only have one week to complete this work. Once a typhoon lands, even a small piece of iron or a small stone will be damaged by strong winds. It may cause damage and damage to the energy tower, so we must complete the reinforcement and protection before the typhoon lands."
"Yes, Lord Earl!" All the officials looked at each other and saw the pain in the eyes of others. expressions, but they could only give a unified answer and accepted Purficott's order.
(End of this chapter)