Chapter 183 Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
When Yue Zhiyun and others withdrew from the observation point, the wind speed had exceeded 20 meters per second, reaching wind strength of level 8 to 9. The strong wind mixed with the rain caused an indiscriminate attack on the entire port area. Some trees as thick as an arm were quickly broken or uprooted. Most of the boat-shaped houses in the resettlement site were blown to and fro. Within ten minutes of the arrival of the strong wind, A considerable number of boat-shaped houses have had their roofs removed.
Soon some of the tents and shacks in Base No. 1 that had not been reinforced in time were damaged in the strong wind and heavy rain. However, for safety reasons, the Executive Committee requested that everyone not conduct outdoor activities until they received a clear order. .
The calls to the Executive Committee office were ringing one after another, and the damage reports constantly being sent from various places made the Executive Committee members quite anxious. Even if disaster prevention plans have been in place, clear warnings have been obtained in advance, and certain preventive measures have been taken, various losses cannot be avoided under such severe weather.
After the storm lasted for an hour, the situation gradually stabilized - with such intensity of the storm, basically everything that could be blown away had been blown away. According to the latest data, the current wind intensity should be between level 9 and 10, and the rainfall in the first hour reached 20 mm, which has properly reached the heavy rain level. The only good thing is that the winds have not continued to strengthen. The weather forecast team believes that the possibility of this tropical storm evolving into a typhoon is not high.
However, the tropical storm continued until the next morning before it began to weaken significantly. However, the rainfall did not decrease much and it continued to rain heavily. As the rain subsided in the afternoon, the executive committee took the time to organize personnel to carry out emergency repairs on some lightly damaged buildings, and urgently dredged the drainage ditches inside and outside the base to prevent the continuous heavy rain from forming a silt quagmire in the base. .
It has to be said that the Ministry of Construction did a relatively solid job in basic engineering when it first built Base No. 1. Drainage ditches of various sizes inside and outside the base withstood the test of 24 consecutive hours without serious blockage or lack of drainage. smooth situation. Although the water level in the moat outside Base No. 1 has risen a lot, there is no threat of pouring into the base yet.
The Tiandu Industrial Zone, which is located inland, is obviously in much better condition than the port area. Although the two places are only a dozen miles apart, due to the mountainous terrain of this coastal area, the intensity of this tropical storm when it reached the industrial zone was It has weakened a lot compared to the seaside. When the wind was at its strongest, it was only level 6 or 7, and the damage caused was relatively limited. After receiving the notice, Tiandu Industrial Zone also stopped work and evacuated according to the arrangements of the executive committee. Except for some damage to some houses, there are no particularly big losses so far.
The only place where the situation is more serious is probably the Saltworks Commune. Although some disaster prevention and reduction measures were taken here beforehand, nearly 6,000 kilograms of salt were still not recovered indoors in time, and dozens of square meters of salt in the salt pool were The brine was also washed away by the storm. Moreover, since almost all the building materials allocated to the salt field were used for production and renovation projects, most of the members still lived in the boat-shaped houses built when the salt field was developed. As a result, the houses were seriously damaged in this storm, and several people died because of their houses. People injured in collapse. According to the preliminary loss estimate sent by Anxi, the direct economic losses of the Salt Field Commune in the first 24 hours have exceeded 800 yuan. Adding in the cost of subsequent repairs and aftermath, it is very likely that the entire Salt Field Commune's first two All the fruits of months of hard work have gone into it.
Crops have also suffered certain losses, especially rice fields that suffered large-scale lodging due to heavy rainfall. At present, the farm commune has also organized a large number of workers to go to the fields in the rain to straighten the rice and speed up the drainage work of the farmland. Fortunately, the rainfall has significantly reduced. As long as there are no major disasters in the future, the resulting loss of food production will be very limited.
Generally speaking, the most severely damaged buildings were residential buildings. According to statistics, more than 70 boat-shaped residential buildings were seriously damaged in the first day of the storm, and at least half of them could not be repaired. Industrial facilities had certain strength requirements at the beginning of construction, and some preventive measures were taken in advance, so the damage was not serious. Because all storage facilities had been waterproofed in advance, the stored materials and food were not greatly affected, which also made the Executive Committee breathe a huge sigh of relief.
In terms of casualties, a total of thirty-four people were injured in the first day of the storm. Most of the injuries were due to damage to their houses. Fortunately, there were no fatalities. The most serious injured only had fractures and there was no life-threatening danger for the time being. .
The Executive Committee originally thought that this short-lived tropical storm would pass soon, but unexpectedly, after the strong winds basically stopped, the rain showed no sign of stopping and continued to rain like this.
This rain caused great trouble for the subsequent disaster relief work. Since there were hundreds of people who lost their homes, the civil affairs department was so busy trying to arrange for these people that they even had to temporarily modify the safety provisions. Base No. 1 houses many old, weak, women and children.
The "Furuifeng" caravan was also left in Victory Port because of the rain - the executive committee is currently busy with disaster relief, and cannot yet spare the manpower to deploy and ship the materials that have been traded. Of course, Schneider also apologized to Linai for this, and also presented him with a set of specially customized glass stationery as a token of the executive committee's gratitude. Li Nai did not feel dissatisfied because of this. It was not the fault of the Haihan people that such a natural disaster occurred, and they were not treated badly when they lived here. Three hot meals and hot dishes every day were still delivered to their residence on time, including the ones they brought. The attendants, boatmen, and sailors who came here all received good treatment, and there was really nothing to fault. As a return gift and a friendly attitude, Li Nai also donated one hundred taels of silver to the executive committee on behalf of "Fu Ruifeng" to help the local post-disaster reconstruction work.
The only thing that made Li Nai feel a little unhappy was that the weather was really annoying. He couldn't walk or go out for a walk. There were mud puddles everywhere outside Base No. 1, and there were no transportation methods such as sedans and carriages here. Those Haihan people can ride around on two-wheeled cars, but Li Nai doesn't know how to do this.
Li Nai really wanted to see that mysterious area inland. According to some people from the Tiandu area who were temporarily accommodated in the base, Li Nai knew that the Haihan people had a production site in the interior that was larger than that of Victory Port. The base not only has various workshops, but also an iron mine and supporting smelting furnace. The arms, soaps, matches and other products ordered by "Fu Ruifeng" this time are said to be produced by the workshops there. In addition to a large number of workshops there, it is said that there are also various self-operating mechanisms made by the Haihan people. These mechanisms have the power of a thousand people and are extremely sophisticated, which makes Li Nai very itchy.
Li Nai also made several requests to Schneider, who was responsible for receiving him, but was politely declined every time. But one day when he went to the Inspection Department to chat with Wei Ping, he heard that Luo Shengdong, the commander of Yazhou Water Village, who was closely related to the Haihan people, had visited the Haihan people's workshop - this was also Wei Ping's. I heard what Luo Shengdong said on the way to Victory Port. What Luo Shengdong relayed, coupled with Wei Ping's exaggeration, made Li Nai even more fascinated, and his desire to take a look became even stronger.
After waiting for another two days, the rain finally stopped. Li Nai, who came out to have breakfast, suddenly discovered that the Haihan people were organizing several sailboats on the beach, apparently planning to go out to sea.
Schneider, who accompanied Li Nai, quickly solved the doubts in his mind: "This storm not only caused trouble here, but also traveled westward along the coastline and hit Yazhou, where it caused big trouble. We We have received news that there are now thousands of homeless refugees inside and outside Yazhou, and the Yazhou government obviously lacks a response to this emergency. It is said that many of those refugees have already collapsed due to hunger and disease. We plan to From there, we used boats to bring some people back to relieve the disaster relief pressure on the Yazhou government.”
Schneider's words were high-sounding and watertight. Even Li Nai didn't realize that this was the Haihan people going to Yazhou to rescue refugees in the name of disaster relief. He really thought that the Haihan people simply wanted to share the government's worries and rescue people at the same time. Refugees who lack food and medicine.
Li Nai took the initiative and said: "Since it is such a kind deed, I can't stay out of it because I am lucky enough to meet you. If it is convenient, I would like to send a boat to follow you to Yazhou. In addition, there are also some people accompanying you this time." As a doctor, you should be able to do your little bit to treat the victims.”
Since it was Li Nai's initiative, Schneider quickly reported the situation to the executive committee. Of course, the executive committee would not categorically reject Li Nai's kindness, so they agreed to send a boat from "Furuifeng" to follow. Yazhou pretends to be a person. With one more boat, at least one or two hundred more people can be loaded back, which is not a small number.
In order to commend and thank Li Nai for his good deeds, the executive committee finally decided to agree to Li Nai's request and arrange for him to visit Tiandu Industrial Zone. Of course, some of the more important production links, such as cannon casting, barrel manufacturing and other processes, are definitely not allowed to be visited by Li Nai. Schneider also made it very clear that only Li Nai was allowed to go alone. Once there, he was not allowed to talk to the staff at will without the permission of the entourage, and he was not allowed to enter unauthorized places without permission. All actions must follow the arrangements. But even though there were rules in this system that needed to be followed, Li Nai was still extremely excited. He had a premonition that his trip would be very fruitful.
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