1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 183 Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
When Yue Zhiyun and others withdrew from the observation point, the wind speed had already exceeded 20 meters per second, reaching a wind intensity of eight to nine.The strong wind mixed with rainwater formed 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 this side. A considerable number of houseboats have had their roofs removed.

Soon some of the tents and huts in Base No. [-] that were too late to be reinforced were also damaged in the strong wind and rain, but for safety reasons, the executive committee asked everyone not to go outdoors until they received a clear order .

The phone calls in the office of the executive committee kept ringing one after another, and the constant damage reports from various places made the executive committee members quite anxious.Even though a disaster prevention plan has been in place for a long time, clear warnings have been obtained in advance, and certain preventive measures have been taken, but under such severe weather, various losses are still unavoidable.

After the storm lasted for an hour, the situation gradually stabilized—under such a storm intensity, basically everything that could be blown away has been blown away.According to the latest data, the current wind strength should be between nine and ten, and the rainfall in the first hour reached 20 millimeters, which has properly reached the rainstorm level.The only good thing is that the wind has not continued to strengthen, and the weather forecast team believes that the possibility of this tropical storm becoming a typhoon is not high.

However, this tropical storm continued until the next morning before it began to weaken significantly, but the rainfall did not decrease much, and it remained in a state of heavy rain.In the afternoon, as the rain decreased, the executive committee seized the time to organize manpower to repair some buildings that were not seriously damaged, and urgently dredged the drainage ditches inside and outside the base, so as to avoid the continuous heavy rain from forming a silted quagmire in the base .

It has to be said that when the Ministry of Construction built the No. 24 base, the foundation work was relatively solid. The drainage ditches of various sizes inside and outside the base have withstood the test for [-] consecutive hours, and there has been no serious blockage or poor drainage. Condition.Although the water level of the moat outside Base No. [-] has risen a lot, there is no threat of flooding into the base for the time being.

The inland Tiandu Industrial Zone is obviously in a 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, when this tropical storm reaches the industrial zone, the intensity It has weakened a lot compared to the seaside, and the wind is only six to seven at its peak, causing relatively limited damage.After receiving the notice, the Tiandu Industrial Zone also shut down and evacuated according to the arrangement of the executive committee. Apart from the damage to some houses, there is no particularly large loss so far.

The only place where the situation is more serious is probably the Salt Farm Commune. Although some disaster prevention and mitigation measures have been taken here, there are still nearly 24 catties of table salt that have not been recycled indoors in time, and dozens of square meters of salt ponds The brine was also washed away by the storm.Moreover, almost all the building materials allocated to the saltworks were used for production and renovation projects, and most members still lived in the boat-shaped houses built during the development of the saltworks. Collapsed and injured persons.According to the preliminary loss estimate sent by Anxi, the direct economic loss of the Salt Field Commune in the first [-] hours has already exceeded [-] yuan. All the hard work has paid off.

The crops have also suffered certain losses, especially the rice fields have suffered large-scale lodging due to heavy rainfall.At present, the farm commune has also organized a large number of laborers to go to the field in the rain to straighten the rice and speed up the drainage of the farmland.Fortunately, the rain has decreased significantly. As long as there are no major disasters in the future, the loss of grain production caused by this will be very limited.

In general, the residential buildings were the most damaged. According to statistics, more than [-] boat-shaped houses were seriously damaged in the first day of the storm, and at least half of them could not be repaired.However, because industrial facilities have certain strength requirements at the beginning of construction, and some preventive measures have been taken in advance, the damage is not large.All the storage facilities had been prepared for waterproofing in advance, and the stored materials and food were not greatly affected, which also greatly relieved the Executive Committee.

In terms of casualties, a total of 34 people were injured in the storm on the first day. Most of the wounded were caused by house damage. Fortunately, no one was killed. The heaviest wounded was only fractured, and his life was not in danger for the time being.

The Executive Committee originally thought that this short-term tropical storm would pass soon, but they did not expect that after the strong wind basically stopped, the rain did not show any signs of stopping, and it continued like this.

This rain caused great trouble to the follow-up disaster relief work. Since hundreds of people lost their residences, the civil affairs department was so busy trying to arrange for these people that they even had to temporarily modify the safety regulations. Base No. [-] accommodated many old and weak women and children.

The caravan of "Furuifeng" was also left in Shengli Port because of the rain. At present, the executive committee is busy with disaster relief, and there is no manpower to deploy and ship the materials that have been traded for the time being.Of course, Schneider also apologized to Li Nai for this, and presented him with a set of specially-made glass stationery as a gift from the executive committee.

Li Nai did not feel dissatisfied because of this. It is not the fault of the Haihan people that such a natural disaster happened, and they did not treat them badly here. The three hot meals a day are still delivered to the residence on time, including the The attendants, boatmen, and sailors who came here have all received good treatment, and there is really nothing to criticize.As a return gift and a gesture of friendliness, Li Nai also donated 100 taels of silver to the executive committee on behalf of "Furuifeng" to help the local post-disaster reconstruction work.

The only thing that made Li Nai feel uncomfortable was that the weather was so annoying that he couldn't even walk, even if he wanted to go for a walk. After leaving the No. [-] base, there were mud puddles everywhere, and there were no vehicles such as sedan chairs and carriages here.Those Haihan people can ride around on two-wheeled carts, but Li Nai can't do this thing.

Li Nai really wanted to see the mysterious area in the inland area. According to some people from the Tiandu area who were temporarily housed in the base, Li Nai knew that the Haihan people had a production in the inland area that was bigger than the Shengli Port site. The base not only has various workshops, but also an iron mine and supporting smelting furnaces.The ammunition, soap, matches and other commodities ordered by "Furuifeng" this time are said to be produced by the workshop there.In addition to a large number of workshops there, it is said that there are also various mechanisms that can move on their own made by the Haihan people. These mechanisms have the strength of a thousand people and are so exquisite that Li Nai is very itchy.

Li Nai also made several requests to Schneider who was in charge of receiving him, but each time he was politely declined by the other party.However, one day when he went to the inspection department to chat with Wei Ping, he heard that Luo Shengdong, the general manager of the Yazhou Shuizhai who was closely related to the Haihan people, had visited the workshop of the Haihan people—this is also Wei Ping. I heard it from Luo Shengdong on the way to Victory Harbor.The experiences relayed by Luo Shengdong, coupled with Wei Ping's exaggeration, made Li Nai even more fascinated, and his desire to go and see became stronger.

After another two days of waiting, the rain finally stopped. Li Nai, who came out to have breakfast, suddenly found that the Haihan people were sorting out a few sailboats by the sea, and they seemed to be planning to go to sea.

Schneider, who accompanied Li Nai, quickly solved the doubts in his mind: "This storm not only caused trouble here, but also moved westward along the coastline and hit Yazhou, where it caused big trouble. We According to the news, there are thousands of homeless refugees inside and outside Yazhou, and the government of Yazhou obviously has no way to deal with this emergency. It is said that many of those refugees have already collapsed due to hunger and disease. We plan to From there, use a boat to bring some people back to ease the pressure on the government of Yazhou for disaster relief."

Schneider's words were high-sounding and impeccable. Even Li Nai didn't realize that the Haihan people were going to Yazhou to rescue refugees in the name of disaster relief. They really thought that the Haihan people simply wanted to share the worries of the government and rescue Refugees who lack food and medicine.

Li Nai took the initiative to say: "Since such a charitable deed is so kind, then the meeting happened at the right time, so I can't stay out of it. If it's convenient, I would also like to send a boat to accompany you to Yazhou. In addition, there is also a member of my entourage this time. As a doctor, you should be able to do your little bit to help the victims."

Since it was Li Nai's request, Schneider quickly reported the situation to the executive committee, and the executive committee would not flatly reject Li Nai's kindness, so they agreed to send a boat from "Furuifeng" to follow Yazhou pretends to be a person.If we go to one more ship, at least one or two hundred people can be loaded back, which is not a small number.

In order to commend and thank Li Nai for his kind 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 casting cannons, making gun barrels, etc., are definitely not allowed to be visited by Li Nai.Schneider also made it very clear that Li Nai was only allowed to go alone, and after arriving there without the permission of the accompanying staff, he was not allowed to chat with the staff at will, and he was not allowed to enter unauthorized places without authorization, and all actions must follow the arrangements.But even if there are rules of this system that need to be followed, Li Nai is still extremely excited, and he has a premonition that his trip will definitely yield great rewards.

(End of this chapter)