Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1132: 8 consecutive days

"It was all fine, why did they release the water from the reservoir?"

"There's a notice from above that it's going to rain hard, so we need to empty the reservoir to prepare for the disaster."

"Stop talking and get to work."

"The cotton is growing well, why do we have to pick it now? It's not even August yet."

"They said it was going to rain heavily, so they picked the crops early to reduce losses."

"Doesn't this rain fall every year? Why are you making such a fuss?"

"Don't worry, the government won't harm us."

"Is there really going to be a flood? There was one several decades ago. Oh, it was a disaster. After the flood, we couldn't harvest our crops. Some families lost their entire families."

"Don't worry, even if there is a flood, as long as people are safe, the country will not ignore it. Forget about those old calendars."

"Hey, you're right."

"..."

Throughout the vast Daohai River Basin, both in the mountains and in the plains, people are using this little time to make the best possible preparations and minimize losses.

The comrades in the river basin looked at the dark sky above their heads and did not feel that it was any different from usual. It was still cloudy, just more cloudy. However, they could not even imagine the final consequences.

But the comrades at the Northwest Satellite Control Center and the Emergency Management Bureau all knew how big and thick the rain cloud was.

There are those who respond to the call, and there are those who are stubborn. When there are a lot of people, there are all kinds of people.

"It rains, it rains. It rains every year. It's not harvest time yet. How much can we harvest now? There's no rush to harvest!"

"Go up the mountain? No! Can the rain kill me? I've lived this long, and even if I can't survive the waves, at least the water won't drown me."

"..."

Local comrades can only try to persuade these people, and if that doesn't work, then don't accept them, but they must leave, especially in areas that have been found to be at great risk after inspection.

In addition, no ordinary person can stay in the designated flood storage area.

A lot of preparation work can still be done in three days, but human power seems particularly insignificant in the face of nature.

"Fortunately, the satellite discovered it early, so we had some time to prepare. Otherwise, it would have come down suddenly and we would have been caught off guard." The leader of the Emergency Management Bureau was reporting on his work at this time.

"Now we are mainly protecting several aspects, in addition to people, mainly protecting Haihekou City and the railway to reduce the scope of the disaster and the losses. The areas that may be affected have been urgently inspected and the water conservancy projects have been dealt with accordingly. For those that cannot be dealt with and reinforced in an emergency, we have also made clearing treatment or other solutions..."

"We and experts from the flood control department have developed detailed plans for flood storage, flood diversion, and flood diversion into the sea, striving to stagger the flood peaks as much as possible and control the severity of the disaster within a certain range..."

The leader of the Emergency Management Bureau explained the entire plan in detail, covering every aspect.

Because it was discovered early, we were much more relaxed when formulating plans and a lot of work could be considered in advance. There is a big difference between being prepared in advance and cramming at the last minute. After all, if some working conditions are not considered in advance, you will find that the conditions are not available when the time comes.

"Well, you must remember that people are the most important. If our homes are destroyed, we can rebuild them. If our crops are gone, we can mobilize support from other parts of the country, but we can't afford to lose our people."

“We understand, and that’s what we do now.”

"Okay, you guys should execute the plan well. No matter how good the plan is, it won't work if it's not executed properly. I didn't expect that our new satellite would do us a great service as soon as it was launched into space."

Three days passed in a flash, and on the 1st, there was no large-scale rainfall.

Was the prediction wrong? Such a big commotion ended up being a mistake?
Although this kind of misunderstanding is welcomed by everyone, after all, not suffering from a disaster is better than anything else, but some people who have evacuated to safe areas still say all kinds of strange things.

The comrades working at the local level had no choice but to comfort the people while asking the Emergency Management Bureau about the next arrangements, whether to let the people go back.

"Absolutely not. We can only go back if it doesn't rain for 10 days." At the working meeting of the Emergency Management Bureau, Gao Zhendong and meteorological experts categorically rejected this possibility.

Gao Zhendong also knew that the real rain started on the 2nd, and it was a heavy rainfall that affected more than counties and cities.

Comrades in charge of flood prevention and emergency response are now temporarily working together here.

A computer was placed on the desk in the conference room, connected to a dedicated line from the information center of the flood control department. Names were scrolling slowly on the computer monitor.

Each name here represents a national flood reporting station or rainfall station in the Daohai River Basin. At this time, the number representing the rainfall behind each name is mostly still a black 0.

On August 8, the comrades on duty suddenly heard an alarm sound, and the numbers behind a rain gauge turned red.

Red? The comrades on duty immediately realized that something was wrong. It was impossible for normal rainfall to reach the dangerous red level in one report. It was not that fast at all. This situation only meant one thing: it was raining, and it was a very heavy rain.

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…beep…beep…beep…beep…”

Before he could react to which station had experienced heavy rain, a burst of alarm sounds immediately drowned out the previous one.

More than half of the rainfall data in the basin are all in the red!
The reporting time of the rain gauge stations is almost the same, but this time, most of the stations brought bad news - heavy rain! Very heavy rain!

The emergency and flood control comrades quickly picked up the phone, issued instructions one after another, and retrieved data one by one. In several provinces south of the capital, a strip of land stretching hundreds of kilometers long and more than 100 kilometers wide began to rain, and the southern part of the region was the most serious.

The heavy rain has not stopped since the 2nd. Although the center of the rainstorm has moved, the entire Daohai River basin is still shrouded in it.

On the 2nd, the rainfall in the center of the rainstorm was more than 100 mm...

Even this has reached the level of torrential rain, but this is just the beginning of everything.

No. 3, 400 mm and above...

No. 4, 800 mm, and the center is moving north.

No. 5, 500 mm...

No. 6, close to 300 mm...

Just when people thought the rainfall was decreasing, on the 7th, heavy rain hit again, with the central rainfall reaching 700 mm...

The rain continued until the 9th, with the center of the rainstorm moving from south to north.

Everything was just as Gao Zhendong said that day.

During these eight days, it can be said that the rainfall every day has far exceeded the line of heavy rain. In any place, as long as it rains like this for a day, flood prevention and rescue operations will definitely be needed.

Even half or even 1/8 of the rainfall would be enough to activate the flood prevention plan, and such heavy rain lasted for a total of 8 days in the Daohai River Basin!
A full 8 days!
It is no exaggeration to say that the water rises three feet high out of the ground.

The water level in the Daohai River basin has risen sharply.

Bad news came one after another.

"Three small reservoirs have collapsed..."

"The water storage capacity of XXX reservoir has reached its limit..."

"The 280-kilometer-long tributary riverbanks upstream have all burst..."

"The flood peak is coming. After research, it has been decided to open the XXX flood storage area to intercept and store flood water and reduce the flood peak..."

"Divert floodwaters from the designated flood diversion area into the sea!"

"XXX flood storage area is full, we need to open the downstream YYY flood storage area..."

"The number of small reservoirs that have collapsed in the rainstorm area has reached 58..."

This was a basin-wide flood, and the peak flow even exceeded the estimated value of 6 cubic meters per second by hydrological and meteorological experts on the day of the meeting, reaching more than 7.

From the 2nd to the 9th, the Daohaijiang River Basin Heavy Rain Flood Control Command Center located in the Emergency Management Bureau has been in such a situation.

Bad news came one after another, but what made the comrades feel acceptable was that these bad news were basically "inevitable" bad news, that is, they were within the expected range and the necessary price that could be borne under such a heavy rain intensity.

As I said, as long as no one is hurt, as for the rest, in the face of such an extraordinary natural disaster, we can only snatch what we can and save what we can.

Gao Zhendong has also been paying attention to the situation here. At least he knows one thing: there were originally five medium-sized reservoirs that collapsed in this rainstorm, but none of them has been heard of until now.

That's the good news.

As for the casualties and property losses, it is still unclear and there are no exact statistics, but at least there have been no reports of large-scale losses.

"The rain has stopped."

Looking at the reported rainfall data for the entire river basin, the comrades from the Emergency Management Bureau breathed a sigh of relief.

But the flood prevention comrades knew that the matter was not over yet.

"Although the rain has stopped, the flood water is still flowing in the basin and has not gone away. Moreover, the flood water is still transmitting downwards. The disaster is far from over."

"Well, the most important thing now is to protect the Haihe River estuary and the railways along the route!"

As the estuary of the Daohai River, Haihekou City is the one that bears everything, and there is a large population and industry here that must be preserved.

"It's not a big problem. If we mobilize the flood storage and detention areas along the line according to the plan, we can stagger the flood peaks and reduce them to a tolerable level." The comrades in charge of flood prevention are still confident.

Although the rain had stopped at this time, the people along the road were looking at the vast ocean in front of them and felt like crying but had no tears.

Those who say they are doing well in life are no longer stubborn, and those who did not rush to harvest the crops have no time to regret it, at least they are still alive.

"Fellow villagers, don't be afraid. With the organization and the government, we will be able to rebuild our homes and resume production soon!" Local comrades are using similar words to cheer up the affected people!
"Relief supplies are on their way, don't be afraid, we will first ensure that everyone has a place to live and food to eat!"

The relief supplies had already been loaded onto trucks and prepared for shipment in various places before the rain started, which is why the railways must be preserved in the disaster relief plan.

Without railways, supplies cannot be transported in.

(End of this chapter)