158、Unprecedentedly Serious Ice and Snow Disaster (Second Shift)
An unprecedented cold spell hit as scheduled.
In the morning, there were still six degrees above zero, and at noon, it dropped sharply to zero degrees, Gu Yang was a little worried after eating a sumptuous lunch made by a senior female chef at home, and went downstairs out the back door to the open and exposed lake, wanting to feel the power of this extreme weather more intuitively.
Gu Yang canceled the thermal insulation control of his body, only to feel that the howling north wind was blowing violently in his face, blowing a little pain on his face, this is only zero degrees, and it is expected that the minimum will be minus ten degrees, which will be very bad.
With thin clothes, he stood in the wind and felt it well, of course, with the protection of Xiuzhen, no matter how cold it was, he could stand it, but the cold taste could not be canceled.
Soon, there was goose feather snow in the sky, white and pressing, and the momentum was particularly fierce, at least Gu Yang had never seen it, and as expected by the system forecast, it was a blizzard of unprecedented scale. In just ten minutes, the ground was already covered with a thin layer.
Gu Yang's forehead couldn't help but wrinkle deeply, if it continues to develop at this rate, the traffic will soon be completely blocked, and the test of this ice and snow disaster is indeed unprecedented. And there are only four days left before the Chinese New Year.
The temperature continues to drop.
Gu Yang returned to his warm home and checked the progress of his merit value, it is now 980,000 points, and the system is still 20,000 points short of upgrading to level three, according to the previous normal speed, it will take another 4 days to upgrade, so it will be a little late. However, Gu Yang knew that as long as the disaster officially occurred and the disaster relief started, the 3 billion he donated would be quickly and continuously converted into merit points, and the system would be upgraded immediately, and it would still be in time.
It's just that the scope of this disaster is so vast that the 90 square kilometers of meteorological control that will be added to the system upgrade is too small, and Guyang can only guarantee extremely narrow key areas such as the most important highways, railways, high-speed railways and airports, because these points and lines are very irregular. The system does not have that kind of advanced intelligence, and Gu Yang needs to delineate the meteorological control area on the target image one kilometer at a time, and he estimates that it will take 24 hours for him to complete the control range of all the planned targets. Plus after meteorological control comes into play. It would also take a few hours for the snowmelt process, so the total disruption of traffic would last for about 40 hours. At the peak of this very tense Spring Festival, the impact is great.
Widespread heavy snowfall continued into the evening, with up to 30 centimeters of snow on the ground.
At first, the road was able to continue due to the ablation of vehicles, but it was soon blocked by the rapidly thickening snow, and the road traffic was completely interrupted, especially on the long highways, which caused huge long queues. In particular, the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, the main artery, has stopped at least 100,000 vehicles on the nearly 1,000-kilometer-long trunk line between 100 kilometers north of Yangcheng and 200 kilometers north of Jiangxia. This is the time when the traffic is at its busiest, and countless private cars are crammed onto the highway to return home, only to be completely paralyzed on the road. Although the Disaster Relief Headquarters has already issued a serious warning of extreme ice and snow weather, it is not easy to take it too seriously without experiencing it personally, and no one thought that the traffic jam would be so fast, not to mention that the weather forecast reported by CCTV was not so serious.
Railways. The situation is slightly better, after all, the huge trains that pass by frequently can clear the snow on the narrow tracks in a sufficient and timely manner. But soon the situation quickly deteriorated. The temperature generally dropped to minus 6 degrees, and the heavy snow was mixed with moderate rain, pouring on the already thick backlog of snow on the high-voltage power lines, and soon condensed into a thick ice mass, and then continued to be invaded by rain and snow, and the volume expanded rapidly. The load load has increased significantly, and in many places very important high-voltage wires have been broken. Unfortunately, due to the total disruption of road traffic, there was simply no time for emergency repairs. As a result, there were sections of the railway that lost power. The fully electrified lines were suddenly paralyzed. And because the train stopped running, lost the effect of timely snow removal, heavy snow fell, mixed with rain, soon completely covered the originally smooth tracks, such a thick large area of ice, the train could not force through, that would definitely derail and capsize. Rao is the railway department has transferred a large number of diesel locomotive locomotives that do not rely on electricity from all over the country to standby everywhere, and now it has lost its meaning, the railroad tracks have been blocked by ice and snow, and it is necessary to break the ice first with difficulty and slowness.
In terms of civil aviation, all airports were unable to take off and land due to the extremely poor visibility of the blizzard, and all flights were completely suspended, and the airports were invaded by the blizzard, and the snowplows that had been waiting in advance could not be swept away, and the snow on the ground of the airport continued to increase. When the temperature is lower and the sleet hits, the rapid appearance of large areas of ice makes the snowplows even more powerless. Even if the blizzard stops, the airport will not be able to use it immediately.
Transportation in various cities in Lingbei has also been completely suspended, and the only way to get out is by difficult walking.
All this came too quickly and violently, and Rao is command had a very adequate plan in advance, and in the face of the powerful power of nature, it still seemed very small.
In the middle of the night, Wang Shiya and a group of entourages arrived at Yangcheng Railway Station, the largest railway hub in the south, which undertook the heavy task of transporting nearly 10 million returning migrant workers.
At this time, it was only more than six hours before the railway was interrupted, but a large number of passengers were already stranded in the square.
Rao is located in the warm zone of Lingnan, and the temperature in Yangcheng has dropped to an unprecedented minus degree at this time, which catches unprepared travelers off guard, but fortunately the snow here is not heavy.
A large number of volunteers came to the scene in a very organized manner, and received a new thick military coat according to the plan, which were distributed free of charge to the passengers who were shivering from the cold. Such generosity is unprecedented. In order to cope with this ice disaster, Wang Shiya bought 5 million military coats, 200 yuan each, and spent nearly 1 billion, and hoarded sufficient military coats at all key transportation stations and along the traffic lines to deal with a large number of passengers who may be stranded.
When Wang Shiya and her entourage arrived, many volunteers were carrying large plastic boxes and distributing delicious lunch boxes to the passengers. A large part of the money donated by Gu Yang is used for catering services to tourists, and the plan for each meal per person is 20 yuan, which is quite rich.
"Feeling cold or not? How about the meals......"
Wang Shiya constantly asked the travelers enthusiastically in the crowd. In particular, the old and young people received confident and satisfactory answers, and they could deeply feel the government's deep care for them, and they were able to dress and eat warmly in the sudden and unprecedented cold. That intense sense of well-being is indescribable.
However, Wang Shiya's heart was not relaxed at all, but felt unprecedented heaviness. She is well aware of the power of this ice and snow disaster, the traffic disruption has just begun, so many passengers are stranded at the train station, once it continues, the number of stranded passengers will be indescribable, and as time goes on, everyone's mood will hardly be as good as it is now.
And that's just at the Yangcheng Railway Station, which is actually outside the scope of the disaster, north of Yangcheng. The situation in countless places is much more serious than here, especially those remote highways and railways, which have become isolated islands, if there is no prior reminder from Gu Yang, and the corresponding full preparation, Wang Shiya would not dare to imagine how a large number of tourists there will survive this harsh ice and snow disaster, and a large number of frostbite and frostbite may be inevitable. And at this time. Emergency relief points, set up every ten kilometers, played a huge role, and a sufficient number of military coats were quickly delivered to all passengers. Hot meals and hot dishes are also supplied in a timely manner, ensuring the most basic and important food and clothing, and making people's hearts greatly stable. However, the traffic has been completely interrupted, and it is impossible to rush through the main transportation lines in just a few days, and highways and high-speed trains are often far away from populated areas. Crowd tactics are also difficult to use.
In this unprecedentedly harsh situation, when the other leaders of the command were already desperate, Wang Shiya did not lose confidence, because Gu Yang had already said his plan in advance, which would ensure the smooth flow of the most important transportation arteries within forty hours after the disaster. Although the rest of the places will still be blocked. But at least, it's been an unprecedented relief from stress. At the peak of the Spring Festival that is about to be celebrated, how important it is.
On the way back to the headquarters in the car, Gu Yang, who could see clearly, called and whispered, "Wang Shiya, I have been promoted." After 30 hours, the traffic on the main arterial road will be fully restored, you should pay attention to more people to maintain traffic order, don't be blocked by ice and snow, and block yourself. ”
"Great." Wang Shiya couldn't hold back her high excitement, "Thank you, you have made great contributions to the people." I will actively prepare. ”
"You're welcome." Gu Yang pursed his lips, "It's so late, it's time for you to sleep." ”
"It's okay, I'm in good spirits." Wang Shiya said lightly, "It's not like this every day, it's fine after this time." There will be a meeting later, and Secretary Hou has just flown back from an emergency meeting of the Central Committee. ”
Gu Yang was also helpless, and eagerly encouraged: "Come on, don't panic, I'm here!"
"Well, you are really my good husband, with you, I have a special bottom in my heart." Wang Shiya said softly.
Master Gu stinks and is beautiful again.
Hou Yegong, secretary of the Lingnan Provincial Party Committee, who had just returned from the Central Committee, presided over the meeting and conveyed the Central Committee's instructions on emergency mobilization.
At this time, Secretary Hou's face looked very grim, his mood was very heavy, and he regretted it very much. As the commander-in-chief of the disaster relief headquarters, although Secretary Hou also issued disaster relief instructions in advance in accordance with the usual procedures, he asked himself, in fact, he did not attach great importance to it ideologically, did not seriously supervise it, and looked at the various unprecedented exaggerated preparations taken by the deputy commander Wang Shiya, and thought in his heart that it was too much of a fuss, and this young cadre who was cultivated by the state was too expressive.
However, from the many emergency reports that have been received so far, Hou Yegong deeply felt the unprecedented power of this ice disaster, and it escalated to an extremely desperate situation. If it weren't for the emergency measures taken by Wang Shiya in advance, especially the abundant food and vegetables in various places, and the large number of disaster relief points prepared for tourists, the serious consequences would simply be incalculable. Hou Yegong felt deeply fortunate, if there was no Wang Shiya, he was afraid that he would have taken on the main leadership responsibility because of a large number of frostbite and frostbite. Although governments at all levels and garrisons have been fully mobilized, according to the report of the main person in charge of the highway transportation and railway departments at the meeting site, the main trunk lines cannot be opened for at least four days, and there will be two large-scale snowfall and rain processes within a week after the forecast, which adds up to mean that the traffic interruption will last at least ten days or more, and the huge impact is really difficult to estimate.
Secretary Hou, who has always been high-spirited, feels that he has aged a lot and has a pessimistic mentality of resignation.
When it was Wang Shiya's turn to speak in an orderly manner, the generally pessimistic and heavy participants, including Hou Yegong, were quickly infected by her high enthusiasm and confidence, and regained their fighting spirit, at least temporarily. Disaster relief, spirit is very important!
In the morning, Gu Yang, who was sent home from Wang Shiya's bed, held a mobilization meeting, calling on the bodyguards Xiao Yan, Xiao Tong, two female chefs, and the eldest brother Chen Tiannan, of course, to take a shovel to shovel ice on the street outside. It was very surprising that everyone responded enthusiastically. Gu Yang was very relaxed in his dual purpose, and his mind was also nervously delineating the planned meteorological control range.
As soon as he opened the door, the boy couldn't help but sigh: "Wow, what a lot of snow." At this time, the snow had stopped, and the boy sighed that of course there was a thick layer of snow on the ground.
Everyone went out and stepped on the snow in the yard and squeaked, and there was no ice here, because the Guyang setting was kept at three degrees above zero, and at the same time, the invasion of rain was canceled, so the yard was beautiful.
On the street outside, the situation was completely different, Xiao Yan, Xiao Tong and the two female chefs couldn't help but shiver, "It's so cold!" "It felt like coming out of the yard like coming out of a conservatory.
Gu Yang immediately added a temporary insulation cover to them, and raised it by five degrees, and they felt significantly better.
At this time, many people on the street were already struggling to shovel ice, which was also the result of Wang Shiya's strict preparation, and the traffic in the city must be ensured.
However, ice shoveling is much more difficult than snow clearing, and the 30-centimeter-thick ice is like a hard iron plate, and it takes a lot of effort to pry it open and remove a little bit. Gu Yang deeply felt how difficult it would be to restore traffic on the main arteries with manpower. (To be continued......)