Chapter 48 Inquiry
The following days were lackluster, and because of the intensity and abruptness of the hurricane that swept across the southern part of the West Coast of the United States, the US Naval Weather Service gave the hurricane a name according to the naming conventions established by the World Meteorological Organization's Typhoon Committee: Chloe, a fashion brand from Paris, France, and the title of a 2010 abusive thriller starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and others.
It is worth mentioning that the tradition of naming hurricanes after women originated in the West Indies, when a hurricane struck Puerto Rico on July 26, 1825, which coincided with the anniversary of Anna, the Mother of the Virgin Mary, and the hurricane was named "Santa Anna".
However, in the forties and fifties of the last century, the staff of the U.S. Navy and Air Force Weather Bureau began naming storms after their wives or girlfriends, so that these fearful otaku could read in the newspapers, "Anna went completely crazy and destroyed the West Coast!" Titles such as "Juliet is a vicious beast" are used to express their longing for their wife and girlfriend and their bad taste that goes deep into their bones.....
In short, according to the announcement issued by the Meteorological Bureau, Chloe will be wreaking havoc for a few more days, and the Gotham city government and the state government have worked together to start the disaster management work, trucks loaded with relief tents, clean drinking water, cooking oil and other daily necessities have been driven into Gotham one after another through the sea bridge, stadiums, large shopping mall centers, and even assembly halls of primary and secondary schools have been used to house people whose homes have been flooded.
Of course, this kind of efficient disaster relief operation is not due to the "perfect" urban emergency response mechanism of the United States, but the result of painful learning more than ten years ago.
Due to Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans in 2005, and the federal, state, and municipal governments of the United States were extremely bureaucratic and incompetent at that time, the Federal Emergency Relief Service had already received a hurricane warning, but the first rescue team of 1,000 people was dispatched more than five hours after the hurricane landed, and it was ordered to rush to the disaster area "within two days".
Senior officials in New Orleans hid in safe shelters, playing cards, smoking, chatting and blowing water, waiting for the "priority rescue" of rescue helicopters, while low-ranking public officials hid rather unqualifiedly, refusing to fulfill their policing duties.
The local police in New Orleans were powerless to deal with the frequent shootings, robberies, and fire prevention incidents, and even broke cans and broken cans at the same time, no longer searching for and rescuing survivors, turning to maintain law and order, and imposing curfews, in order to reduce the number of forced killings in temporary shelter camps.
In addition, in order to prevent these almost crazy refugees from posing a threat to law and order, the Gretner police even fired warning shots on the bridge across the sea to let the desperate New Orleans victims return the same way.
After the hurricane, the residents of the traumatized New Orleans finally looked forward to the American army and the National Guard, these five big and three thick soldiers sat leisurely and comfortably in the big truck and chatted, carrying not relief supplies in their pockets, but sets that would come in handy immediately....
As for the city of New Orleans, which is in ruins, the first thing to open is not a large shopping mall or a city council, but a jubilant striptease parlor - the soldiers who came to "disaster relief" have promoted the GDP of the local tertiary industry very much, of course, in the face of reporters' questions, the owner of the entertainment club righteously stated that "we have a disaster relief army"
Katrina's hurricane made the United States disgraced at that time and lost face in the international community, and as the loyal lackey of the United States, the footbasin chicken also followed in the footsteps of the bald eagle in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster relief operation.
The bureaucracy of shirking responsibility for each other, the unwillingness of public officials to sacrifice frequent resignations, and the overall pessimism of the national mood have opened the eyes of the people of the rabbit country across the sea.
Fortunately, the Gotham City Council's ability to act is not so pathetic, and it has worked with large enterprises and third-party non-governmental organizations to carry out disaster relief, and Li Ang has also joined in as a volunteer, wearing a blue and white uniform distributed by non-profit non-profit organizations to walk through various disaster relief camps, doing some work within his capacity such as spraying disinfectant water and distributing emergency food.
Because of the impact of this super hurricane that swept the West Coast, the Sapa family's extermination case could only be put on the Gotham police station's schedule, and the rain swept away most of the traces of the scene, and all Gotham could do was to collect evidence, take photos, and say to the women and children of the Sapa family: "The case, we are already investigating, wait until I finish dealing with the case of the armed robbery of the disaster relief center." ”
In desperation, the remnants of the Sapa family had to move out of the city, and the secret service organization that had really come to investigate the murder arrived in Gotham in the afternoon.
When federal agents in black suits and uniforms approached him in the hall of the public high school assembly hall where he attended, he was sitting on a seat in the hall to drink water and recuperate from his tedious volunteer work.
"Mr. Leon, can I take a few minutes of your time?"
Standing in front of Leon is a middle-aged man with a high hairline, meticulous in suit, and a gentle and infectious smile that makes people feel trustworthy at first glance.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Phil Coulson, and I'm from the Strategic-Homeland-Intervention-Enforcement-and Logistics-Division, and this is my assistant, Grant Ward."
Leon stood up and shook hands with the Phil, keenly aware of the calluses on the other party's knuckles formed by the long-term use of firearms, and the shrewdness, ability and sophistication revealed in his bones.
Seems like a hard idea.
Leon appropriately showed a confused and slightly uneasy expression, and he asked Phil, "Uh, what is the Territorial Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau looking for me?" It shouldn't be a problem with the immigration certificate, right? ”
Grant Ward, who was standing in Phil Coulson, shook his head, he was a tall and burly young man, stared into Leon's eyes and said, "Of course not, we have more important problems looking for you. ”
"I want to hear about it."
Grant asked, "We understand that three nights ago, you received a call from your friend Christina, what were you doing at that time?" ”
Leon frowned and thought for a moment, and replied truthfully, "Well, I was eating at Canary Restaurant when I received a call from Christina, and it turned out that she was playing truth or dare with her friends. ”
Grant raised an eyebrow and asked, "After she hung up, you called again, right?" ”
"Yes, I felt offended, so I called Christina again, but I didn't expect it to be on the phone, and I thought she was making another harassing call to someone else, so I ignored her and went back to the motel by myself."