Chapter 230 Heavy rain besieges the city

A once-in-a-century rainstorm struck unexpectedly, with more than 80 mm of rain falling overnight. The heavy rain has turned the entire Haizhou City into a country, all kinds of public transportation systems have been paralyzed, and the city has been seriously flooded in more than 10 places, and the casualties cannot be counted at present, the most serious is the eastern part of the old city.

When the chairman of the city council, Chen Mingzhi, learned of the situation, he temporarily canceled the meeting of the city council and rushed to the old town, where the disaster was most severe.

"The Speaker of the City Council is here. Many reporters knew Chen Mingzhi's car, and when they saw the car coming from afar, they all rushed over.

As soon as Chen Mingzhi got out of the car, a reporter put the old man's interview microphone in front of his mouth and asked, "Speaker Chen, I didn't expect you to arrive at the scene at the first time, I want to ask, have you had breakfast?"

In fact, this reporter also wanted to shoot Chen Mingzhi's sycophants, if Chen Mingzhi said that I hadn't had breakfast yet, I pushed the meeting and rushed here. On the same day, a chapter in praise of merit will appear in Haizhou Daily.

But at this moment, Chen Mingzhi was so anxious that he was blocked when he got out of the car, he was already unhappy in his heart, and now he asked such a half-baked question.

"What kind of breakfast? Which newspaper are you a reporter for, and how many victims are stuck at home waiting for rescue, and you ask me if I have had breakfast? Your conscience has been eaten by dogs?"

The reporter didn't expect Chen Mingzhi to speak so bluntly, his face was immediately flushed, and he said embarrassedly, "No, Speaker Chen, I'm me, I just want to know if you came in a hurry......

"I know what you're going to say!" Chen Mingzhi said with a calm face, "A rainstorm that has not been encountered in a hundred years, this is a natural disaster." It is a serious dereliction of duty that the relevant departments of the city do not engage in disaster relief work until after work in the morning! Well, a large number of victims are waiting for rescue and reporting, so you should go and interview them. ”

As he spoke, a number of officials from the old city met him and led Chen Mingzhi to the vicinity of the flooded area.

Before Chen Mingzhi, there had already been the arrival of relevant departments such as the Urban Construction Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, and the Meteorological Bureau. Everyone stood ankle-high in the water and had a live meeting.

Chen Mingzhi said, "How is the situation now?"

An expert from the Meteorological Bureau said, "Speaker Chen, that's right. Last night's rainstorm began to fall at 18 o'clock in the evening, until 8 o'clock this morning, the average rainfall in the city exceeded 68 mm, according to our meteorology more than 50 mm is considered a heavy rain, so Haizhou this time is a heavy rain in the city, of which the largest rainfall is in the old city, more than 80 mm, this is already the standard once in a century, we checked, Haizhou City has more than such rainfall in the history of the Qing Dynasty during the Jiaqing period, more than 100 years ago......

Chen Mingzhi was furious when he heard this, and said angrily, "Do you know the words I don't want to hear today?" Everyone saw that his face was not good, and they didn't dare to speak, Chen Mingzhi said word by word, "The last thing I want to hear today is a once-in-a-century encounter!"

Everyone was said to be unable to raise their heads. Chen Mingzhi said again, "What is behind these four words? ? Because it happens once in a century, our municipal projects can be unqualified; because it happens once in a hundred years, we can turn a blind eye to the stagnant water here; because it happens once in a century, so the common people should be soaked in the water! And the expert of the Meteorological Bureau, what is your name, at this time, you should think about disaster relief and report the weather in the next few days, not to check how much water fell more than 100 years ago!"

The expert's face flushed, and he was at a loss as he grabbed the materials he had prepared.

The heads of the other departments present all secretly shouted in their hearts, seeing Chen Mingzhi like this, I am afraid that many people will be unlucky in this matter.

As he was talking, Mayor Xu Shaoyang walked over.

Xu Shaoyang said in his heart that he was a little late today, and the limelight was stolen by Chen Mingzhi. The secretary next to him reminded, "Mayor Xu, is there water ahead?"

Xu Shaoyang glanced at the secretary, the newly bought black leather shoes and white socks stepped into the water, and ran towards Chen Mingzhi, seeing that everyone here was not good, Xu Shaoyang said, "Speaker Chen, the matter of accountability is temporarily suspended, let's discuss disaster relief first, after all, many people are still waiting at home for transfer, and it is urgent to delay." ”

Although Xu Shaoyang came a step late, this sentence immediately snatched the initiative.

He Tianye, commander of the military division, said, "We have mobilized all the soldiers and reservists to participate in the rescue and evacuation of the people in the disaster area, but the assault boats we need now are still insufficient! ”

Xu Shaoyang said, "Lao He can't blame you, after all, there has never been such a serious waterlogging in Haizhou's history." ”

Chen Mingzhi said, "I have already reported to Jiangcheng, and the province will urgently support us with a batch of assault boats, which will arrive within three hours." ”

"We have urgently requisitioned 120 high-power pumping machines to pump water from the waterlogged areas near the Baishui River into the Baishui River for discharge. ”

The head of the fire brigade said, "We can also participate in the pumping. ”

Everyone worked together, and the scene was busy at once, Chen Mingzhi finally said, "Time is urgent, I won't say more, and finally say a word, responsibility must be investigated, but credit should also be rewarded, especially those who are responsible in the incident, you strive to be guilty of meritorious service!"

"Yes, yes, yes. The heads of the relevant departments breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got the matter in hand right.

The people around here dispersed a lot, and when Chen Mingzhi raised his head, his eyes narrowed. Not far away, he saw a young man in an agent's uniform arguing with the men on the assault boat.

Xu Shaoyang also noticed it, and said in his heart that this surnamed Chu was really elusive, and he could be seen wherever there was something. However, at this time, this guy is still delaying other people's disaster relief. He couldn't help but want to use this to disgust Chen Mingzhi.

"Isn't that Xiao Chu?" Xu Shaoyang said to Chen Mingzhi, and then ordered, "Call Xiao Chu over." ”

Chu Tianji had already seen Chen Mingzhi and them, but he was embarrassed to come over, after all, he had just fallen in love with someone's daughter last night, and he was so weak-hearted.

Now that Xu Shaoyang sent someone to call, Chu Tianji also ran over and said with a smile, "Speaker Chen, Mayor Xu, you are all here." ”

Xu Shaoyang said with a smile, "Xiao Chu, why are you here, are you also here for disaster relief? But I didn't say you, everyone is busy with disaster relief and transferring disaster victims, but I just saw you pulling someone's assault boat and not leaving, so if it is photographed by a reporter on Weibo, it will not be good for the image of our civil servants in Haizhou City, and even the reputation of Speaker Chen." ”

Chen Mingzhi was furious in his heart, and said in his heart, you said Chu Tianji, what are you taking me for? He is not my son-in-law!

However, Chen Mingzhi can't help it, and now everyone in the city's system thinks that Chu Tianji is his son-in-law. Xu Shaoyang knocked on Chu Tianji, which was to beat Chen Mingzhi.

Chu Tianji is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the reason behind it can be seen at a glance. But he didn't have time to break with Xu Shaoyang now, he said, "Mayor Xu, you misunderstood, that's the case, the little grandson of the martyr Lao He in our bureau is in the disaster area, and now the child has a high fever, I want to coordinate an assault boat to save people, originally that person had already agreed, and now he was called by you, and he left again." ”

When Chen Mingzhi heard this, he was in a much better mood, and this "son-in-law" did not embarrass himself. He spoke again, "Now that the assault boats are limited, we will adopt the method of advancing according to the area to save people, but the situation you said is a bit special, and I will arrange for you to send one." ”

While he was talking, Chu Tianji received another call from Lao He's son, saying that they had found the assault boat and came out. Chu Tianji's heart was relieved, put down the phone and said, "No need to arrange, they have already found the assault boat." ”

After a while, I saw an assault boat coming, but far away, suddenly the assault boat did not move. Chu Tianji called, and Lao He's son said, "That's the case, the assault boat is stuck underneath, and I don't know what to put on it." ”

Chu Tianji said, "I'll go." After speaking, he took off his police uniform pants and was thinking about where to put them, Chen Mingzhi said, "I'll help you hold it." ”

"Okay, thank you. Chu Tianji ran into the water.