Chapter 259: The Great Disaster - Flood.
One day later in the year, when Gu Mi went out during the day, he unexpectedly discovered that the sunlight that was strong enough to tan people in the past was suddenly covered by a thick layer of dark clouds.
She looked up at the sky, and it happened that a breeze was blowing head-on, with a hint of cool water vapour.
"It's going to rain," she whispered to herself.
As if to respond to Gu Mi's words, a drop of water suddenly fell from the sky, followed by the second drop, the third drop...
With a 'crashing' sound, the fine rain curtain fell down, covering the whole area Through dry and hot regions, it brings moisture and coolness from rain.
"Is it raining?"
"Looks like it is."
"It's finally raining!"
"So we've passed the last natural disaster?"
"Great, it's raining, oooooo..."
"Hahaha ...Look, everyone, it's really raining!"
...
There were already some pedestrians scattered on the street.
At the beginning, when they were hit by raindrops, they were a little bit incredulous. When everyone raised their hands and wanted to feel whether it was really raining, they were directly chilled by the sudden rain curtain.
But no one was unhappy about it, they even took off their hats in ecstasy, tore off their sunscreen and sunshade jackets, and happily exposed their bodies in short-sleeved shorts to meet the rain. .
Doors and windows were opened one after another.
Those were the people who came out to check after hearing the movement outside.
Seeing that it was actually raining outside, a huge surprise appeared in their eyes. Some of the more excited people ran out on the spot and happily felt the baptism of the rain curtain with the pedestrians on the street. smiling.
Because they all know that as long as it rains, it means that the previous hot natural disaster will most likely end there.
Everyone has had enough of living in this high temperature, and now they can finally usher in a long-lost coolness, no wonder they are so excited.
However, there was not a hint of joy on Gu Mi's face standing at the gate of the city Centre. It was not only her, but also the expressions of several high-level territorial leaders who were standing behind her at some point in time.
"Boss, I remember hearing my geography teacher say: 'After a severe drought, there will be a major flood', I am a little worried that this sentence will come true, should we prepare first?" Cheng Ke asked worriedly.
"Yes." Gu Mi looked solemn.
Because she knows what is next after the hot natural disaster, the flood that covers the whole world!
And according to the different situations in each region, the forms of flood disasters are also different.
The coastal areas are tsunamis, typhoons, etc., and the inland areas are floods, mudslides, waterlogging, etc. Even the large desert where the rich and powerful territories are located will be affected by this flood.
They hope that the territory is in a large forest, not to mention the dense trees outside, and even the greenery inside their territory is well done, and even most of the original appearance of the forest is preserved.
Therefore, the plants on their side have a relatively strong soil-fixing ability, and it is unlikely that a mudslide will occur, but it is not easy to say such as floods and waterlogging.
In response to this disaster that is likely to occur in the future, I hope that the territory will immediately start various preparations.
First and foremost is the food issue.
If a flood does happen and the fields are submerged, the damage to food production is even more terrifying than a hot natural disaster. At least in a high temperature environment, they only need to choose to grow some grains that are drought-resistant and heat-resistant, and then maintain sufficient irrigation water. Gained.
And if the fields were completely submerged by water, all their food would be destroyed.
Therefore, before that, they had to immediately grab all the food that could be harvested in the fields.
Fortunately, at this time, Gu Mi has always paid great attention to the agricultural development within their territory, and insisted on spending a lot of money to build farmland, paddy fields and other system buildings in large quantities, instead of letting the colonists to reclaim it by themselves, and later With the upgrade of the territory, they have a large number of advanced farmland, paddy fields and so on.
Therefore, with the increase in the output and growth rate of these high-level buildings, the grain maturity period of their territory came very quickly, and now, a new batch of grain planted on the high-level buildings has been harvested.
Even the grains, vegetables, etc. grown on intermediate buildings can barely be harvested.
As for primary buildings?
Let's just say it depends.
What can be harvested and eaten naturally still has to be harvested, but if it is really not possible, you can only reluctantly give up.
When Gu Mi urgently deployed disaster response preparations, she received prompt messages from rich and powerful territories, democratic territories and civilized territories.
"Fuqiang Territory: Lord Gu, it is raining here. It seems that the hot and natural disasters have passed, but the long drought and the rain will definitely not be a good sign. There may be floods. Please prepare your territory early. If you need it, please let us know, and we will do our best to help you."
"Democratic Territory: Heavy rain, the situation is not right, take precautions, and say if you need help."
"Civilized Territory: Notification, according to our latest updates. Meteorological monitoring shows that there will be continuous heavy rainfall for at least the next seven days in the Dongzhou Plain and Ekra Forest, and the rainfall has reached an unprecedented height. Due to the lack of previous parameters, it is impossible to make specific comparisons, but please take precautions as soon as possible in your territory. If you encounter difficulties, please contact Fuqiang Territory in time, they will notify us, and please try your best to ensure your own safety and wait for rescue."
To be honest, Gu Mi was surprised when he received the information unilaterally transmitted from Civilized Territory.
Since the civilized territory was built later, the intersection between their territory and it is not very deep, and they have not had time to establish any diplomatic or trade relations with each other, let alone establish two-way long-distance communication.
But I didn't expect that the Civilization Territory would actually be willing to consume a precious remote communication tool in order to send them this reminder message. This move made Gu Mi moved and surprised, and at the same time, there was such a sense of peace of mind.
This kind of feeling is difficult for outsiders to understand, but they can deeply appreciate it.
In fact, Gu Mi knew it from a long time ago.
The civilized territory is their pride and reliance in the past, now and in the future.
Although it started relatively late, it has always been working hard to grow up, just to give shelter and care to its compatriots scattered abroad who have suffered through hardships.
No matter the past or present, nothing has changed.
People's kind reminders are out of kindness. Even though Gu Mi actually knew about the disaster that would happen next, he still responded with gratitude one by one.
Thanks to the civilized territory, Gu Mi was handed over to the rich and powerful territory to convey it on its behalf.
She doesn't have any extra "remote communication" on hand, so she can't build a two-way connection with the civilized territory, but she knows that the rich and powerful territory must have the contact information of the civilized territory.
After briefly communicating with other territories, Gu Mi immediately refocused on the disaster prevention work in his own territory.
In addition to the food issue, she also upgraded all the high-level residential buildings in the territory that could be upgraded to residential buildings. During the special period, they did not have time to communicate with the local residents who originally lived in those high-level residential buildings. .
Because except for the tree house, all the dwellings sitting on the ground are only one floor even if they are upgraded to the highest level. If there is a flood, it is difficult to say how much the interior of their territory will be submerged.
At least the primary residential building has two floors, which is more secure.
In addition, Gu Mi also selected some taller buildings to build on the redundant vacant land in the territory. For example, the library, sports hall, etc. also have two-story buildings, which are very suitable.
At that time, if the water really submerged the floor below, it would allow the residents to live on the upper floor, and if even the upper floor was submerged...
they should take some extraordinary measures.
"Just in case, we still have to build ships." Xu Ke suggested: "Due to the geographical location, there are very few ships in our territory. If a flood does occur, then whether it is to transport materials or rescue people, the ships will not be damaged. Existence is essential."
"Yes." Zhang Rong nodded in agreement with Xu Ke's point of view, and then frowned, "But now that the time is so tight, do we have time to build a ship?"
"No need to build, I have already prepared it. Alright." Gu Mi said.
Since she had known for a long time that there would be a flood, how could she not prepare in advance?
In addition to the boat, Gu Mi also prepared a lot of gas storage beads, fish skin clothes and other items. Next, he plans to arrange for someone to distribute it to the residents, so that if they accidentally get into trouble in the flood, they can increase their survival.
The rain was pouring down, and there was still a trend of getting bigger and bigger, and it had no intention of stopping, but this did not affect the major territories to make all kinds of preparations for the immediate disaster.
On the first day, it was drizzling.
Hope Territory is organizing people to rush to harvest food, and distribute rescue kits to local residents based on families. One rescue package contains ten gas storage beads, two bottles of purified water, five wheat bean breads, and a bottle of primary healing potion. .
The next day, it rained.
The food collection team is still busy, and the delivery of rescue packages has not stopped. At the same time, the lord Gu Mi used the territory announcement to notify all the territorial residents to prepare for the flood.
On the third day, the light rain turned to moderate rain, and some small puddles appeared on the ground, and some shallow areas had shallow water.
Grain harvesting continues, and rescue package delivery continues.
On the fourth day, moderate rain turned to heavy rain, small puddles became large puddles, and the accumulation of water in low-lying areas increased. The water was able to submerge people's calves. Some houses built on low-lying terrain began to show signs of flooding.
The territory began to evacuate some of the people who lived in the lower-lying areas and moved them to the higher-lying places for temporary resettlement.
On the fifth day, the heavy rain turned to heavy rain, the water levels of rivers and lakes began to rise, and the water accumulation situation further deepened.
The territory accelerated the organization of crowd evacuation to avoid the phenomenon of people being trapped later.
On the sixth day, the rainstorm turned into a heavy rainstorm. The water levels of rivers and lakes rose sharply and began to overflow outward. The accumulated water submerged the chest of people, and some short people were even submerged to the top of their heads. The buildings in the territory were basically Most of the first floor was submerged. Fortunately, the personnel in the territory moved quickly, and there have been no casualties yet.
However, the heavy rain after the severe drought caused the temperature to drop sharply, from more than 40 degrees to more than 10 degrees, just like quick freezing, and it is still decreasing, resulting in many older, or younger, or physical Typhoid fever that occurs in vulnerable people.
The only good thing is that because the residents of the hope territory are generally keen to improve their personal level and strength, their physical fitness is very good, and there are not many people who are really sick, and they are still within the scope of the medical system.
On the seventh day, the torrential rain continued to fall, the water level deepened further, all the first-floor buildings were submerged, and the second-floor buildings were in danger.
"Lord Lord, the rain is still falling. If it continues like this, the buildings on the second floor of our territory will also be submerged. What should we do with so many lords?" The old village chief frowned and said worriedly.
"Send all boats to open up areas above the third floor of high-rise buildings such as city centers and hospitals, and transfer all the trapped residents inside. If they can't fit, they will be transferred to the mountains."
It is hoped that the territory will expand to such a large extent that more than one mountain has entered the natural circle. The mountain is large and the terrain is high, and there are still places that can be used for disaster avoidance.
