Chapter 151 Early Warning Preparation

Gu Ji hurriedly opened the door and got out of the car.

The whole town was like a doomsday. Thousands of black birds were like a flood, sweeping over the city and making sharp noises. It looked like a "dark cloud" whose shape was constantly changing rapidly. There were passers-by around it.

They began to take out their mobile phones to take pictures, while some passers-by put their hands together and began to pray.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a scream came.

A black bird couldn't dodge and hit an old black telegraph pole. It fell to the ground. Blood the size of bean dots splashed around. With a crash, another black bird hit the window on the top floor of the small building and fell to pieces.

The glass fell to the ground and was smashed into smaller pieces. A dozen birds fell through the trees, spread their wings, flew to the ground, and flew through the crowd, scaring the passing vehicles and passers-by into panic.

Keep screaming.

Gu Ji lowered his head and looked at the dead bird carcasses, including blackbirds, gray starlings and silky starlings.

Mass migration of birds.

It may be territorial crisis, man-made destruction, seasonal migration, or weather changes.

But the possibility of the first two is very low. When he came to Assam to investigate his father's plane crash, he saw with his own eyes the large nature reserves and jungles in the north. The forest area accounted for almost 21% of the state's total area; seasonal migration is consistent with this.

, the beginning of October is autumn, which belongs to the alternating season, but so many birds hit the buildings and died, coupled with a series of screams, it can only mean one thing:

Tottori is in a state of panic, trying to avoid something!

As we all know, animals are more aware of unusual changes in the environment than humans. For example, elephants can predict the coming of storms, and mice can avoid mine collapses in advance. In addition, abnormal phenomena such as snakes coming out of their holes in winter and frogs coming ashore en masse are also

All animals are heralding the coming disaster.

Now tigers appear in cities and towns, and flocks of frightened birds migrate on a large scale;

Nature also indicates that extreme disasters are likely to occur in Assam!

Gu Ji returned to the car and took out his mobile phone and started to check the phone number of the Assam Meteorological Department. Fortunately, these government departments had their own official websites, so he immediately dialed the minister's hotline.

"Hello sir, this is the ministerial hotline of the Assam Meteorological Department. Thank you for your call. I am Rao, the operator of the ministerial hotline. I am very happy to serve you. Before the consultation begins, sir, could you please tell me your name?"

"Vidi Daly!"

"Sir, may I ask which letter it is, Deli or Da..."

The call was quickly connected, and it was a young man. But what Gu Ji couldn't understand was that the other person seemed to have an exaggerated and demonic tone in order to show enthusiasm, and he spoke very slowly. He always had to confirm a question over and over again.

I almost died of anxiety.

So much so that before the other party could finish speaking, Gu Ji interrupted:

"I am an investigator from the Department of Agriculture. When I went out for investigation this afternoon, I found a Bengal tiger appearing in Dispur County. I have..."

"Mr. Vidi, if a wild animal attack occurs, you need to contact the forestry department or the local police station..."

"The matter is urgent. Please listen to what I have to say. Not only are tigers appearing, but also large numbers of panicked birds appearing over towns. October is now the period of the post-tropical monsoon season. The intensity of the South Asian monsoon is relatively strong. Control the time

If it is too long, it can easily cause heavy rainfall, causing heavy rains and flash floods."

"Sir, we have received and recorded the issues you mentioned. However, the monitoring department of the Meteorological Department has not yet received any signal of heavy rainfall. You do not need to worry. If there are abnormal meteorological activities, we will immediately issue a notification through information.

The public is reminded to take early warning and protection measures.”

"I want to contact you to help me contact the technical monitoring department!"

"Mr. Vidi, I'm afraid this cannot be accomplished. Please trust our monitoring technicians. They have professional knowledge of environmental meteorology..."

Seeing that he could not get through to the Meteorological Administration, Gu Ji hung up the phone decisively, and then called up Google Satellite Map on his mobile phone.

His current location is in Dispur district, the capital of Assam state in northeastern India.

From a topographic point of view, Assam is surrounded by highlands and plateaus on three sides. There are two rivers in the area: the Brahmaputra River and the Barak River. The former has many twists and turns, similar to a snake. This shape

The rivers in the rivers have poor flow and are prone to floods. However, many towns in India, including Dispur, are cultivated along the rivers and rely on the water for drafts. There is a lack of flood control buffer zones. The middle and lower reaches of the rivers are flat, sediments are easy to accumulate, and the river beds are raised.

An above ground river is formed and backflow is prone to occur.

Once there is continuous heavy rainfall, flooding in Assam is almost a certainty!

"Since it is impossible to warn in advance, we can only save ourselves first."

Gu Ji originally thought that this time he was finally assigned a high-status government role in the game, and he could persuade the government departments to take defensive measures, but he didn't expect that his efforts were in vain.

That's right, without actual evidence.

Who would simply believe a word and mobilize the state’s 33 million people to carry out collective disaster prevention actions?

Not to mention that this is a national disaster that may threaten hundreds of millions of people.

Even if you bring up "Code Name: 7472", it will still be useless.

So he started the car, turned on the radio in the car, asked a passerby, and drove to the largest store in the city, preparing to purchase supplies.

According to the knowledge in the "Natural Disaster Emergency Self-Rescue Guide" in the field of natural disasters, before a flood occurs, the most important things to prepare are food, lighters, clothing, drinking water, daily necessities and necessary medical supplies. If there are valuable household items that are inconvenient to carry, they can be used

After the tarpaulin is bundled, it is buried underground or placed high.

But as a game player, Gu Ji can't control so much.

Fortunately, this "Vidi" has a good living condition and carries a lot of cash with him. He first went to the store to buy a lot of easy-to-eat and store biscuits, cans and other foods as well as various necessary items, and then went to a nearby hardware store.

I spent a lot of money to buy waterproof underground work clothes, rubber boots, safety ropes, waterproof backpacks, and an 18-inch 8-in-1 Stanley fire axe.

This thing is equipped with an explosive head that can be used for knocking, demolishing, and screwing valves. The tail can also be used as a crowbar and a wrench for opening and closing fire hydrants. It can be said to be an artifact of escape from home crises.

In addition to these things, he also bought three bright flashlights, candles, whistles, and some brightly colored flags.

At critical moments, these things can serve as communication tools and signals, making them easier for rescue troops to see. Therefore, in order to prevent his mobile phone from shutting down, he also bought several power banks as backup to avoid communication interruption.

As for survival equipment, he did not find a portable respirator similar to the one used in the underground building level.

I only bought two life jackets, a rubber swimming ring, binoculars and a map of Assam.

He bought this after traveling all over the town. It can also be seen from this that the economic level of Assam is actually very backward. Although Dispur is called a county, in terms of administrative divisions, it is equivalent to

For domestic provincial capital cities, the actual urban construction level is really equal to domestic county towns, and even slightly worse than some large counties in the south.

Most of the buildings in the entire city are low-rise buildings with three or four floors, and they are all a bit dilapidated. However, the walls are painted with different colors of paint, some blue, some yellow, which makes them look full of vitality, leaving the center of the town.

Outside, there are large shantytowns. You can see locals sleeping casually on the streets. They are wearing shabby clothes and flip-flops. They have dark skin and scruffy hair. They are all natives of Assam.

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The transportation facilities in the city are also diverse, ranging from bicycles, motorcycles, tricycles, to taxis and buses. They are overcrowded and black wires are tangled everywhere, as if a piece of music has been compiled in the air.

Gu Ji glanced around and saw many potential safety hazards.

During the procurement period, it seemed that colleagues made several calls, but he had no memory of "Vidi" in his mind, so he simply ignored them.

Finally, I bought two barrels of diesel. It was already dark and evening.

"Crash..."

Gu Ji walked out of the gas station. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. From the drizzle, moderate rain, and heavy rain in the afternoon, it soon turned into a pouring rain. The big raindrops fell on the ground, splashing like a

A small fountain.

He put the oil in the trunk and entered the car. The back seat was already filled with various supplies. He started the engine and the front windshield wiper swayed rapidly, but the strong wind and heavy rain whipped hard against the glass window like countless whips.

It was crackling, and the lighting facilities in the town were not perfect, so the visibility was extremely poor.

Buzz!

At this time, the phone suddenly vibrated.

He opened it and saw that the weather station finally released the first text message.

"Heavy rain blue warning signal: In the past 4 to 6 hours, precipitation has reached 20 to 45 mm in Dispur, Guwahati and other central places in Assam, and the precipitation in 1 hour has reached more than 20 mm; it is expected that in the next 4

By 6 hours, there will be 20 to 40 mm of precipitation; please pay attention to traffic safety and guard against flood risks and secondary disasters; Assam Meteorological Department issued at 17:37 on October 10, 2024 (warning information source: National

Early Warning Information Release Center).”

Gu Ji hurriedly called the meteorological station to ask about the rainfall, but no one answered. So he called the Ministry of Water Resources to ask about the water storage capacity of the river dam, but there was no one there either.

"Looks like it's time to get off work."

He stepped on the accelerator and prepared to find a hotel on the highest ground to live in according to his memory of walking around the streets during the day.

But not long after the vehicle turned into the main road, it was illuminated by the headlights.

Several huge black shadows suddenly appeared in Gu Ji's sight. They were tall and wedge-shaped, with thick limbs and a pair of large horns like sheep's horns, which were as sharp as a spiral.

It’s a herd!!

"grass!"

Seeing that a large group of cattle were about to collide, Gu Ji quickly turned the steering wheel, stopped tightly on the right side of the road, and quickly turned off the car lights, because the stimulation of strong light would frighten the cattle even more.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Moo-!"

He stared at the herd of cattle passing by. One of them, whether because of the slippery road in the rain or panic, hit his driver's door panel and B-pillar with a bang, taking the entire car with it.
To be continued...