Chapter 38 Strong Winds
The apartment is on the 15th floor, but since the tenth floor and above are all staggered floors like the You family, which are more than five meters high, the actual height of the apartment is actually about 20 floors.
The higher the floor, the more obvious the shaking in the strong wind.
You Feng was very lucky that his unit was very close to his home, so he was used to going home for lunch during the lunch break.
Even more fortunately, his daughter came home in the middle of the night, and now the family of three is together, so they will not be in a panic when encountering such an emergency.
With You Xi's reminder, You Feng quickly reacted and took the multifunctional escape bag from his daughter's hand. At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh that it was fortunate that his daughter had the foresight to buy this bag.
Fan Qi also moved. Seeing that the father and daughter were each carrying a large bag, she quickly found a small travel bag from the cabinet beside her, rolled up two thin blankets on the sofa and went in.
She quickly went to the kitchen, opened the food storage cabinet, took out six bottles of 550ml mineral water, a box (12 bars) of her own easy-to-fill-up meal replacement energy bars, two boxes of spicy beef and a box of tomato beef hot pot, a bag of ham sausage and a large bag of unopened pork, and put them in. Then she opened the refrigerator and took out two chicken steak sandwiches and four sea salt breads.
Afterwards, Fan Qi opened a secret door next to the TV cabinet in the living room. There was a drawer with a combination lock inside. She opened it, took out her wallet and household register that she rarely used, and put them into the zipper compartment of the travel bag.
In the wallet were her and You Feng's ID cards, their bank cards, and household registers. All the important things were in here.
Fan Qi zipped up the outer layer of the travel bag with a neat movement, threw the heavy travel bag at the entrance, took the thick sweater jacket on the sofa and put it on, and then went to the entrance to change shoes.
She changed into her travel shoes and looked up, and then she found that her daughter was looking at her with a rather admiring look.
"What are you doing? Aren't you leaving yet?"
You Feng was calling Old Man You, wanting to ask if You Hai and the others were at home, so that he could quickly take shelter in the underground parking garage in the community. But the phone kept showing busy tones, and the call was not connected.
You Xi patted You Feng's shoulder as if to comfort him, and ran to the door to change his shoes.
In fact, the drinking water that Fan Qi had just taken was plenty in her Xingwu warehouse. Although this apocalyptic mission lasted for three years and consumed a lot, because several batches of supplies were replenished in the apocalyptic world, most of the consumption was those supplies.
The various vegetables, fish, meat, eggs, milk, seafood and frozen foods originally stored in her own warehouse were not consumed much, especially those various takeouts in large quantities, which consumed even less.
After all, they had expected to make food at home, and later they could make food again after they had a motorhome, so they didn’t have a chance to eat a lot.
Ling Ling finally figured out that for this apocalyptic mission, her warehouse stock only reduced most of the purified water, convenience foods, some snacks, and river and seafood foods that were more difficult to get in the apocalyptic world, and increased gasoline, snatched ammunition, a motorhome, a Tang sword, and a box of gold, diamonds, and jade…
The gasoline not only filled up the six 30L and five 50L portable oil drums and three 200L diesel drums that she had stockpiled at the beginning, but she also consciously looked for containers to replenish the 200L diesel drums, 30L and 50L portable oil drums to 10 (excluding the ones for You’s father and mother), and also filled them all with gasoline.
This means that the Star House Warehouse has 2,800 liters of gasoline. If converted into the number of times you fill up your car, you can fill it up about 50 times, which is enough for driving about 30,000 kilometers.
As for robbery, she now has two semi-automatic pistols, a fully automatic pistol (assault pistol), and an AK-47, all given to her by the troops.
But the ammunition is limited. Once the stock is used up, it will definitely not be replenished in the peaceful world. Even if you go to the apocalyptic world, you have to wait for opportunities.
However, she has a lot of points now. In some cases, it will definitely be more convenient to buy [High Temperature Perfume] and [Air Hair Dryer].
Generally speaking, if she doesn't replenish anything at this time and directly enters the next apocalyptic world, these stocks are enough.
But now she certainly couldn't tell Fan Qi that she didn't need to bring anything, and in this situation, she was actually relieved to see her own mother taking things so clearly and quickly.
At least -
at least the latter thought was cut off by You Xi herself.
She shook her head. Perhaps it was because she had stayed in the apocalyptic world for too long this time, and she actually had a picture in her mind of how Fan Qi would deal with the apocalypse.
**
The family of three left the apartment, and the electronic door lock locked automatically. They did not take the elevator, but went directly around the corridor to the fire escape.
There are two fire escapes in this building, one in the center of the building, and the other in the center of the north side.
The outward-facing wall of the second fire escape was made of pure glass. The stairwell was well-lit. When they entered the stairwell, many residents from other floors were also going downstairs.
It was during working hours, and there were not many young people in the residential building. Most of them were semi-retired people, and there were also some children who did not go to kindergarten for various reasons. Most of
them were notified by the property management to go downstairs for shelter, and some, like You Feng and Fan Qi, saw the tornado in the distance with their own eyes.
Everyone was talking as they went downstairs, and everyone's tone was panicked and anxious. They were panicked because this city is located in the south of the Yangtze River, which can be regarded as a Feng Shui treasure land. There has never been a natural disaster like a tornado before, not to mention the earthquake that occurred last month.
The anxiety was because some of the young people and children in the family were in school, and some were at work. Although schools and workplaces would temporarily command them to evacuate in such a situation, their families were not around, and most importantly, they did not know how serious this tornado was and how many places it would affect.
Youxi carried her bag and followed Fan Qi down the stairs. There was still a strong wind outside the glass of the stairwell, but compared to the tornado that had just been seen raging on the edge of the city, this kind of wind was at most level 8 to 9, and the destructive power of the two was completely incomparable.
The group quickly came to the lobby on the first floor of the apartment building.
The building is in the shape of a U. The lobby is a large square with several glass doors facing north. On one side are mailboxes and express lockers, and on the other side are two iron doors. From there is the battery garage, and on the side is a small staircase leading down to the underground garage.
Because people who park their cars usually take the elevator directly upstairs from the underground parking lot, this staircase is not often used.
The property management in security uniforms is trying to appease the anxious people, saying that they have just received a notice requiring all residents to temporarily take refuge in the basement, and that they will have to wait for notification on when they can return to their homes upstairs.
However, the residents are anxious and no one is willing to take refuge immediately.
Perhaps in the southern coastal areas, because typhoons are common, being notified to go downstairs and take shelter in sturdy buildings is common.
But in the cities south of the Yangtze River, even typhoons are rare, let alone a tornado like this, which is simply like a fairy tale.
For a while, several property security guards were surrounded by residents and refused to follow orders to evacuate.
Fan Qi and You Feng looked at each other, and she spoke a few words to help, saying that all questions should be asked after everyone evacuated to the basement. Now there was a strong wind on the ground, it was not safe, and there was no need to surround the security guards.
A neighbor who knew Fan Qi and You Feng came over and walked towards the garage first.
But more people still surrounded the security guards and refused to let them go, and even told Fan Qi and You Feng not to care, saying that they were not from the property and their words were irrelevant. They had to find out the situation before deciding the next step.
Fan Qi sighed, pulled You Feng and You Xi, said let's go, and turned to walk towards the iron gate leading to the garage.
The stairwell leading to the basement is on the right side of the battery garage, against the wall.
The lights in this small stairwell are induction lights, which will light up as long as there are footsteps. The two neighbors in front have already reached the bottom, so at this moment, all the lights in the stairs are on.
The stairs going down have to turn three times in total, and the yellow light illuminates the stairs under their feet. They just turned the first corner and heard a bang and a shattering sound from above, followed by screams one after another.
You Xi hurriedly pulled Fan Qi and You Feng to speed up their pace, rushed to the corner of the platform where the stairs turned on the next floor, and made way for the main passage.
In just ten seconds, the residents who were originally crowded in the hall really rushed downstairs desperately. Because the space between the stairs was small, everyone pushed each other in panic. Several people were pushed against the wall or the handrail, and some people almost fell down and were stepped on.
For a while, the scene was in chaos. Everyone was pushed a few times, and finally ran down the stairs and stood by the wall, gasping for breath.
Only the three people of the You family were not squeezed because You Xi reacted in time and hid in the corner of the wall.
The three of them were the last to go downstairs. A security guard was checking the flashlight that had just fallen to the ground and was broken. You Feng walked over and asked him about the situation upstairs.
Probably because of what Fan Qi said just now, the security guard knew that the person who spoke was her husband, so he described the situation in great detail.
He said that shortly after they went downstairs, a large tree outside the building was blown down by the strong wind, and the broken trunk hit the tightly closed glass door of the building hard. All eight solid glass doors were shattered without exception.
The strong wind swept branches and broken glass towards the people standing in the lobby at the time. The scene was extremely terrifying. Everyone screamed and stepped back. Some people reacted and ran to the garage door in time, and others followed.
Without the glass door, the entire lobby was exposed to the strong wind. The branches, wooden boards, plastic signs and other miscellaneous things outside that were blown all the way by the strong wind seemed to have found an exit and rushed into it.
Even in the battery car garage, because there was no gate at the entrance, only a few cement columns, it was half open, so a large number of battery cars fell over.
There were crashing and breaking sounds everywhere, which made people tremble with fear.
So people rushed to the stairwell, wanting to hide in a safe place as soon as possible, which led to such a chaotic scene.
You Xi also came over: "Has the wind gotten stronger?"
"Yes, it's a little stronger, but it shouldn't be at the level of a tornado. It's just that we can't say how long the tornado over there will last, and whether it will come over here."
Although hiding in the basement is temporarily safe, there is no way to know the situation outside in the first time, "Everyone, just wait for a while, we will go to the staircase to check the situation later." After
the man finished speaking, You Xi noticed that the back of his hand was scratched. Although it was not deep, it was a long cut.
She asked the man to wait, saying that she had a first aid kit and could treat the wound for him.
You Xi and You Feng returned to Fan Qi's place. She had already laid a moisture-proof mat on an empty parking space against the wall.
There was an aluminum film moisture-proof mat in each of the two escape backpacks. Because it was light, it could be unfolded very large. The two moisture-proof mats laid together almost took up half of the parking space.
Youxi bent down to take out the small medical kit and returned it to the security guard to simply treat the wound. The security guard was very grateful and thanked her repeatedly
. She looked at the other person's simple face and inexplicably thought of the security guards in the last apocalyptic world. She smiled at him and didn't say much. Looking back and seeing that some of the other residents were also injured, she gave him the small medical kit.
The other person thanked her again and said that he would return it to her after use.
Youxi didn't care. One of the things she lacked the most now was medicines, drugs and medical supplies.
When she returned to her own parking space, she found that Fan Qi had taken off her shoes and was kneeling on the moisture-proof mat, taking things out of her backpack.
Seeing her come back, she said, "Just right," and then she gave her scientific education while taking things out, telling her not to be anxious or panic in the event of an emergency, and to be organized in everything.
"Take out the thin blanket. You can use it as a cushion or a cover. If you are not fully awake, you can continue to sleep."
"..."
"Take out the heavy-duty candles and lighters. You can light them in case of a power outage."
"..."
"A flashlight. You can use it to illuminate before lighting the candles to avoid burning things in a hurry."
"Chocolate, meal replacement bars, pork shanks, sandwiches and water. Your dad and I have had lunch, but you just got up and haven't even had breakfast yet. Come here and eat something!"
Youxi seals applauded: "I am convinced!"
"Don't be stingy. Come here." After taking out the things, Fan Qi put the three bags in the middle of the moisture-proof mat so that the three people would have a place to lean on when they sat down.
Youxi suddenly felt like he was being carried away by a big boss.
She had been taking care of others in the apocalyptic world for three years, and now she was back to be taken care of by her own mother, which made her feel very good. So she first took some water, went to a corner where no one was around and no one was monitoring her, and simply rinsed her mouth (she took out mouthwash from the Xingwu warehouse to rinse her mouth), then took off her shoes and sat on the moisture-proof mat, and followed the instructions of Ms. Fan Qi to start eating (being force-fed).
**
The underground parking lot is one and a half floors below the ground, and the door of the stairwell is an automatic closing door with good sound insulation, so from where they are, it is difficult for normal people to hear clearly what is happening above.
Just like Fan Qi and You Feng, they can hear the whistling wind above and the sound of various things being slapped and hit. But they have no idea how strong the wind is, or whether there is a tornado coming.
But Youxi could hear it. She could clearly hear the cries for help coming from the wind.
Some people hid at home, and the windows of their homes were smashed; a huge sign was blown up by the strong wind and fell down, landing on the deserted street with a creaking sound that made people's teeth ache; branches were blown off somewhere, and some trees were uprooted and swept the entire street...
An hour later, the power went out and the garage fell into darkness.
Some people took out their mobile phones to illuminate, while some people even forgot to bring their mobile phones, so they could only sit closer to the lights to get some light.
Fortunately, in this situation, everyone is quite united, after all, they are neighbors in the same building.
Some people remembered that they were too anxious when they ran downstairs just now and accidentally bumped into others, and began to apologize. This kind of thing happened once and then twice.
After the apology, people slowly started chatting in the dark, mainly talking about their family members who they couldn't contact now, and they didn't know how they were doing, and whether they had taken shelter in time.
People complained to each other and comforted each other.
Fan Qi turned on the flashlight, lit the candles, and fixed the candles ten centimeters away from the moisture-proof pad with melted candle oil, which attracted envious eyes from the side.
But everyone just glanced at it for a few seconds and gave up. After all, they were all from well-off families, and a candle was not rare. Their homes were upstairs, and as long as this storm was over, they could go home. Even if they couldn't find candles at home, they would stock up a hundred for next time.
They all thought that the strong wind would pass soon.
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