Following the expert group's research report meeting, several township governments successively requested higher authorities to issue compensation payments for houses and farmland damaged by typhoons and floods in January and mid-February of the previous quarter.
Meanwhile, local water conservancy departments monitored abnormal rainfall and river levels in their respective basins.
If the flood prediction model submitted by the expert group is just a strong argument, then the messages sent from these local areas, one after another, are harbingers of disaster.
Elder Lin dared not risk the lives and property of the people, so he immediately made a decision to mobilize all departments, township enterprises, and local water conservancy bureaus to fight the flood and carry out disaster relief efforts.
Old Lin reported the situation to his superiors and mobilized as many resources as possible at his disposal.
Meetings were held over the course of several days, targeting different departments and groups. Old Lin, his throat parched, remarked:
"Order all officers and soldiers in the Yangtze River, Nenjiang River and Songhua River areas to assemble immediately, and all active-duty soldiers to be stationed at nearby dangerous shoals and patrol the Yangtze River dikes, flood control lakes and flood control canals."
The meeting room was packed with people. To improve the efficiency of the meeting, Secretary Wang called people from several departments together. Some people had no seats and could only stand and listen to Elder Lin's instructions.
"Second, mobilize retired cadres and soldiers. All retired soldiers should report to the local government within three days and gather at the nearest dangerous watershed to fill sandbags, reinforce the defense lake, and reinforce the river embankment."
"The third step is for all enterprises to deploy trucks and excavators to cooperate with officers and soldiers to dredge river channels, increase the capacity of river flow before the flood arrives, and deepen flood control devices such as lake defense and flood control areas."
"The local government activated the Level II emergency management plan, reminding residents in the city to pay attention to flood prevention, prepare flood prevention materials, and organize rescue forces to deal with emergencies."
The loudspeakers in the conference room were on, and everyone's attention was focused on what Old Lin was saying.
At this moment, Lin Zhiyuan poked his head in from outside the conference room, listened for a few minutes, and then quietly closed the small door.
"Old Lin is holding a mobilization meeting for major enterprises, township governments, and relevant departments," Lin Zhiyuan told Chen Dong.
After hearing this, Chen Dong silently calculated in his mind that there were still three months before the flood broke out. If the emergency response plan could be activated and the residents in the danger zone could be relocated, the task should be completed within a month.
However, after listening to Old Lin talk so much outside the door, he still hadn't heard about the specific relocation plan, and Chen Dong was getting a little anxious.
The massive flood that followed claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people and affected nearly 200 million.
Perhaps government departments must maintain their consistent rigorous and conservative approach when making relevant decisions in order to avoid triggering market panic.
However, if they wait until they foresee the severity of the situation before considering evacuation, then it will not be residents who need to be evacuated, but rather people from the disaster area.
Chen Dong heard Lin Lao continue speaking from outside the door, "Our government department will allocate funds for the purchase of equipment, which mainly includes generators, flashlights, fuel equipment, and so on."
"At the same time, we will purchase a batch of medicines from the hospital to deal with emergencies."
"Comrades, the task of flood control and disaster relief is arduous, everyone..."
Seeing that Elder Lin didn't seem to intend to relocate the residents from the low-lying areas, Chen Dong couldn't resist and pushed open the meeting room door.
With a loud clang.
Everyone looked back and saw Chen Dong and Lin Zhiyuan walking in from outside, one after the other.
Several government officials who recognized Chen Dong bowed to their puzzled colleagues and introduced him, saying, "This is the boss of Longteng. I've seen him a few times in this office building."
"It is said that he has a good relationship with Mr. Li."
Chen Dong walked in so abruptly that Old Lin was completely unprepared.
"Well... let me introduce you all. This is the big boss of Longteng. I invited him to participate in this mobilization meeting." Old Lin was still giving Chen Dong face, and even at this point, he was still giving him a way out.
Chen Dong walked to the front of the stage and gave Old Lin a look. Old Lin said to the microphone with some helplessness, "At the beginning of January, Mr. Chen urged me to ask experts to make flood model predictions for the Yangtze River, Nenjiang River and Songhua River."
"It can be said that the speed of our operation this time was entirely due to Mr. Chen's reminder. Moreover, many of the policies and measures at the mobilization meeting were also the result of Mr. Chen's suggestions, and the conclusions reached by the experts after comprehensive research."
"Boss Chen attaches great importance to our flood control and disaster relief mission this time."
"We would like to ask Mr. Chen to say a few words in front of everyone."
As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted in the conference room. Chen Dong calmly walked to the podium and picked up the microphone.
"Everyone, I know that there is no obvious trend of flooding in the major river basins at present. All predictions are still based on models built up from the precipitation, river water level, weather changes and so on over the years."
"Perhaps people have no idea what the massive floods we are about to face are like."
"Here, I want to tell you that this catastrophic flood will affect the entire Yangtze River basin, and some major river basins in the north will also be affected. The total affected area will reach 300 to 400 million mu, and I predict that the affected population will reach 250 million."
"I won't go into the extent of the economic losses the floods will cause here. Please think about this carefully: if the lives and property of the people cannot be guaranteed, why should they trust us?"
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