Chapter 321 The Earthquake is Coming
Jingshu was thinking about how to start the conversation about this matter, and Jingye began to describe it vividly. Jingshu slapped her head and nodded every time Jingye finished speaking, and then said "yes". Jingye then made up a whole story, and then Jingshu added a few more sentences, such as the whole head hurt when hearing thunder, the ears were ringing and deaf, and there were palpitations and other symptoms.
"Dad, Mom, I'm afraid I'm going deaf." Jingshu said pitifully, covering her head.
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Dad will find a doctor for you right away."
Just as the family gathered around Jingshu and tried to find a doctor, the outside suddenly became as bright as day. The brightness was like a super spotlight. Jingshu and her family could see that the outside of the window was suddenly illuminated.
"What's going on outside?"
"Has the sun returned?"
The whole family looked outside excitedly, but Jingshu sighed and quietly covered her ears with her hands. Yes, this was one of the natural disasters in the apocalypse, also known as lightning flash. According to Jingshu's rich experience, there must be a focal point around this brightness where a violent earthquake is about to occur, probably around the Banana Community.
The epicenter is at least a magnitude 6 earthquake, and when it reaches Jingshu, it may be weakened to a magnitude 4-5 earthquake.
Before the end of the world, humans divided earthquakes into plate boundary earthquakes, earthquakes within plates, volcanic earthquakes, collapse earthquakes, etc., and further classified them according to distance. Earthquakes with an epicenter less than 100 kilometers away are called local earthquakes, and earthquakes with an epicenter distance of 100-1000 kilometers are called near earthquakes.
But the earthquake this year overturned the world's perception of it, because it did not belong to any of the above types. You could call it a local earthquake, after all, the epicenter is very small, but generally there are only one or two epicenters within 100 kilometers.
To put it simply, earthquakes in the past had only one source, and the impact range was hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.
The characteristic of this earthquake is that there are many epicenters, but the range of each epicenter is extremely small, only a few kilometers, more like a tornado formed from the interior of the earth.
Scientists in previous lives have analyzed this situation in detail, but most of them are not very convincing. However, there is a very vivid metaphor that goes like this:
"You can imagine that the Earth is full of tornadoes, from deep to shallow. Some of these tornadoes hit the Earth's surface and cause earthquakes. The closer the tornado is to the surface, the stronger the earthquake, with a maximum of up to 10. The farther the tornado is from the surface, the weaker the earthquake, usually between 3 and 4."
The scope of earthquakes this year was extremely wide, with tens of millions of tornadoes causing crustal movement across the Earth.
So, under Jingshu's feet were tornadoes blowing. If they blew up, a major earthquake of magnitude 7 or 8 would occur around them. If they didn't blow up, it would be a small earthquake of magnitude 3 or 4. No one knew where the earthquake would occur and where the safe zone would be.
When Jingshu covered her ears, the entire light flashed for four seconds. Jingshu's family ran out excitedly, and then it was at this time.
Boom! Boom! A huge sound came, and the floor of the whole villa was shaking. Even if Jingshu covered her ears, she still felt deafened.
"Ouch my ears!"
"Why can't I hear anything?"
"Hey, hey, hey, I can't hear you!"
The whole family was caught off guard by the loud thunder and suffered temporary deafness. Jingshu did not remind them, as she had to scare the family members so that they would realize the seriousness of the situation.
"Mom and Dad, please go hide in the bathroom. Lanzhi, hold Jingshu. Let's hide. Something big is going to happen outside. Hey, can you hear me?"
Jing's father supported the old couple, and Jing's mother pulled Jing's father, still pulling, but at this moment, the whole villa began to shake violently. The vase on the table, the lamps on the ceiling, the table, and the chairs were all shaking violently. The family staggered and fell to the ground together.
It is said that Jingshu was foresighted. After returning from her aunt's house, in order to prevent hundreds of earthquakes in the next year, Jingshu replaced all the fragile and easy-to-fall things in the house, such as the garlic in the living room.
The fruit racks in the greenhouse on the second floor were quietly renovated.
Some are hung up, which not only makes them more beautiful, but also prevents them from falling out and breaking on the ground even if they are shaken randomly during an earthquake. Some are fastened with invisible nails and fixing frames.
Jingshu had also thought of ways to prevent the kitchen cupboards from breaking, otherwise, after a few earthquakes, these things in the house would probably be damaged. But these were not long-term solutions, and she had to discuss with Jingye how to install some small mechanisms during earthquakes to prevent furniture from moving around and small items from flying around.
I heard from Jingye that among all objects, wood is the most shock-resistant, and from a structural point of view, it is also very good at bearing weight, so let's give this job to Jingye.
"It is estimated that the earthquake is a magnitude 7 at the epicenter and a magnitude 5 here, so there is no need to run." Jingshu made a rough estimate. As long as the epicenter is not a magnitude 8 or above earthquake, there is no need to run. The saying that you can't escape a big earthquake, but you don't need to run for a small earthquake is actually quite reasonable. It's like in the previous life, when the earthquake first came, everyone ran as soon as it came, and ran more than a dozen times a day. Later, everyone got used to it. The first thing to do when an earthquake comes is to find something to hold on to and wait for it to end. If you are still alive, continue to have fun. If you are dead, gaover.
After a brief period of ringing in their ears, the family felt much better.
Jing's mother yelled, "It's an earthquake, it's an earthquake, Jing'an, what should we do? Should we go out and hide somewhere flat?"
"Our area is relatively flat. If Building 25 collapses, it'll hit us. But the developer says it's built to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake. Let's go to the bathroom first. Hurry! I'll figure out a solution!" Jing's father helped the elderly couple inside first. Jing's grandmother pointed to the door and said, "Zijin is still in the little house. Hurry and get her over here."
Jingshu couldn't care less about pretending to be sick and said hurriedly, "You guys go, I'll go find Zijin."
Jingshu stood up with a thud, and the fat chicken followed Jingshu closely, clucking behind her. Jingnai then remembered, "The chickens in the chicken coop, the cows, my poultry!" Jingnai was also in tears.
"Mom, you go to the toilet first. I'll go check in the chicken coop. I'm afraid the cows are awakened."
Jingshu and her father carried their belongings out and found Zijin squatting in the small house. Zijin was very calm. When he saw Jingshu, he said, "The hand warmer grandma gave me just now is broken. What a pity."
"... Come with me and hide quickly."
Jing's father found chickens, ducks, and cows flying around in the chicken coop. Fortunately, these poultry were fine. Of course, nothing could happen with Jingshu behind the scenes.
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