Chapter 50 Heavy Rain 1
"Boom!!"
A flash of lightning suddenly split the sky, and a deafening thunder roared on the ground.
Bean-sized raindrops "crackled" and fell from the sky.
The cars parked outside the Repulse Bay community began to squeak.
In the community, the people who had been hiding at the entrance of the underground parking lot and observing carefully also rushed into the rain with crazy excitement on their faces.
Some people danced and cheered, while others cried with joy.
I don't know if it was salty tears or bitter rain that flowed down their faces.
"Ahhhh! It's raining!!!"
"MD! God finally opened his eyes!"
"Husband! Thank God! We are finally saved!!!"
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Some people even ignored the various garbage left on the ground, and fell on their backs on the ground, closed their eyes, and opened their dry and flaky lips to absorb the rain bit by bit.
More than a thousand people were crowded in the stuffy underground, and they hadn't washed for more than 20 days.
The sour smell on them was worse than the garbage on the ground.
Some people used their hands to hold the rainwater and put it into their mouths.
The rainwater was bitter and hard to swallow, but the feeling of surviving the disaster was sweet and mellow.
Everyone's emotions stayed in the excitement of the end of the high temperature, and no one realized that this was actually just the beginning of another more serious natural disaster.
"Neighbors, this rainwater may have bacteria, don't drink it!!"
"I heard that the authorities just sprayed drugs to disinfect the whole city two days ago. Be careful that the water is poisonous!!"
"Yes, and there are ashes of burned dead people floating everywhere in the past few days. Everyone, bear with it and don't drink it!!"
"I don't know if those dead blood mosquitoes these two days carry germs. Everyone, be careful of parasites!!!"
"Could this rain come from the island country! Be careful of radioactive residues! Everyone, avoid it first!" "
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Many elderly people were persuading them earnestly.
But they couldn't stop the people who were already extremely hungry and thirsty.
They haven't had a drop of water for several days.
The supplies sent by the authorities yesterday were just some compressed biscuits and canned luncheon meat, but no water.
The whole city, or even the whole world, is short of water.
Some people have even been forced to drink yellow urine.
The pitiful amount of condensed water from the outdoor units of several air conditioners has been treated as a hot commodity.
But of course, it was secretly kept by the property management and the owners' committee.
So compared with dying of thirst, the so-called ashes in the rainwater are nothing.
Just treat it as calcium supplement.
As for radioactive substances, they are weird things that have been heard of but never seen.
It will rain and the mother will marry.
If it really happens, it will happen.
The painful experience during this period has made everyone feel inexplicably depressed.
"The high temperature should be over, everyone should go home first! It's easy to get sick if you get too much rain!" The speaker was Zhang Qiming.
"Yes, go home first, it's okay for everyone to drink rainwater! Collect it in a basin, and filter it at home with cloth, cotton, or charcoal before drinking it!" A young man with dark circles under his eyes suggested.
The rain was still getting heavier. It
was no longer as big as a bean.
It was as if a hole had fallen in the sky, and the water flowed like a pillar, pouring down.
In just a few minutes, the ground quickly accumulated streams of water.
The pool in the middle, which was temporarily used as a crematorium, was originally piled with ashes like a small mountain, but now it was all washed away by the rain.
In some places, the water was deep and directly submerged the ankles.
Finally, after confirming that the high temperature would not come again, the people living in the underground shelter began to roll up their bedding and luggage and go home.
Electricity and the Internet were still not available, but the feeling of wanting to go home was something that nothing could stop.
Especially in such a rainy weather, nothing was more important than going home.
Several security guards of the property had already opened the locks on the doors of the units in the five buildings.
"Everyone, men, please stay for a while!" When everyone was about to leave the garden and return to their respective buildings, the property manager Liu Dahong suddenly stopped everyone.
Most people turned their heads away and pretended not to hear. A few young guys and a few middle-aged men looked at him with puzzled eyes: "Manager Liu, what's wrong?"
Liu Dahong reached out and wiped the rain off his face and said:
"Everyone, the rain is a bit heavy. It might flood the first floor. Otherwise, let's go and move the sandbags at the entrance of the garage to the entrance of the unit? It's better to stop a little. There is strength in numbers, and it will be faster to move!"
The drainage system in Anming City is problematic.
When it rains heavily, the roads will be flooded.
The underground garage in the Repulse Bay community has also suffered several times.
Many owners woke up and found that their cars had been swimming in the water all night.
Therefore, the property has prepared a lot of sandbags at the entrance of the underground garage.
Everyone joked that the car and boat tax was originally prepared for heavy rain.
Now the cars have been moved to the road outside by the owners, and the underground garage is empty.
These sandbags are more suitable for the entrance of the community unit.
"It's just a little rain, what are you afraid of!"
"Manager Liu, you only distributed supplies for a few days with the support of the government! You are really addicted to being an official. Why are you ordering the owners around? Don't put the cart before the horse!"
"That's right! Besides, isn't it the job of you property security guards to do hard work like moving sandbags? If I have to move them, then all my property fees will be in vain!!"
"The community and corridors are full of garbage during this period. Where are your cleaners? Now you order us around! Are you sick?"
"If there is to be a flood, it will be the people on the first floor. I won't move! I haven't even had enough food, how can I have the strength to move!"
"Yeah, it was so hot before. If we get caught in the rain for a while now, we will get sick easily! If we get sick, will you be responsible?!"
"And this thunder is so big. Will you be responsible if I get struck by it? Can you bear the responsibility?!" "
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There was a lot of talk in the crowd. Most people were a little rebellious and angry. They were all furious.
Even two owners of the first floor looked at him with hostility.
After all, the bloody mosquito that flew in a while ago and injured his family was actually related to the negligence of the property management.
Of course, the instigators were those people who did not close the door tightly when they went to the official shelter.
Liu Dahong's face turned pale for a second, and his fists were clenched tightly. He cursed in his heart: You guys, I'll make you kneel down and beg me in a few days! !
"Okay, everyone, instead of standing here talking nonsense, all the sandbags have been moved! Although I live on the 32nd floor, the water will never flood my house, but I will move these sandbags!" The speaker was Sun Jingtao.
Before he retired from the army, he participated in several flood relief operations, and he had something like a sense of responsibility or habit in him.
The sandbags of the property management were not large. If he was not weak now, he could carry three bags in one hand.
(End of this chapter)
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