Chapter 57 Transfer (13)
A cold wind blew in from the window. Breathing the long-lost fresh air, everyone let go of their anger.
Those who were still living at home opened all the windows in their homes, stood directly on the balcony, and then stopped moving.
"Wow, I can finally go out."
The smell is just not very pleasant.
But that's not the important thing. What does the water below mean? "Oh my god, is this water too high?"
"Fuck, what's going on?"
Because there was flooding upstairs and downstairs, the residents who were temporarily staying in the safety passage could only move around on the floors where they were staying. In addition, the strong wind and heavy rain outside the window made it impossible to see the situation clearly. Moreover, there was no electricity and no one could talk in the group. For a while, due to the lack of information, they really didn't know that the water outside had reached such a height.
As soon as I came out, I was shocked by the flood in front of me.
However, there are some things that cannot be considered in detail. They are currently on higher ground. Such high ground can flood up to the 7th and 8th floors. Then those on lower ground...
But they had no time to feel sad for others. It had rained for nine days in a row and even the landlords had no food left. Now that they could launch a rescue operation, couldn't they give everyone food first?
Sure enough, in the afternoon, the drone's broadcast was notifying residents to go to the rooftop to collect relief supplies.
After hearing the news, Lan Jin quickly went to the 31st floor and untied the rope on the safety door. As soon as she did so, she heard footsteps rushing up the stairs.
Lan Jin didn't dare to waste a moment and hurried upstairs. After all, she didn't want to come face to face with so many people.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she ran upstairs, she saw Huang Jinghe who was about to go downstairs to untie the rope.
Lan Jin quickly said, "The rope has been untied. A lot of people have come up. Let's go back first and then go get them when there are fewer people around."
Huang Jinghe said, "Okay, Sister Lan, I can see what's happening on the rooftop from my attic. I'll tell you to come up later through the intercom."
After they finished talking, they hurried back to the house. Just as they closed the door, the people downstairs had already rushed to the 33rd floor and were now struggling to tear down the door on the rooftop.
The door to the rooftop was not an anti-theft door. Even if it was locked, it could be demolished by these people with violence in a few seconds. When everyone arrived at the rooftop, what caught their eyes was a helicopter parked in a corner, and right in front of the helicopter, several staff members were rushing to place relief supplies for everyone.
This time, the supplies are calculated per person, so residents need to show their residence permits, take the supplies that are their share first, and then let the staff scan their residence permits. After making a record, the residents can leave on their own.
This approach not only prevents people with ulterior motives from taking more than they need, but also keeps a detailed record of the distribution of supplies. It is impossible for everyone to be unaware of how much supplies have been distributed.
And the rescue supplies at this time are also simple, a pack of compressed biscuits and a bottle of mineral water. Whether it is enough or not, we will just keep our lives for now.
Maybe these people were really hungry, so no one made a fuss. They started eating as soon as they left the team with the supplies.
After eating the food, people finally felt much better, although they were not very hungry before.
She said that as long as the previous batch of relief supplies were not eaten carelessly, there would definitely be some surplus food. In addition, everyone ate in the canteen later and could also buy storable supplies on the APP, so even if no one cooked for 9 days, there would still be food for these people.
But having food doesn't mean they can eat their fill. Besides, who knows how many days the rain will last, and who knows when they can go out? So even if they eat, they can't eat too much.
Moreover, during the more than three months that all residents have been locked up in their homes, the days of heavy rain have been the most difficult. People on the lower floors have no idea what the situation is like for people on the upper floors. They can only blame their own floors for being flooded, and now they can't even live there. Thinking about it this way, my mentality is a little broken.
But the residents on the upper floors are not much worse off. Although they do not live in the emergency passage, their lives are still in dire straits.
"There's not a single window in my house that's not exposed to the rain. I've used up all my bed sheets just trying to seal the gaps these past few days."
"You still blocked it with the sheets. I used the quilt directly. Quilts absorb water, but the water in the toilet would rush up from time to time, and I couldn't carry the quilt dry. In short, there is no good place in the house."
"Isn't the most difficult thing about not being able to open the windows? The smell in the house after the toilet flushes... oh my, it's unbearable."
The one on the lower floor said, "But at least you can still live at home. We have been eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in the corridor these days."
"It's all the same, actually. The rain has finally stopped, so the days ahead will be better."
The rooftop was only a small area, and there were quite a few people queuing up. How could the staff let everyone stand there and chat? They immediately drove them away, saying, "Don't stand here and chat, and don't all clog the rooftop."
Residents living in the building couldn't help but ask, "How long will it take for the water to recede? What should we do next?"
"There will be rescue, everyone please be patient and wait."
No one could give a definite answer as to what kind of rescue it would be or when the flood would recede. After all the supplies were distributed, they boarded a helicopter and left.
As for rescue, rescue ships arrived here after only one night, and the so-called rescue was to relocate the residents who were flooded to other places.
As for where to move to——
In order to save manpower and material resources, and because the affected area is too large, they will not be relocated too far. For example, the place closest to the community, where there is no flooding and the place is large, is convenient for centralized management and for everyone to go home after the water recedes.
There happened to be two universities not far from their community. The lower-lying part of the university was indeed flooded, but there were always higher areas that were not flooded, so this group of people were transferred there.
The transfer and rescue was carried out according to the floors, and the residence permit came in handy again.
First the 2nd and 3rd floors, then the 4th and 5th floors, then the 6th and 7th floors, and as for the 8th floor——
There were only two flights of stairs left to be flooded. As long as the rain stopped, the water would not come up and they would not need to move. So the residents on the 8th floor did not have to be relocated. But there were actually quite a few people on the remaining floors. They went back and forth from dawn to dusk until all the people were relocated.
Don’t think that these people are inefficient. The staff have really tried their best to evacuate the affected residents.
(End of this chapter)
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