Chapter 1105 1104. Enrollment Expansion (3/5)

Chapter 1105 1104. Enrollment Expansion (35)

The earthquake came suddenly and ended quickly. After more than ten seconds, the shaking of the ground stopped.

The children of Victoria hugged Ah Miao and the others. Ah Meng was scared for the first time, and hid his neck in Ivana's arms, his little eyes were terrified.

Li Du looked at his cell phone, and found that the cell phone still had a signal. He breathed a sigh of relief, which proved that the earthquake had little impact.

Brother Wolf directed everyone to rush to the open area of ​​the lawn and said, "If you feel the shock again, get down immediately and hold the hands of the people around you..."

He directed Dao and Godzilla to clean up the buckets: "Check if there is any water cut-off, fill the buckets and bathtubs with water, if there are aftershocks, the water will be cut off."

Li Du called the government's public service department, but the phone couldn't be connected and the line was busy all the time.

The horns of ambulances and fire engines sounded in the distance. There was a town to the west of where they were located. It seemed that there were casualties and property losses in the town.

The construction quality of their villas is very good, even the wall skin did not fall off, but after the transverse wave appeared, some shelves in the house shook and the things on them fell down.

Hans went online and shook his head again and again: "The network is a bit faulty, I can't log on to the 4G network, and the signal is very poor."

Li Du thought for a while, and then called ****'s exclusive customer service: "Hello, I want to ask about the situation in Phoenix. Was there an earthquake just now?"

The other party quickly replied: "Yes, Mr. Li, according to the news we just received, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale occurred in the desert area of ​​southern Arizona. zone……"

The service quality of **** is nothing to say, the customer service told Li Du briefly and clearly what they know.

The damage caused by this earthquake should not be very large. The epicenter is in the desert area, and they are only affected here.

After the customer service introduced what they knew about the earthquake, they quickly and concisely introduced some earthquake knowledge to Li Du.

Including the geological conditions in Arizona, the causes of local earthquakes, hazards and assessment methods, some methods of dealing with earthquakes, etc.

The customer service also transferred the call to him, and they temporarily contacted a local seismology expert, who answered Li Du's doubts and comforted him.

The other party first asked about Li Du's area and housing conditions. After learning the location of his villa, the earthquake expert said that their house was fine.

Li Du didn't pay special attention before, but this seemingly solid villa is not a masonry structure, but a wooden structure, which is more resistant to earthquakes.

He told Li Du the news he got, and told him not to panic, stay outside, don't drive away in a hurry, and wait for further arrangements from the government. If he has any news, he will also specifically notify Li Du.

This expert is so responsible, not because of his kindness, but because he knows that Li Du has great energy, and wants to take this opportunity to get involved with him.

Just as Brother Wolf meant, the expert told Li Du to store water quickly.

After each earthquake, drinking water is the most serious problem for residents. Central Arizona has been short of water since ancient times, and water resources are obtained from three major places: the California Reservoir, the Colorado River, and groundwater.

After the earthquake, no matter how much damage is caused to the water pipes, in order to reduce the risk, the water supply works will shut down the water supply for maintenance.

Therefore, they have to pay attention to water storage.

After this earthquake, there were several aftershocks, the magnitude of which was much smaller, but it was only felt and had little impact on buildings.

However, Li Du and the others did not collect much water resources. Maybe there was a problem with the water pipes at the beginning. Godzilla only stored a bucket of water, and no water flowed out of the water pipes.

Fortunately for them, the draft problem is not serious, there is a small river in front of the villa.

Li Du and Hans went to the river to have a look. The earthquake also affected the river. Now the clear river disappeared, and the river became turbid.

Brother Wolf came over to take a look and said, "No problem, as long as there is water."

He took a shovel and dug a hole in the sand by the river. Big Ivan cooperated with him and made a small diversion channel together, and the river gurgled out.

At the two openings of the diversion canal, Brother Lang blocked with gauze to screen out algae, garbage and floating objects in the river.

In this way, the water that finally flows into the bunker will be relatively clear, at least not as muddy and dirty as the river water.

Brother Lang wiped off his sweat and said, "Let's carry water to the house, let the puddle settle by itself first, only take a quarter of the water from the top, and keep the water from the bottom."

Instead of improving, the phone signal gradually got worse.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, another strong earthquake occurred, and the house shook again, and some glass was shattered.

Hans kept calling outside, and finally got through. He didn't know who he called, and after putting it down, he said with a solemn expression, "We'll spend the night in the yard tonight, leave here tomorrow, and go north."

"What's wrong?" Li Du asked.

Hans said: "There will be more serious earthquakes later, this is just a preview of a major earthquake."

Li Du said: "Don't scare me, Arizona is not on the earthquake zone, how could there be a big earthquake?"

"California is not on the earthquake zone either. Have you forgotten the damage caused by the earthquake in 1994? Oh, you were in China in 1994." Hans countered.

On January 17, 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred 35 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles, USA.

This was a moderately strong earthquake with staggering economic losses, causing 62 deaths, more than 9,000 injuries, 25,000 homeless, more than 2,500 buildings were destroyed, and about 4,000 were seriously damaged).

In addition, several highways were broken in many places, some overpasses collapsed, and 11 main roads leading to downtown Los Angeles and other areas were forced to close.

At that time, the earthquake caused power outages and water outages in most surrounding areas. About 40,000 households were without water and 52,000 households were without power. It was a serious disaster.

After taking care of the situation at home, Sophie wanted to go to the next town to see if there were any wounded in need of help. A surgeon like her would be most useful at this time.

Li Du stopped her and said firmly: "The earthquake was too chaotic, don't go, we paid so much taxes to the government, the government should be responsible for these tasks."

After the earthquake, the public security situation was very bad, and incidents of robbery, robbery and vandalism occurred frequently.

Sophie is also very stubborn in this regard. She held the cross hanging on her chest and said firmly: "This is my vocation, my dear. If I give up my duty because of fear, God will not forgive me, and neither will I." Forgive myself, I will not be able to look directly at the scalpel in the future."

In this case, what else can Li Du say? He waved his hand and asked Godzilla and Brother Wolf to protect Sophie, these are his two most powerful bodyguards.

At this moment, he realized that his security force was not strong enough, and he needed to recruit more bodyguards.