Chapter 1405 Disaster Strikes
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Alarms sounded throughout the duty room of the meteorological research station.
"The alarm went off again?"
The guard on duty opened his eyes in a daze?
Looking at the rows of data on the display.
However, as he only had a degree in prenatal education, he couldn't understand those things at all.
"What is it that disturbs my sleep?"
The guard turned off the alarm, put his hat on his face, and continued to sleep in the chair.
In his opinion, this is just a meteorological research station, what big deal can it be?
When he was on duty at the bank, he was too lazy to get up to patrol. Now the meteorological research station wants him to leave his chair?
joke!
The guard continued to lie down and sleep in the duty room.
But what he didn't know was that a strong cold wind from the Arctic and the warm Atlantic current were meeting over New York.
The consequence will be heavy rainfall over New York.
Precipitation will reach 2,000 mm.
If it were summer, it would cause heavy rain and the whole of New York would become a swamp.
But now it's winter, and it's snowing heavily.
Because snow is less dense than water and, because of its low temperature, it will not melt immediately and flow into the sewer.
The same precipitation, just turning from rain to snow, becomes a more terrible disaster.
This amount of rainfall could even freeze the entire New York City.
If the alarm had been sounded in advance, perhaps someone would have been able to escape from the city in time.
But due to the laziness of the guards, this possibility came to nothing.
As night fell, people returned home, closed doors and windows, and took out guns from the cabinets to prevent criminals from breaking into their homes.
And those guys were wandering in the streets in groups.
Their target is those luxury stores.
Then sell them on Yipai for a good price.
Of course, these are all taxable.
Otherwise, fully armed people will come to your door to collect taxes.
There are only two things you can't avoid in America: death and taxes.
Because Vladimir knew what was going to happen in advance, he did not go out, but ate barbecue at home with Natasha.
Sitting in front of the electric grill, Vladimir placed huge pieces of meat mixed with onions and peppers on the grill board.
The fat dripping onto the barbecue plate made a sizzling sound, and the unique aroma of barbecue spread.
Faced with the fragrant barbecue, Vladimir and Natasha had no appetite.
They kept staring at the countdown in front of them.
Beep, beep.
The countdown returns to zero.
A new line of text appears.
[Extreme cold survival officially begins, remaining time 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes. ]
“Has it started yet?”
Vladimir opened the door.
Snow flakes as big as goose feathers began to fall from the sky which was originally overcast.
The heavy snow soon covered the ground, hiding its original color.
The huge city changed its appearance in an instant, with everything covered in snow.
Vladimir looked up at the heavy snow flying all over the sky. Based on his years of experience, he judged that this snow would definitely be heavy.
If this trend continues, the snow blocking the door will definitely not be a joke.
Seeing the heavy snow, Vladimir finally believed that the guidance of the light curtain in front of him was real.
They really came to a world that was about to be frozen by ice and snow.
Fortunately, they only need to survive here for a month.
You know, in his hometown, the days of ice and snow last for as long as half a year, and even this extreme weather lasts no less than a month.
As long as there are enough supplies, surviving for a month is definitely not a difficult task.
"Let's go back and eat. I can't sleep tonight."
Vladimir took Natasha back to the room and started eating barbecue.
He has to keep watch tonight and go out to shovel snow from time to time.
Otherwise the heavy snow will really seal the door.
After eating for two hours, Vladimir opened the door.
The heavy snow outside is already above my calves.
"The snow is falling really fast."
Vladimir took a shovel from the warehouse and began to clear the snow from the door.
Vladimir was leisurely clearing the snow in the villa.
The situation for those people who buy things for free on the street is not so good.
At first they didn't care much about the heavy snow.
After all, it’s winter now. There’s always heavy snow in New York.
However, as it rained, they felt something was wrong.
The snow is falling too heavily.
The snow on the road was soon above my calves.
It is very difficult to hike in such thick snow.
It's not just the slippery road. If you don't wear high boots, the snow can easily fall into your shoes through the gaps in your shoes.
When the snow falls into your shoes, it will melt due to the temperature of your feet and then wet your shoes.
Because the outside temperature is very low, wet shoes will quickly freeze into ice.
Then, the ice will continue to consume the temperature of the feet, causing the feet to lose warmth and eventually frostbite.
This is still the best result.
If it lasts for a long time, amputation may even be required.
Those people found that they could not go on when they stepped on the thick snow, otherwise they would all freeze to death.
Some of the people who had some money were preparing to drive back.
In this country, cars are like people's legs, and it is almost impossible to move without a car.
But at this time the snow had accumulated to about half a meter, and ordinary family cars could not drive on snow of this thickness.
The tires can do nothing but slip on the snow.
Some high-powered, high-chassis pickup trucks and off-road vehicles can be started.
But it is also a difficult journey.
It's not a big deal for them to encounter snow that's more than ten centimeters thick. At most, it will consume more fuel and the car will be more difficult to brake.
But the thickness of the snow now exceeds their ability to cope.
The thick snow quickly filled the grip patterns on the wheels, making them as smooth as racing wheels, and they would sink into snow pits after a short distance.
In this case, only a large snowplow can clear the road.
However, only sanitation departments have special vehicles such as large snowplows.
Such departments are all contracted out to private companies.
Want to get those employees out of their warm beds and out on the road clearing snow overnight?
What are you thinking about?
Do you pay overtime?
Even if there is overtime pay, let those drivers walk to the company and then drive to clear the snow?
What are you dreaming about?
It's good that we didn't take this opportunity to strike and demand better pay.
Therefore, before this sudden heavy snow, New York's roads were almost paralyzed.
A large number of people were stuck in the streets.
"What should I do?" A Ni Ge was shivering from the cold. His feet were soaked and he felt as if someone was pricking his feet with steel needles.
“I felt like my feet were going to freeze off.”
"We must keep warm." An older man said immediately, "Otherwise, we will all freeze to death."
"But how do we keep warm?" the guy asked.
"Isn't there fuel everywhere?" the older man pointed at the removed wooden boards.
