Life in the world of film and television

Chapter 477 High Temperature and Cohabitation

It was not until late June that the floodwaters receded completely.However, the season has come to midsummer.

The weather is already hot, plus it is summer, with the blessing of seasons, the temperature is getting hotter.

One day in July, the highest temperature in Yunshi reached 68 degrees, which was hardly suitable for human survival.All the projects were stopped that day, and everyone stayed in the house in despair, blowing the hot wind.

There is no way, although there is an air conditioner, the outside is too hot, the lowest temperature in the room can only drop to 35 degrees, and if it is lower, the air conditioner may need to run at full power for 24 hours, and the air conditioner cannot stand it.

Fortunately, in normal times, the maximum temperature of the day is only around 40 degrees, and there is no sun at night, and the temperature is a little lower, only more than [-] degrees, barely allowing everyone to continue working and living.

This is because Yunshi has a large number of reservoirs, lakes, rivers... a large amount of water is stored. In high temperature weather, a large amount of water evaporates to take away part of the heat and adjust the temperature.

The temperature in the western region, especially the drier and less rainy area in the northwest, is higher. Fortunately, there is a special way to escape the heat, cave dwellings.

The longer and deeper the cave is dug... the less susceptible it is to the outside temperature. Not to mention warm in winter and cool in summer, it is definitely a good place to avoid heat.

In this kind of weather, the officials have naturally seen the benefits of cave dwellings.

In addition, hundreds of millions of people moved from the coastal and central regions at once, and housing is also a big problem. It takes too long to build houses that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people, and requires too many raw materials.

In this case, it is simply not possible.

As a result, the benefits of cave dwellings are further highlighted. Choose a place to make a hole, do some simple reinforcement measures, and make doors and windows well, which is a house.

Not only is the cost extremely cheap, but unlike building a house, it does not use a lot of raw materials such as reinforced concrete. More importantly, the speed is fast enough. Building a cave dwelling is much faster than building a house.

Ever since, the construction of cave dwellings has become one of the largest super projects officially undertaken, with more than ten million workers participating in the construction.

Even so, many people who migrated to the west are still crowded together. The demand for cave dwellings is really too great. To meet all the needs, at least tens of millions of people need half a year of construction period before a family can have a separate cave dwelling. .

In this hot weather, even though the government has introduced various measures, the population has been severely reduced.Especially the elderly, children, and some people with serious underlying diseases.

In the end, good order and stability were maintained.In contrast, overseas is now a mess!Many places simply do not have such a strong organizational force, nor do they have the experience of mobilizing the population on a large scale to deal with disasters.

Faced with this situation, we can only do nothing. In the face of bursts of high temperature and flood disasters, it is like a plate of loose sand, and the situation is appalling.

When the time entered August, the highest temperature in Yunshi rose again, with a maximum of more than 75 degrees, and the western region was even more exaggerated, with a maximum temperature of more than [-] degrees.

It can be said that such a temperature is no longer suitable for 90.00% of creatures including humans to survive. Fortunately, this high temperature weather is very short, only a few days, and the temperature is still hovering at [-] degrees most of the time.

In view of such a high temperature, in August, some outdoor work was basically shut down unless necessary, otherwise it would be unbearable to wear heat-resistant clothing.

Such a high temperature is not only unbearable for people, but also has a huge impact on all aspects.

First of all, such a terrifying high temperature caused a large amount of water to evaporate. By mid-August, the rivers in the western region had all dried up, and the exposed riverbeds were all dried up, revealing cracks.

This also caused a huge ecological disaster. Originally, there were some high-temperature-resistant animals that were able to persevere by relying on the river water; the very few fish in the water that survived the high temperature were able to survive by relying on the water source.

As the river dries up, the water that is the source of life is gone, and everything will naturally end.

Even in the central region, most of the rivers have dried up, and there are dried and dead fish everywhere. The officials have collected a large amount of fish and made it into dried or salted fish as food reserves.

We could have collected more, everyone knows the preciousness of food.But the weather was too hot, and the river was scalding hot. Ordinary people might be burned if they didn’t pay attention. The fish in the water were almost boiled as fish soup, and many fish could not even be fished out.If the collection is a little slower, it will be rotten. It takes a lot of effort to collect a large number of them.

For this reason, many people were splashed by the river water, causing blisters all over their bodies.

Throughout the central region, there are only a handful of rivers that have not stopped flowing. Although the riverbed is exposed, the water at the bottom of the river has not evaporated.

In this regard, the coastal areas performed best, only a few rivers dried up, and most of the rivers did not evaporate completely.

It is mainly close to the sea, the air is humid, the temperature is a little lower than that in the central and western regions, and the evaporation rate is not so fast.In addition, it is close to the sea, rich in water vapor, and often rains, which reduces the air temperature and replenishes water for the river.

It can be said that in the high-temperature apocalypse, in terms of livability, it is still a coastal city.

Not only because of the abundant water resources here, but also because the temperature is lower than other places, and when encountering floods, because it is very close to the sea, all the water can be discharged into the sea nearby.Unlike the inland areas, where the floods go down very slowly after passing through the river, in the coastal areas, even if there is a flood, the water will go down within two or three days at most.

These advantages are all brought by water.But success is also water, and failure is also water.Because of the proximity to the sea, the air is rich in moisture, and when it rains, it is heavier and lasts longer than in other places.

On top of that, sea water has been rising.

Especially since June, since the beginning of summer, the global temperature has risen more and more, breaking records repeatedly.Such a high temperature not only evaporated a large amount of water on the surface, but also began to melt the glaciers at the two poles at an accelerated rate. A large number of icebergs collapsed and floated in the sea.

On land, the snow-capped mountains that have accumulated for tens of millions of years have also begun to melt...

According to the statistics of professional organizations, the sea level has risen by [-] meters since the beginning of this year, causing many islands and coastal cities to be flooded.

Rising sea water is the biggest threat to coastal cities, just like the sword of Dachmoth hanging above the head at any time.Otherwise, living in a coastal city is not bad in this hot weather.

Therefore, even after a large-scale westward migration, about two layers of the population in the coastal areas remained in place.

As long as you pay attention to the rising sea level and hoard a large amount of food and supplies, there is no shortage of tall buildings here for everyone to live in.With a small population and factories that are basically shut down, the demand for electricity has also decreased sharply.Coupled with the laying of a large number of solar panels, life is actually good, at least much better than those who moved west.

It's a pity that all these things are like flowers in a mirror, like a moon in water, and as the sea level rises, they will eventually disappear into nothingness.

Time slowly came to late August. Although the temperature did not rise further, the drought became more serious. Even the rivers and lakes in the central region were almost completely dried up.

Looking at the scorching sun and the distorted air under the high temperature, I can only hope that all this will pass quickly.

Fortunately, the high temperature during this period has caused more and more water vapor to accumulate in the air, and a new round of rain has started again.

At the end of August, as dark clouds roiled, lightning flashed and thundered, and heavy rain poured down, Yunshi ushered in a long-lost super heavy rainstorm.

The rain this time was bigger and lasted longer than the previous two.On the tenth day of the super heavy rain, Li Mu stood in front of the French windows of the super mansion on the 33rd floor, observing the outside world through a high-powered telescope.

The average depth of rainwater on the surface has reached seven meters, and in many places it has even reached eight meters. The third floors of all buildings are basically flooded, and the fourth floors of many places are also flooded.

Looking at the non-stop, seemingly endless super heavy rainstorm, when will it stop?

Qing Ning came over, nestled in Li Mu's arms, picked up the high-power binoculars, looked around, and suddenly said in surprise: "Brother, a building collapsed over there, and there are still people helping."

Li Mu sighed, and looked through the high-power binoculars.This is an old-fashioned residential area. The house has been inspected for 30 to [-] years. There are a total of seven or eight residential buildings, each with more than ten floors.

The building on the right near the main road was already in a state of collapse. Under the heavy rain, more than a dozen official assault boats and motorboats came and went there, constantly transferring and rescuing the residents in the building.

After looking at it for a while, he stopped looking at it when Li Mu was not there. He wrapped his hands around Qing Ning's waist and abdomen, holding her tightly in his arms.

Qing Ning's face was reddish, and her face was full of happiness. After a while, she said: "I don't know when the rain will stop. Those people are really pitiful."

Li Mudao: "Actually, these people are lucky. After the start of this round of super rainstorm, too many tragedies have happened, and the collapsed buildings are not limited to this one place."

"Think about it a few days ago. After the building collapsed, there were a few people who survived until the rescue. Most of the buildings were submerged in the water soon after the collapse, and there were very few survivors. In comparison, this building is lucky. , The speed of the collapse was very slow, and when rescuers arrived, most of them were rescued except for a small number of casualties."

Li Mu is telling the truth. During this time, more than a dozen buildings have collapsed, most of them are old-fashioned residential buildings, and there are also small high-rise buildings built by the villages in the city.

Many houses collapsed too quickly, and there was no time to rescue them. Compared with this time, we were really lucky.

After talking about this topic, Qing Ning suddenly said: "Yesterday in the library, I saw you and Sister Huihui sitting together, are you chatting?"

Li Mu carried her to the sofa, and kissed her creamy face: "What's the matter, are you jealous?"

Lime is red in color and said: "It's not there!"

Li Mu said, "Aren't you jealous? Why are you asking this?"

Qing Ning lowered her head and whispered: "It's nothing, I just want to ask!"

Li Mu patted the buttock where she was asking for advice: "He said he wasn't jealous!"

Qing Ning's face turned even redder, she pouted, then suddenly turned around and hugged Li Mu's neck, and said pitifully, "I don't dare, I will be beaten and punished."

I feel pity for that appearance.

Looking at the beautiful face in front of him and feeling the soft jade in his arms, Li Mu felt a little impulsive.In this world, he doesn't really want to find a simple tool person. The two have known each other for a long time, and their relationship has been cultivated for a period of time. The heat is enough, and they can go further.

Li Mu leaned into her ear and said, "Really, accept the punishment? Then I will punish you tonight and don't leave."

Qing Ning's cheeks were blushing, she quietly glanced at Li Mu, and said nothing, apparently acquiescing.When the two of them reached this point, some things became logical.

For the next half a day, Li Mu still studied the rhythm with Qing Ning until the evening, after dinner, he turned away the others.Li Mu picked up Qing Ning, and walked towards the bedroom under her shy gaze.

The next morning, let Lime, who just got rid of greenness and discomfort, continue to rest.Li Mu came to the floor-to-ceiling window and observed it with a high-powered telescope for a while. The water level was about half a meter higher than yesterday. The torrential rain still did not stop.

Li Mu turned on the TV and watched the news again. As the water level got deeper and deeper, the thermal power plant was flooded and the electricity was cut off long ago.Fortunately, Li Mu's own generator here is not afraid of this.

Not only the electricity, but the mobile phone signal and traffic have also been cut off long ago, and the connection with the outside world has been completely cut off.This is why Li Mu watches TV. He can watch programs with just an outdoor antenna these days.At times like these, this is the most convenient way to receive information from the outside world.

Fortunately, Li Mu used a batch of servers to set up a local area network. All kinds of entertainment products on the earth, such as movies, music, novels, games...all of them are available on it.Take time every day to watch movies, listen to music, read novels, play games... Except that you can’t communicate with the outside world, there is not much difference from when you are connected to the Internet.

The existence of the local area network also calmed the hearts of the people in the building, allowing everyone to watch movies and play games, alleviating some despair and pessimism.

A few days later, Li Mu woke up on time, his arm was numb after being pillowed all night, and just as he was about to take it back, Qing Ning also woke up.

Seeing that her face was a bit tired, Li Mu kissed her face: "You were exhausted last night, sleep more."

Qing Ning pouted and pinched him: "It's not because of you!"

Li Mu smiled: "How can you blame me? A certain person has a big addiction to food, and his strength is not good. He surrenders every now and then, and is defeated. Is it my fault?"

Qing Ning's face suddenly turned red, and she said shyly, "You rascal... you're not! Who made you so..."

Li Mu smiled and said: "This is the way of human relations. It's because your own strength is not good enough. You can't blame others for being too strong."

Qing Ning was also a little guilty, she really couldn't handle it, she struggled for a long time, and whispered: "Hmph, at worst, let Huihui come here, and we will deal with you together."

Li Mu said in surprise: "So generous!"

Qing Ning snorted at me: "I don't know what's on your mind yet, sooner or later, I might as well ask her to come and help me earlier."

Li Mu kissed her on the face: "You are a very competent girlfriend."

After being tired for a while, Li Mu let Qing Ning continue to rest. Li Mu quickly got up, washed up, and came to the French window of the living room, and suddenly found that the rain had stopped.

The torrential rain that lasted for half a month finally stopped. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, Li Mu could even hear the faint cheers of the city celebrating the end of the rain.

However, the flooded are not light, the surface water depth has reached eight or nine meters, except for some high-rise buildings, small high-rise buildings or villas with two, three or four floors, have been completely wiped out.

I just don't know how many days it will take to drain so much water.

(End of this chapter)