Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1053 - 689: Statistical Analysis (Part 3)

Just as they were talking, Secretary Wang's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Han Yu, Han Yu, is Salted Fish awake? Mayor Qin and Deputy Division Commander Tao have arrived, quickly have Salted Fish come to greet them."

"He's awake, we are talking right now. I'll have him come ashore immediately."

With the superiors coming, he must go ashore to greet them.

Han Yu grabbed the walkie-talkie, went downstairs, and walked along the steel floating bridge to the shore, where he saw two military vehicles parked. Secretary Wang was standing beside the cars, accompanying Vice Mayor Qin and Deputy Division Commander Tao.

Deputy Mayor Shen was also there, standing by the car on the phone.

"Hello Mayor Qin, hello Deputy Division Commander Tao, welcome to our camp to inspect the work."

"Salted Fish, you've worked hard."

"It's alright."

"Comrade Han Yu, we meet again."

"Deputy Division Commander Tao, was the journey here from Angong smooth?"

Without visiting the disaster area, one cannot grasp the scope of its difficulties.

Deputy Division Commander Tao instinctively glanced back, commenting emotionally, "Angong County is organizing the evacuation of the people. Some have to be transferred to Shishou, and along the way, it's all people moving toward Shishou, dragging their families along like refugees. It's heart-wrenching to watch."

Vice Mayor Qin also felt uneasy and said solemnly, "The civilians see us driving military vehicles and think we're here for flood control; they make way for us. Otherwise, we would have been stuck on the road long ago."

"This time, we have to evacuate over 300,000 people, some external, some internal transfers, and everyone wants to take more things. It's normal to have traffic jams on the road."

"Salted Fish, you are the captain of the emergency rescue assault team. You have the most up-to-date information. Do you think the superior will order a flood diversion?"

"That depends on the water level. As long as it doesn't exceed the maximum limit for flood diversion, there's no need for diversion. But preemptively organizing the evacuation of people within the flood diversion project area is very necessary. The previous incidents at Anzao Dam and Pai Zhou Bay serve as a lesson; only by organizing evacuation in advance can we ensure the safety of the people."

While inviting the leaders onto the ship, Han Yu continued, "Our water rescue team participated in the water rescue of the two breached civil dikes. I instructed the soldiers on rescue tasks to investigate, and then requested Master Xu from the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission Water Bureau to perform statistical analysis on the findings."

Deputy Division Commander Tao was bewildered, unsure what the battalion commander who hadn't served in the army was trying to convey.

Vice Mayor Qin roughly understood, quietly asking, "Has the analysis result come out? Does it have any reference value for our future flood prevention in Binjiang?"

"The result is out, and it does have reference value."

Han Yu led the three leaders to the Dunship duty room, opened a drawer, took out a set of statistical analysis materials from Master Xu, and introduced, "Take Pai Zhou Bay as an example. From 1954 to the current 44 years of flooding, there has never been a dike break in Pai Zhou Bay. The people living within the dike have long lacked experience with major floods and are deficient in flood knowledge. Although relevant departments organize flood control every year, they have never conducted propaganda and education on how to prevent floods.

The tall embankments give the population within the dike a false sense of security, a situation not only present in Beihu and Nanhu, but also in our Linghai and even Binjiang. This directly leads the people to overlook the threat of floods, lowering their guard against flood damage.

The relevant departments are focused only on water conservancy construction, rarely considering flood risks, neglecting preventive measures, only guarding against the obvious but not against the unlikely, making no preparations or decisions for a possible dike breach. This directly leads to the flood breaching dikes, causing panic from the party and government departments down to the people below the dike, not knowing how to save themselves or others."

Deputy Division Commander Tao was taken aback, finding it unbelievable that a reserve battalion commander would consider such issues.

Vice Mayor Qin found it quite normal; after all, Salted Fish was originally the "Binjiang Water Army Commander," and the uniqueness of the job dictated that he must consider preventing all kinds of disasters beforehand.

Master Xu's statistical analysis material was comprehensive, and the data was thorough.

For example, in Pai Zhou Bay, more than 70% of the people believed that the great dike wouldn't collapse.

After the embankment breach, 70% of the people received news of the breach, primarily through radio, villagers' mutual communication, and police station alerts, mainly relying on broadcasting, illustrating the importance of rural radio system construction and maintenance.

After receiving news of the dike breach, the people mainly chose to flee to the dike to avoid the flood, followed by seeking higher ground, including nearby buildings and homes of neighbors or relatives, climbing trees, and preparing small boats or other flotation devices were rare.

The casualties were mainly concentrated in several villages near the breach.

Among the victims, a significant portion encountered water while abandoning the buildings to reach the dike, while those waiting for rescue upstairs or fleeing from their own house to a neighbor's building largely preserved their lives. Those who couldn't find or reach a building could only climb a tree to avoid the flood; their chances of survival were also significant.

In other words, if the flood comes, don't panic excessively, avoid rushing to the dike, but instead seek higher ground nearby to avoid the flood; survival chances far exceed abandoning a building to flee to the dike!

After reading the statistical analysis material, Vice Mayor Qin looked up and said, "Salted Fish, this set of statistical data provides important reference value, has it been reported to the Yangtze Flood Control Headquarters?"

"It's been reported; we have telephones and fax machines here, not only reported to the Yangtze Flood Control Headquarters and Jingzhou Flood Control Command, but also notified the flood control offices in Angong, Shishou, and other areas along the line. Angong County's leadership attaches great importance to the information we provided, and propagated how to prevent it through the radio at noon yesterday."

"You have a fax machine, right? Send a copy to the Binjiang City Flood Control Command as well."

"Mayor Qin, how should I send it?"

"I'll sign it." Vice Mayor Qin pulled out a pen, endorsed the material below, signed his name, and handed it to Han Yu.

Seeing Deputy Division Commander Tao's astonishment, Vice Mayor Qin explained, "Although we in Binjiang have confidence in the Yangtze River embankment's ability to resist floodwaters, we have several Jiangxin. Salted Fish is right; it's better to be safe than sorry, in case an island dike breaches, the preventive measures can at least minimize casualties."