Chapter 721: Disaster Relief In Progress

North America is a unique land. The soil here is fertile, and the geographical appearance of plains, mountains, rivers and rivers is changeable. In particular, there are so many plains suitable for cultivation that it is almost the best choice for a natural farm and pasture.

And due to geographical location, North America, especially the United States. Although the United States has a long coastline on both ends of the land, there is little danger of tsunamis.

And earthquakes rarely occur. From a certain point of view, this land is the most suitable place for human survival. Natural disasters are extremely rare in this place.

Of course less does not mean no. The United States, located in North America, has its own most important and most frequent natural disasters. That is the terrible wind disaster.

There is a high chance of wind damage in this country, and there are many of them every year. All in all, the direct economic loss caused by wind disasters in the United States exceeds two billion U.S. dollars a year.

Whether it is a terrible cyclone (tornado) in the inland area, or a hurricane in the coastal area. When the violent air currents pass through, they will take away everything that can be blown into the sky.

This includes trees, the roof of a house, cows in the field, fish in a fish pond, even the car you park in your back garden. In some hurricane or tornado-prone areas, almost every family has a shelter.

Generally, a basement is dug to a depth of about two to three meters in the corner of the yard. The opening part is generally made of steel structure, and the foundation is extremely firm. One or two ventilators/windows, usually connected to the house ventilator.

Most experienced homeowners who plan for a rainy day will purchase emergency supplies before the typhoon season. Includes battery, diesel (generator use), emergency lights. There's also a variety of shelf-stable high-calorie foods like sealed candy bars and cookies and most importantly: plenty of clean water and a diesel generator.

After the weather forecast predicts that a hurricane will pass and evaluates its power. Generally, parents will choose the way to deal with it according to the level of power.

If it is a strong wind below level 8, most people will choose to stay in the house. But if it is a strong hurricane of level 8 or above, or even level 12. So as long as there is a shelter at home, the best option is to go to the shelter.

Hurricanes are relatively easy to predict, because the direction of the eye can be observed in the atmospheric clouds to determine the size of the hurricane and the route it will pass.

The cyclone in the inland area is an even more terrifying existence. Because many times the formation of a cyclone or a tornado is very sudden and fast.

Temperature, pressure, etc. all affect the formation of tornadoes. From F0 to F5, different levels represent different powers. F5 is the highest power level of a tornado.

The wind speed exceeds 330 kilometers per hour, which can easily roll up the train and completely destroy the houses of ordinary families.

Even in an underground shelter, you'd better pray to all the gods you believe in and let them bless you. An F5 tornado won't stay over your head for too long, otherwise no one can make sure that you and your shelter are safe in the next second.

This is a country with frequent wind disasters, and many people have self-rescue and emergency response experience in the face of wind disasters. Because many people know that no one can be relied upon when disaster strikes. Only the guns in your hands and the emergency supplies in the shelter are fundamental.

The speed of the government's disaster relief has been generally unsatisfactory. Leonard, for example, thinks so. Even after a lot of preparation, things are going badly now.

Because the Florida hurricane brought a lot of rainfall, the entire city was flooded, and he could only salvage a small amount of what he left in the shelter.

Most of his house was also destroyed, and the entire roof on the second floor was completely torn off.

The Leonard family sat in the only surviving master bedroom on the second floor.

"We have to find a way to get out of here." This is what Leonard said to himself, his wife and eight-year-old son: "I don't know how much more supplies can be found in the city, but our emergency food can only support our family for three years." God, and there's no electricity yet."

"My mobile phone just barely received a signal. The government is still the same old way. First let the army come in to maintain law and order. I don't know when the follow-up rescue work will start. I don't know when the delivered materials will return. We can't just sit here and wait for death. "Reynard looked at his wife and said seriously: "Now that the hurricane has stopped and the road traffic has resumed, we can try to leave here first. After a while, wait for the water level to recede and come back. Staying here is not a good choice. Someone must have been unprepared. Maybe someone has been starving all day."

"Those people don't have a good temper, and I don't want to conflict with them." Leonard's words made his wife's lips tighten.

She said nervously: "But there will be dangers on the road."

Leonard dug out a revolver from the bedroom drawer and began to load the pistol: "Yes, but it's about the same if you stay here. At least until enough relief supplies come, the city will be dangerous. A starving man can do anything. The whole city is flooded, and there must be very little food to be found."

After Leonard loaded the bullets of the revolver and handed it to his wife, his wife took a deep breath and took the pistol. The child in her arms seemed a little nervous.

Leonard touched his son's head: "It's okay, don't worry, Mom and Dad are here." He forced a smile.

At the same time, he took out a short-barreled shotgun. After the disaster, the city was not much safer than the wild forest, and there were reports of various robberies after the disaster. Sometimes people are much scarier than wild animals.

When everything was ready and some emergency spare supplies were packed into the backpack, Leonard was ready to leave with his family. He noticed that his young son was missing.

Just when he was about to look for his son, his youngest son came in with a box of his toys. It seemed that he wanted to take these toys with him.

"No, no. Raymond, we're not going out to play, and we can't take so many toys with us." Leonard had a headache, and his temper was a little grumpy because of the current bad situation.

So he unknowingly increased his tone, a bit like growling: "Put those things back to me now! Go now!"

The appearance of Leonard frightened his eight-year-old son Raymond. He stood there holding his mouth and looked like he was about to be scared to cry by his father.

"You scared him!" Leonard's wife ran to her child, held Raymond in her arms, and was dissatisfied with her husband's overreaction just now: "Raymond is only eight years old! You can have a good time with him Communicate, but don't use the method of shouting! This storm has frightened Raymond, and he just wants to bring a familiar belonging!"

Leonard touched his frowning brow: "Okay, my reaction just now was a bit too much. Listen, Raymond, you can bring one, just a toy, okay?"

Raymond nodded, and he chose one of his favorite dolls from the toy box, a Marvel-related Iron Man. At present, Iron Man has already produced an animated film and started playing it. He is one of Raymond's favorite animated characters.

In his toy box are other superhero dolls, mostly Marvel products. Including Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Captain America and more.

Leonard sniffed: "Okay, Raymond, take your precious Iron Man." Leonard still had a word stuck in his chest: Take it, take it. These bullshit heroes don't really show up anyway, it's like a government rescue. It's never the same when it's really needed!

Just as the Leonard family was about to leave, bang bang bang, it was the sound of windows being knocked on. Leonard alertly took out his short-barreled shotgun and pointed it in the direction of the window sill.

"Who is there!" Leonard asked a little nervously, but he had never shot anyone, never before, and hoped not to.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous." The two people who rolled in from the window sill looked weird, and they were wearing strange clothes. It's a bit like the masked superhero in the movie.

A man and a woman, both with a sticker on their chest: Justice League. And they were holding two boxes in their hands.

The man with the Justice League label put a box of purified water in his hand on the windowsill, and then put a box of compressed food brought by his girlfriend on the windowsill.

After that, he smiled and said to Leonard: "We have no malicious intentions, but we are here to help."

Leonard put away the shotgun and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm a little nervous. What government department are you from?" Leonard was a little surprised. He only received a message in the morning saying that the government was just about to photograph the army coming in to maintain law and order. How did the relief supplies arrive so quickly?

"It's not a government department! I know! I know! They're New York's League of Super Heroes!" Eight-year-old Raymond suddenly pointed excitedly at two members of the Justice League.

The two made a cool gesture to Raymond, and then said to Leonard: "Sir, I don't think you may need to leave here. Because we are all here."

"What? What do you mean you are all here?" Leonard asked a bit confused, he didn't know exactly what the Justice League of New York was.

Suddenly a noise came from above his head, and the male member of the Justice League pointed to the sky and said, "You may know it after reading it."

Leonard walked to the damaged roof and looked up. Dozens of helicopters flew over his head.

Raymond leaned excitedly on the window sill and shouted, "It's Iron Man!"

One after another, the engineering steel armor "Yiguo" flew past Lei Meng's sight. This time it's not a toy, but a real Iron Man.

Leonard moved his fingers, and when he looked back at the windowsill, the two members of the Justice League had disappeared.

Leonard looked at Raymond who was yelling excitedly by the window, and his wife who was checking the water and emergency supplies that had just been delivered.

He finally looked at his son's box of toys, Leonard shook his head.

Well, maybe superheroes aren't as useless as they think?