Chapter 696: Misfortunes Never Come Singly
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Regarding the transformation of London's urban areas alone, the occurrence of the smog incident is certainly a good thing. It’s just that Alan Wilson couldn’t express it, otherwise the families of thousands of people who died would not accept it.
London’s reconstruction and resettlement conditions this time are almost a one-to-one copy of the safety conditions of shanty town reconstruction.
But there is no consequence of splitting the word and making a millionaire. It would be great to be able to exchange for a new house on a one-for-one basis! With the current British finances, things like compensation will definitely not account for a large proportion.
House-for-house is the main resettlement method for this London reconstruction. Of course, the London City Government will provide certain compensation for the residential expenses during this period, as appropriate.
Without the expanded production capacity of British Malaya, it would be very difficult to handle it on its own, not to mention that the East End of London is an industrial area, and the relocation of factories will definitely affect production capacity.
Alan Wilson, an overseas commissioner, is obviously different from local officials. If there are two main differences, one is a strong backer, and the other is bold enough. The two complement each other.
Because he had the Mountbatten family as his backer, he dared to intervene in any risky matters, and the final result was not bad. It’s not like I’ve been stumbling to get to where I am today.
He was extremely attentive to the reconstruction of London, which had been defined as a major livelihood project, with the help of Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke. Before becoming Cabinet Secretary, he was the Deputy Minister of Reconstruction. In fact, he is the deputy director of the Ministry of Reconstruction!
The plans for post-war reconstruction were all planned by Norman Brooke. With a cabinet secretary who was as good as Emperor Apocalypse in the field of architecture, Alan Wilson's plans were naturally at home.
"Never before in British history has such a project been carried out." Norman Brooke expressed his appreciation for Alan Wilson's house-for-house idea, and he now agrees that the smog incident was indeed a positive in this matter .
"Countries under the Soviet system seem to be no strangers to this model. Houses in Eastern European countries are all allocated." Alan Wilson changed the subject and did not forget that he was a reliable person. "Of course the national conditions are different, but due to cost Think about it, this is still profitable, and it should satisfy the real estate developers who are doing the construction."
After all, the integration from a bungalow to a building, and a house turned into a seven-story building, the land saved is still very valuable. This is London, which is considered a first-tier city in the world, where every inch of land is precious.
The policy of exchanging houses for houses can reduce the area of housing and allow real estate developers to develop these lands. In this way, real estate developers can make profits and the London City Government will also have a free time.
It's the best of both worlds.
In practice, since the value of resettlement housing in the eastern district may be relatively low, the amount of compensation may also be lowered. Therefore, you should first determine whether your house that is classified as a demolition house is a resettlement house.
In this way, the East End of London will eventually save land area and is conducive to population concentration. It is not a big deal for some places to learn from the Soviet Union. You can change it to a less Soviet term.
If this matter can go smoothly and have a good outcome, maybe the East End of London will become the stronghold of the Labor Party for a long time. In fact, the East End of London is now dominated by Labor supporters.
"You may not know that the Prime Minister made great determination to support this plan." Norman Brooke mentioned Prime Minister Attlee's dilemma.
It's easy to say that everything goes well, but what if there are too many constraints on this matter and the result is not satisfactory? You need to know what it means for the ruling party if a traditional box office area changes sides.
"Dear Sir, just leave it to me. Didn't the Prime Minister say that we must combine the advantages of capitalism and socialism!" Alan Wilson patted his chest and said that he would do his best to accomplish this. thing.
At this time, he still had time to contact Vivien Leigh, making indirect inquiries about the current situation of Britain's new national treasure Audrey Hepburn, and admitting his mistake in a roundabout way. The young actress arranged it himself.
Even Vivien Leigh could imagine from reading the telegram that Alan Wilson looked guilty, but there was nothing she could do about it. She also hinted in the call back that she did know that Audrey Hepburn, a young actress, was suspected of having an affair with her lover. Unclear relationship.
But she was still willing to give Audrey Hepburn a chance and give her the script of Roman Holiday. Vivien Leigh hoped that this telegram would make her lover understand her good intentions.
It's a pity that Alan Wilson didn't have time to see it. He was doing something that was common in his previous life but very rare in the UK: fighting floods and providing disaster relief.
A huge storm formed in the North Atlantic, known as the Procellarum Ocean, in February. Huge waves were carried by strong winds and headed towards the English Channel. The typhoon faced the waves and approached the coastlines of coastal countries.
Ferries between the UK and France have been lost in this storm, and the impact of the storm goes far beyond that. Alan Wilson, who was in London, got the news that sea water had been flowing back from the Thames Estuary.
"It is foreseeable that this time the floods are budding." Seeing the dark clouds in the sky lingering, the memory of the 1953 European floods came to mind, and Alan Wilson arrived in Whitehall wearing a raincoat.
Norman Brooke expressed the seriousness of the situation. The top priority is that a dyke should be cast at the Thames Estuary immediately. It is not soft. It has been less than two months since London has just suffered from the London Smog incident, and the impact has just dissipated. For London citizens at this time In other words, it is even worse.
"According to news from the shipping sector, our ferry has lost contact in the strait, with 133 passengers on board. I don't want to be too pessimistic, but they may be in danger."
With wind, rain and turbid waves rolling in, the Thames Estuary is facing the danger of bursting its banks, and the seawater in the Thames Estuary has begun to pour back. London was in danger of being immersed in seawater, and of course the Netherlands was in greater danger, but he couldn't care about the Netherlands now.
"Now we can only implement a state of national emergency, and only the Prime Minister has this power." Norman Brooke directly picked up the phone, arranged for himself to meet with the Prime Minister, and then contacted the city government's phone number to "arrange for the evacuation of citizens on both sides of the Thames River governed by the city government. "
"Can't we take the initiative to fight this flood?" Alan Wilson solemnly suggested.
"Alan!" Norman Brook looked directly at Alan Wilson, but the latter did not avoid it and did not think there was anything wrong with it. "Well, if you can mobilize the citizens of London, you can participate."
"I always do bad things in the colony, and I should do something meaningful to make up for it." Alan Wilson readily accepted and left Whitehall directly to report to the city hall.
Two hours later, Attlee's cabinet announced over the radio that a storm in the North Atlantic had caused seawater to flood into the Thames Estuary. London is in danger of being submerged in seawater, and the government has solemnly decided that the UK has entered a national emergency.
In the afternoon, the tide is at low tide, and it is estimated that the tide will reach its peak at 4 o'clock in the morning. As the wind became stronger and stronger, gradually developing into a northwest wind, the waves on the sea became larger and larger, and more and more ships got into trouble.
The expected low tide did not occur, the water was already as high as it was at high tide and the tide had not yet arrived. Therefore, it is estimated that this will cause water levels to rise higher during tides. So you can imagine what happens when hurricanes bring high water levels.
Since the war, London has never been so lively. The police in the city of London whistled to guide the mobilized people to the Thames River, and heavy trucks carried tools to strengthen the embankment.
In London's East End, citizens who suffered heavy casualties from the smog incident more than a month ago were mobilized.
Alan Wilson is among them. He is now on the Thames River, witnessing the flood with his own eyes, and only then did he remember that London is the central city of the United Kingdom, and all decisions can be made immediately. The war Not even a few years have passed.
Even the recent smog incident had a positive effect, otherwise the people of London would never have reacted so quickly.
Accompanied by faint thunder, heavy rain still fell on people, but the lights were brightly lit on both sides of the Thames River. People on the riverside carried sandbags and worked hard to strengthen the river embankment.
This may be something that has never happened in London. People kept chanting slogans and received enthusiastic responses from a large number of people. On this day, hundreds of thousands of British citizens faced the intrusion of seawater into the Thames River and walked onto the embankments and of struggle.
At this time, the wind force in the English Channel has reached level 10, and the tide is gradually rising. Radio broadcasts throughout London are informing every household in London about the situation of the Thames River. At this moment, the attention of London's eight million citizens is on the Thames.
The government's constant broadcasts have brought the citizens of London almost back to the World War II period, but now London is no longer facing German bombs, but a natural storm.
Citizens continued to come out of their homes and decided to join the fight against the flood. Throughout the day, they were faced with higher and higher seawater intrusion, and the embankments on both sides of the Thames River were getting higher and higher.
On the other side of the strait, the famous coastal dykes of the Netherlands in the Low Countries have been breached by the sea water, and the coastal provinces of the Netherlands are already in a vast ocean.
In the early hours of the morning, when the tide was at its highest and the winds were at their highest, disaster struck, starting with levees bursting, and coastal levees being breached everywhere. Then the floodwaters flowed into people's settlements so fast. Countless people in their sleep were drawn into the sea water.
Compared to the Dutch, London is lucky. Britain is not a Low Countries, although sea water pours in from the Thames River. But it happened to hit London, the most important city in the UK. The Attlee cabinet, which had just experienced the smog incident, no longer wanted to let the support rate drop again, and took out war-time measures to deal with it.
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