The 720 heavy rainstorm in Zhengzhou that I experienced

It started to rain on April 18, but it was not very heavy. The China Southern Airlines flight for a business trip was canceled at 2:30 in the afternoon at 1:00 in the morning. I urgently booked a 1:55 flight from Shanghai Airlines and successfully set off to Hangzhou.

Returning to Zhengzhou on April 20, the originally scheduled China Southern Airlines flight at 10:30 am was again notified of cancellation in the early morning. I didn’t take the two flight cancellations seriously. After all, flight cancellations due to weather conditions are commonplace. Decisively changed to the high-speed train at around 2pm, a journey of about 4 and a half hours, and planned to arrive at 7pm.

To pass the time on the morning of April 20, I visited Lingyin Temple, during which I learned about the explosion at 4 a.m. in Dengfeng Yongdeng Aluminum.

At around 5 p.m., when the train arrived at Zhoukou Station, the previous station in Zhengzhou, news about heavy rains in Zhengzhou kept coming from the Internet. Hundreds of passengers on Metro Line 5 were trapped, and large areas of Zhengzhou were flooded. The Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee personally went to the front line to direct the Changzhuang Reservoir flood discharge problem, and some communities were without water.

One of the companions suggested getting off at Zhoukou Station, resting one night and seeing the situation before leaving the next day, but this was quickly rejected by everyone, who thought it would not be so serious. After all, as an inland city, Zhengzhou has no experience of heavy rain affecting life.

The train temporarily stopped at the Zhengzhou South Railway Station under construction at 7pm. More than an hour later, it arrived at the terminal Zhengzhou East Railway Station at around 8pm.

Only emergency lighting is turned on at the station, and all security check and other facilities are closed. In view of the heavy rain, we first chose to go to the departure hall on the third floor. The ground was covered with water. Fortunately, there was anti-slip cloth. Some places were seriously wet from the rain. Seeing the crowded scene, my first reaction was to go to the fourth floor to buy food. Most of the stores have been closed, and stores that will close in the future will not be able to supply food. The only Daokou roast chicken restaurant that does not require water has a long queue. I squeezed in and found that , only those who have the goods in hand can queue up to check out, so naturally we are hopeless. The focus ranged from thinking about food to how to settle down at night. After inquiring, we found that most of the VIP rooms were closed. The VIP rooms of mobile companies that were only open had no water or electricity and did not provide any services. They were also filled up. Fortunately, I found a board to sit on and rest my feet. I couldn't see any staff at the station giving any explanations, only passengers walking back and forth. Mobile phone communication signals and network signals are basically interrupted, and occasionally a short message can be sent. My colleagues kept trying to contact people to see if they could take us out to find a hotel, but to no avail due to heavy rain and deep water accumulation. At ten o'clock in the evening, we were without water, electricity or Internet. We gradually calmed down, accepted the reality of the moment, and dozed off on the suitcase. About half past eleven, I was awakened by a commotion. Someone said that the station planned to send trains to the south and north, and everyone could get on the train without a ticket. We hurriedly followed the flow of people and queued up at the designated 6B entrance, and contacted Xuchang through weak and intermittent communication signals. hotel. Half an hour later, there was no movement. Everyone began to murmur in their hearts and ask around. Then two security guards appeared. Later, someone reported that there was no bus arriving at the station, so there was no bus to leave. After despair, everyone tried to find a way to rest. It was impossible to sit down. My colleagues and I chose a relatively dry floor in the middle of the waiting hall, spread it with paper and clothes, and prepared to rest on the spot. There are still some people who are not willing to give in and still queue up.

I was woken up by the cold at around 2 o'clock in the morning. Half awake and half asleep, the sound of rain on the roof was like rain pouring down. I could vaguely hear the voice of the security guard maintaining order. Maybe it actually came out later. Several train rides. At this time, the six members of the family were living in four places. My parents and the eldest daughter were at home, my husband was staying in the work unit, the little girl was staying in the kindergarten, and I was at Zhengzhou East Railway Station. Think about how helpless the people trapped on Metro Line 5 and the people trapped in cars on the road must be. The people around the Changzhuang Reservoir, as well as the municipal Party committee secretary, the mayor, and countless flood fighting and rescue commanders and officers and soldiers were in trouble all night. sleep. In the face of natural disasters, humans are helpless.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, as the weather gradually brightened, everyone began to wake up. Fortunately, the rain finally became lighter and the water level on the road has dropped slightly. Using the weak signal, I sought help from friends nearby. All the hotels in the East District were full, and I was finally taken to an office very close to the East Station to rest. I had a "big meal" at a nearby restaurant at noon. Only then did I know that the people trapped in the subway had been rescued.

There was a water and power outage and no signal at home. Xiaoniu’s kindergarten had no water or food. A parent struggled to haul milk and water with a car. The food at the canteen at the entrance of the kindergarten was sold out. Someone found a kayak to pick up the kids.

At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the rain stopped and the water level dropped significantly. The water and power were cut off at home, so I couldn't make contact with the signal. My husband waded home through the water, and everything was fine. Soon news came that the little girl was also picked up from kindergarten. After planning the route, my friend took me back home in an off-road vehicle. The entrance to the community is indeed very low, and someone is pumping water out. When I got home, my husband was worrying about what the family of six would eat at night, so the leftovers from breakfast and lunch I brought back came in handy.

At around 6 o'clock in the evening, I went downstairs to search for tomorrow's breakfast. Although the water on the road was basically cleared, vehicles were lying on the ground. The stores on the roadside were basically closed. When I was desperate, I found a small supermarket inside. It was dark but the door was obviously open for business. I quickly went in and grabbed the food with a flashlight. With the help of my two daughters, I got a box of tiramisu, a small box of yogurt, a small box of biscuits and two ham sausages. The boss is very nice and knows that everyone didn’t take cash, which is a bad signal, and it’s all about bookkeeping.

After returning home, I simply wiped my face with a wet wipe and started to sleep. The night without electricity and Internet started very early. Lying on the sofa with the two children, chatting about the rainstorm, homework poems, and furniture in the new home, the children quickly fell asleep and woke up at six in the morning. Dad picked up two small buckets of water from somewhere. After briefly washing himself and eating some food, he began to think about the new day. Downstairs, a middle-aged woman protested loudly at the door of the property about living without water and electricity. Her husband said that the property management clearly wanted to cut off water and power for at least ten days and asked everyone to save themselves. To be honest, I always thought that the water and electricity outage would not last long. After all, it is a necessity of daily life. I firmly believe that the government will find a solution, but this time it lasts for ten days. There should be some reason for it. I was worried that if the elderly and children had to make do with food for a long time, they would get sick. After finding out that the water and electricity at my sister-in-law's house were intact, I decided to flee to her house. Fortunately, the buses had been restored.

Around 10 o'clock, after connecting to the Internet and having normal water and electricity, the old man and the child came back to life with full blood. At noon, they made a delicious lunch with the meat and vegetables brought from home. The girl told me what she had eaten yesterday morning. Small steamed buns and water, two ham sausages and milk at noon were leftovers brought back by my mother in the evening. Today’s noon is the best.

After lunch, the work unit informed me to go to work. On the road, I found that there was still a large area of ??water accumulation in the underground tunnel. Many foreign aid tow trucks began to clear the road, and I saw an emergency water supply truck with a foreign license plate. In the past, I always saw disasters in other places. Although I was nervous, I was outside of it after all. Today I am in it and feel the power of the motherland.

In the past two days, I have received WeChat and text messages expressing greetings and concerns from family members, relatives, friends, and classmates. Some of them have not been seen for many years, and some are far away from overseas. Although I received it with a lag of tens of minutes or even hours, I was still deeply moved. There are many people behind each of us. So each of us should live well.

After the catastrophe in the human world, celebrate the rest of your life and show your grace again to show your future.

In the future, there will be thousands of dragons and lakes, and the intoxicating beauty of the Central Plains will be my choice.