Xibakou chronicle

Inscription: The once-in-a-century flood in Chaohu Lake in summer, Xibakou is the outpost of flood control and flood fighting in Chaohu City.

There were several heavy rains in June. I looked at the water situation at Xibakou of Chaohu Lake and found that the water level was very low, even lower than that in the dry season.

At this time, there was a cry of "wolf coming" from other places.

The comfortable situation in Chaohu Lake during the flood season is attributed to that magical peony flower?

On the south bank of Chaohu Lake, backed by Yinping Mountain, there is a fairy cave on the mountain, which is dozens of miles long. It is said that it can hide 65438+ ten thousand soldiers. On the cliff above the mouth of the cave, there is a thousand-year-old peony, and the former vice governor and calligrapher wrote the four characters "Silverscreen Flower" in calligraphy.

It's amazing that you can survive in the gap of the cliff without artificial protection, and you can't reach it up and down, and you can't care if you want to. Peony flowers bloom around Grain Rain every year, and the color is pure white, which is more noble.

There is a peony pavilion in front of the fairy cave. With binoculars, visitors can catch a glimpse of Bai Mudan. Since 1997, the Peony Festival has been held in Chaohu every April, and tourists from Nanjing and Shanghai are in an endless stream.

Holding an ornamental festival for peony flowers is unique in China. This is really "the mountain is not high, the fairy is not famous." Fairy, peony also.

One side is favorable. Since the fairy peony has settled in Chaohu Lake, it will bring some benefits to the villagers in Chaohu Lake. This welfare is to forecast the abundant and dry rain in that year, so that everyone can make preparations early and plan ahead. This is another unique feature of her.

Five flowers were in full bloom, and the weather was fine then; If there are fewer than five flowers, there will be drought, and the fewer flowers, the heavier the drought; On the other hand, if there are more than five flowers, there will be more rain. When it comes to seven or eight flowers, it indicates that there will be a flood.

This year, Grain Rain Peony set a record of opening more than 20 flowers. The citizens rushed to tell each other: "Great! There will be a flood this year! "

Such a high-risk early warning will naturally attract great attention from relevant parties, so the Chaohu gate opened early to release water and go to the storage capacity.

Therefore, in the flood season, all localities are frequently in emergency, but Chaohu Lake is safe and sound.

However, people are not as good as heaven. After entering July, the situation turned sharply. ...

Fairy peony takes care of Chaohu Lake, but it can't take care of other places.

After July, the rain in the Yangtze River basin continued unabated and the river rose sharply.

Chaohu Lake flows into the Yangtze River through Yuxi. Originally, the water level of Chaohu Lake was much higher than that of Fenghuang River at the mouth of Yuxi River, so that the lake water could flow into the river itself.

However, the current situation is the opposite. The water level of the Yangtze River soared and soon exceeded it, and the river began to flow backward into Chaohu Lake.

In the past, it was only necessary to close the sluice of Fenghuang neck irrigation and drainage station on the river surface to block the river from flowing backwards. Or closing the Chaohu gate at the other end can also prevent the river from entering the lake, but the pressure on both sides of the Yuxi River is much greater.

This year, things are different. The Yangtze River has exceeded the water level of Chaohu Lake 10 meter. In order to alleviate the pressure of downstream cities such as Wuhu and Maanshan, Chaohu Lake began to take on the heavy responsibility of diverting water and storing flood water for the Yangtze River in mid-July.

This is China's flood fighting game.

On July 17, the second platform at Xibakou of Chaohu Lake was flooded, and the railing of the water walkway on the west side was only about one foot above the water surface.

Under normal circumstances, the trestle is more than one meter away from the water surface, and the railing on the bridge is more than one meter. This means that the water level of Chaohu Lake at this time has exceeded the normal water level by about 1.7 meters.

It is still raining.

During the storm, several women climbed over the temporary guardrail of a platform and washed clothes on the steps. Some people wear raincoats, some people don't wear raincoats, and some followers take umbrellas.

Life is so tenacious, the flood is coming, the days have to pass, and the clothes have to be washed.

Worry is inevitable. A woman muttered to herself while dressing, "God, when will it rain?"

In July 18, only one line was exposed from the trestle railing, and the water level rose by one foot, leaving only four steps from the dam embankment.

During a short break in the rain, a woman dressed in high boots and plastic Mazar sat on the platform in the water to wash clothes, which looked very safe.

She is probably used to this kind of water life.

In the afternoon, the official announced that the second-level emergency response of urban defense was upgraded from 15 to 1 on July 8.

A battle has begun.

In the evening, my son came back from work and said, I'm going to flood control.

10-year-old grandson immediately worshipped: "Dad, do you want to prevent floods?"

"Of course." The son replied, "When I was your age, I went to Chaohu levee with my grandfather and was on duty for flood control."

Born in a water town, flood control and fighting is a matter of several generations.

Comrade Hu, former member of the Standing Committee of Chaohu Municipal Committee, is a foreigner. He worked in Chaohu for nearly two years and once said with emotion: "Chaohu people are not good at economy, but good at flood control."

This Hu also has a set of creative methods. It took him a year to turn Chaohu Lake into a national sanitary city. The public toilets in the city reached the national first-class level and were cleaner than many people's kitchens, attracting foreigners to visit the toilets in the nest. Only then did I know that there was another "World Toilet Day" in the world.

Comrade Hu is a pragmatic leader. Although he is not very good at flood control, he recognizes the flood control ability of Chaohu people. As a leader, that's enough.

This year is the flood forecast year for more than 20 peony flowers, and Chaohu people with a set of flood control measures will face new challenges. ...

Official news: As of the morning of July 1 1, the water level of Zhongmiao Station in Chaohu Lake reached12.82m, and that of Chaohu West Station reached12.77m, both exceeding the highest water level in history.

19 When it arrived at Xibakou at 8 o'clock in the morning, the lake had overflowed the last step and reached the levee. In my memory, this should be the highest water level in Chaohu Lake.

This time point is more than two hours earlier than the official release time.

Sandbags with a height of 1 m have been erected on the embankment.

Sandbags, which have grown into the Chaohu levee, guard the lake in the lake.

Citizens have come to Xibakou. They are all as concerned about the water situation in Chaohu Lake as I am, and Xibakou is the nearest window to understand the water situation in Chaohu Lake.

On the east side of the dam mouth, I met an old comrade who had just come from Chaohu Gate. He told everyone emotionally that the Chaohu sluice was opened 16 and the river surged into the lake.

Chaohu Gate has 24 openings, of which 16 is two-thirds.

It's still raining, the river is still flowing backwards and the water level is still rising.

After entering the first-class emergency response at 3 pm yesterday, the flood fighting campaign officially started, and people from all walks of life rushed to all sections of the levee in an orderly and orderly manner.

Xibakou section is the top priority of the city defense!

This is the gateway to the city. If it falls, it will be born to die.

The levee here is also the most fragile, which is nearly 1 m lower than other places and is more prone to collapse.

We need a strong soldier here.

Party member commandos are up.

One by one, the youth commandos went to the ground.

The epidemic situation in Wuhan is like this, and so is the flood situation in Chaohu Lake.

This is the power of China! This is the power of Chaohu Lake!

The professional rescue team "An Neng" entered Chaohu Lake for the first time and set up camp at Xibakou. They brought professional rescue teams and efficient machinery.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, I came to Xibakou again and saw bright lights, big trucks carrying sand coming and going, and excavators roaring to fill the trucks with sand.

Xiba Road has been temporarily closed and temporary railings have been placed. No other vehicles are allowed to enter except work vehicles.

The traffic police are on duty intensively, blocking and persuading vehicles and pedestrians trying to enter.

Outside the warning line, the scene was crowded and people were paying close attention. Everyone was quiet and consciously obeyed the traffic police. Those who came by electric car were stopped by the traffic police and turned around with a smile.

A man standing next to me looked at the big banner on the tent opposite and suddenly said, "There is something wrong with this name!" " "

In fact, I have long noticed that banner, which is short for the rescue team of Anneng Group, with yellow characters on the red background: "China Anneng Rescue".

This abbreviation is literally ambiguous. "An Neng" is an interrogative word in the sense, which means "How can". Anneng was associated with rescue, and the rescue was denied. It is best to use the full name-China Anneng Group Rescue Team, so there will be no ambiguity.

I believe that many people at the scene will notice this name, but everyone will not say it, and they don't want to be unlucky. This guy was quick-talking, and blurted it out, but he only said one thing and didn't explain it later. Maybe he realized that he couldn't say anything more.

In fact, materialists don't pay attention to these. Material comes first and the effect is the greatest.

Eldest brother called from the countryside and asked me how Wocheng is now. And told me that Gao Zhe has been flooded, and my nephew Mary's home has been flooded by half a person.

He cares about the safety of my family in Nest City.

I told him that the flood control here in Nest City is very tight, and now the urban area is very safe.

Eldest brother said, this is good.

I asked him how the village was now, and he said the village was safe, and no matter how big the water was, it could not be flooded. I think it's right. The village is built on a high hill.

Eldest brother also said that Gao Zhe Town was flooded and could not sell vegetables.

At this time last year, Big Brother went to Gao Zhe Town to sell wax gourd every day.

But big brother thinks these are small things. Anyway, the melon at home won't go bad for a while.

Zoom in, this is not a trivial matter. Vegetable sellers can't enter the city, and residents in the city can't buy vegetables. This is a siege in a flood situation.

On the morning of July 20th, after the rain cleared up, my spirit did it one brace up.

In fact, this fine weather lasted only one day, and it began to rain that night.

But I still seized this opportunity and rode to Chaohu Gate. I want to see for myself how the river flows backwards. Take an umbrella in rainy days, you can only go to Xibakou, and you need bicycle assistance to go to Chaohu Gate.

At half past eight, many people stood on both sides of the bridge to watch the water.

I parked my bike on the sidewalk and hurried to Zhakou Lake. If the river flows backwards, this is the exit, and the exit should be seen more clearly than the entrance.

Through the crowd, after a few steps, we arrived at the ideal observation site. Looking up, I was startled: the lake rolled with waves and rushed to the gate.

This is not the river flowing backwards, but the Chaohu Lake opens the floodgates to release water!

It's weird. Yesterday, it was said that Chaohu sluice opened 16 to divert water into the lake. How to reverse today?

Strange to strange, the in the mind still happy. Now that the water is being released, there is hope for Chaohu Lake.

Immediately just visible, crossed the road, set foot on Yuxi River levee, and came to the other side of Chaohu Gate.

Through the gap between weeping willows, I saw the waves surging down the gate. Unfortunately, the distance is a little far, and the mobile phone can't display the rolling waves.

There is a tent on the levee, which is used by a unit for flood control. I turned and went in. I saw a man and a woman sitting inside, so I asked. The lady told me that the Chaohu sluice began to discharge water last night, because the horn of the management office had to be broadcast repeatedly before the sluice was opened, so she remembered it clearly.

She told me the other day that it was really a backward flow.

The water potential changes really fast. 19 was still flowing backwards in the morning, but it became downstream at night. What happened in the middle?

There are only two situations. One is that the water level of the Yangtze River drops and the Yuxi River can flow into the river. The other is that Chaohu Lake is in an emergency, and Fenghuang Neck Station is turned on to drain water.

In either case, it is an indisputable fact that Chaohu Lake opens the floodgates and releases water. Explain that in this "chess game", Chaohu Lake has not become a "abandoned pawn", which is lucky!

Although the sluice gate is opened, the water level in Chaohu Lake is still rising due to the unrelenting upstream pressure.

On the way back, I passed Xibakou. I got off the bus and saw that behind the sandbag dike, the lake had overflowed the original dike surface by about 2 inches. In front of the sandbag embankment, a long cordon was set up along the weeping willows, and a traffic policeman stood guard every ten meters.

This water level should be photographed. I took out my mobile phone, pulled up the cordon and got in. Haven't stand firm, next to the little policewoman exclaim 1:

"ah! Why did you come in? "

"I'll take a photo and leave."

"No, no! As soon as you came in, everyone else came in. "

You're right. Come out angrily. The next best thing, I stood on a small sand pile by the roadside, held my mobile phone high and barely took a photo (see the picture below).

At noon the next day, the official released the latest news:

On July 2 1 day 10: 24, the water level of Zhongmiao Station in Chaohu Lake has reached 13.36 meters, which is the once-in-a-century flood control standard of Chaohu Lake.

Once in a hundred years, that is to say, this year's floods have exceeded the standards of previous floods I have seen before.

Shocking!

199 1, the dike of Anchengwei in the east of the city burst, and the flood almost flooded the urban area. At a critical juncture, a worker from a nearby oil pump factory volunteered to lead the way to block the mouth and rebuild the levee, which was successful. At that time, I was in the propaganda department, taking a boat to the scene for an interview, and rushed to write a report "Sudden Commander", which was published in the headlines of Anhui workers. This report later won the National Excellent Works Award of Workers' Newspaper.

1998, the levee of Zhongyao section of Chaohu Lake burst, and 10,000 mu of polder fields and villages were flooded.

After learning from a painful experience, the Chaohu levee reinforcement project was put on the important agenda, and finally the Chaohu levee was built into a Chaohu sightseeing avenue integrating transportation, sightseeing and flood control.

Since last year, the inside of the levee has been petrified, and a second wave-blocking platform has been built with rocks. It is the time when this project has been initially completed.

At present, the foundation of Chaohu levee can be said to be impregnable, and there will be no more floods. The main task of flood control is to build sandbags and raise levees, which will also rise.

It's still an old saying: the enemy will block you and the water will drown you!

The once-in-a-century water level continues to refresh.

At 6 o'clock on July 22nd, the water level of Zhongmiao Station in Chaohu Lake reached 13.45438+0 m, which was 5 cm higher than yesterday.

10: 48, water level13.43m, up 2 cm.

At this time, the water level in Chaohu Lake pressed the pause button. However, the flood fighting campaign has entered a new climax.

Many new tents have been added to Xibakou. Public security, urban management, medical care, volunteers and Lei Feng motorcade are all camped here.

The tent is the front command post.

During this period, Chaohu sluice continued to discharge water from 16 hole, with a flow rate of 970 cubic meters per second.

At 22 14, the water level began to fall. By 22: 00, the water level at Zhongmiao Station was13.40m, which was 3cm lower than the highest water level 13.43.

Congratulations, but not congratulations.

Historical experience is worth noting. If you are not careful at this time, you may lose all your efforts!

On the afternoon of July 23, the No.1 leader of the province came to the Chaohu levee to supervise and inspect, and proposed "resolutely protect Chaohu, protect the levee, and ensure the safety during the flood season."

This is a new mobilization order!

This is also a warning that cohesion will not be relaxed.

The front is fighting, and the rear is coming to support.

There are constantly citizens who spontaneously send milk, mineral water, instant noodles and other condolences to the front line of flood control, and move the whole box to Xibakou without leaving their names.

But they are all very proud. A unit drives a tricycle to send condolences. They parked the tricycle on the side of the road opposite the tent. Several people took turns standing in front of the condolence platform to take pictures, with happy smiles on their faces. After taking photos, the condolences were moved to the opposite tent (see the picture below).

The eldest grandson took a bundle of mineral water two days ago and went to Xibakou with his classmates. The little guy was shaking badly, but he wouldn't let his grandmother accompany him.

The mineral water was just sold out that day, because the third water plant in charge of water supply was flooded the night before, which led to the suspension of water supply, so we had to buy several bundles of mineral water for standby. It's useless at home, and the grandson has already become a consolation prize first. The water supply was stopped only for half a day, and the water supply was resumed the next morning 10.

During the war, all departments were efficient.

My son is still on duty on the levee. Yesterday, he was on the night shift. By the time he got home, it was almost 1 1. I asked him if he had had dinner. He said he did. It was a condolence meal and jiaozi sent by a hotel to the levee.

As he spoke, he took a plate, heated the unfinished jiaozi in the microwave oven, brought it to me, and said, "Try it.".

I will never eat at this time, but seeing my son's excited expression and knowing that he is still proud that someone gave them solatium, I took two bites with his show-off.

Don't say, jiaozi tastes really good.