Chinanews client, Beijing, July 24 (Reporter Zhang Xu) "Without electricity, the Internet is nothing." After a disaster, those who can enjoy water, electricity and Internet at the same time are lucky.
But in recent days, not everyone in Zhengzhou has been so lucky.
Heavy rains raided the city, water cuts, power outages, and network disconnection-traffic basically relies on walking, communication basically relies on roaring... Many people in Zhengzhou have started a life without internet during the storm.
Malfunctioning internet
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no network, friends, is my oral version of microblogging
Before losing the network signal on the evening of the 20th, the last batch of information Li Youcha brushed on Weibo was "Someone was trapped on Metro Line 5. It said on Weibo that more than 10,000 people were trapped in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengda University." But I can’t verify it. The lights flickered a few times, which was very scary, and then the internet was disconnected.”
"You can make and receive calls, and the 4G signal is also displayed, but you cannot open any web pages."
Li Yucha lives in Guancheng District, Zhengzhou City, where the terrain is relatively high and the water accumulation is not serious. However, Li Yucha feels anxious when he thinks that countless people have not gotten out of trouble. The sound of rainstorm outside the window becomes more and more harsh at night.
A briefing on the Zhengzhou rainstorm situation sent by a friend after sorting it out.
Later, Li Yucha decided to contact his classmates and ask them to pass on external information for him.
"It's like an oral version of Weibo."
Nearly an hour after losing contact with the outside world, Li Youcha was the first to receive a short message version of the situation briefing.
In fact, his classmate also posted it on WeChat, but the signal in the area where Li Yucha is located is congested, the network delay is up to half an hour, and the picture cannot be opened.
Fortunately, Li Yucha bought 8 barrels of instant noodles in the store downstairs in the evening before the heavy rainstorm (19th) for emergency needs.
In normal times, his three meals a day are usually settled through takeaways, but he didn't expect it to be these barrels of instant noodles that solved the urgent need later.
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no scan code payment, credit signal only register micro
However, when the reserve grain of Liyou tea was eaten and wanted to be refilled, it was no longer possible to order takeaway; the shelves in the supermarket were empty on weekdays, and the bigger problem was that there was no way to scan the QR code because there was no internet.
Li Yucha searched through the house and only had a dozen dollars in change. The boss took out a book and said, "register the WeChat account and pay if you have the Internet."
The shelves of instant noodles have been swept away.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
For more than ten years, I have not encountered Li Yucha, which has been out of power and disconnected from the Internet, and I have seen a more "old" credit book.
However, what is written is no longer a personal name, but a WeChat account.
The collision of modernity and premodernity just broke into Li Yucha's life.
Wang Rong also encountered the same embarrassment that he could not scan the code for shopping like Li Yucha. Wang Rong, who had no cash, tried to scan the code and failed to shop.
Scan code payment that brings convenience to life has become an "impossible" because of the disconnection.
"Some residents said that for a shared bicycle, he tried for an hour, until another citizen who came to use the car turned on the hot spot, and he solved the urgent need." Wang Rong said.
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a charged no mobile phone network, will be just a piece of bright tile
On the afternoon of the 20th, Wang Rong originally planned to travel from Zhengzhou to Sanmenxia on a business trip, open 12306, and all the trains were sold out, which is rare even at the peak of passenger flow.
The torrential rain outside the window shook the sky and the stagnant water spread rapidly. Wang Rong realized that all trains had been cancelled.
The rain was getting heavier outside, and the community where Wang Rong was located was powered off around 9 o'clock in the evening.
He reported to his family that he was safe before the mobile phone ran out.
On July 21, heavy rain caused serious water accumulation in Zhengzhou City.
Photo by Wang Zhongju, published by China News Agency. Image source: CNSPHOTO
The night without internet and electricity is the most difficult one.
Wang Rong's computer still has some electricity. After watching a movie, he went to bed around 11:30. The next day he came to the company and found that there was electricity but no internet.
"A charged cell phone without internet is just a brick that will light up." Wang Rong said, "with or without internet access suddenly became a matter of luck." Wang Rong was not lucky enough to live in the place where he lived. There is electricity and internet in the home of a colleague who is only one kilometer away.
——20 hours after the internet was disconnected, 6119 WeChat messages were received
At 6 o'clock in the evening on the 21st, Wang Rong finally updated his circle of friends after losing contact with the outside world for 20 hours.
"From the moment there was a signal, WeChat continued to vibrate for an unknown period of time, and 6119 messages were received." Wang Rongxin had a lingering fear. "The signal is still weak, but I finally connected to the Internet. During that time, I was hungry and eager to read all kinds of news. . So many terrible things have happened."
After receiving the signal, Wang Rong received 6119 messages on WeChat.
In Zhengzhou, where the Internet was lost, many people gathered in the square at night, sitting on the steps trying to search for signals.
Others kept tossing around, staying in places with internet access during the day, returning to their homes where there is no signal at night, and repeating this trajectory the next day.
They said that they are like "signal immigrants."
How to spend the night without internet and electricity?
Some citizens told reporters that the owner of her community opened the window and sang a song because of boredom at night.
Also by shouting, there was also the evacuation of the crowd.
On the 23rd, two buildings in a residential area on West Hanghai Road in Zhengzhou were tilted. It used to be notified by the owners, but now it has become an aunt calling for evacuation from the building.
——"The most worrying thing is to lose contact with the trapped for 12 hours
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From becoming a volunteer on the Henan Heavy Rain Network at 9pm on the 20th, to an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com at 1:30am on the 23rd, Yuting, a volunteer who lives in Tianjin, slept less than 7 hours in total.
Yu Ting's work is mainly to search for help information on Weibo and WeChat, verify it, and connect it with rescue forces.
At around 4 a.m. on the 21st, Yuting received a request from a girl from Putian Township, Zhengzhou. About a hundred people in the village were placed on a high ground. However, the surrounding water level continued to rise and danger could occur at any time.
In the early morning of the 21st, Yu Ting received a girl's request for help, saying that a hundred people were trapped.
Taking into account the risk of running out of mobile phone battery, Yu Ting asked the girl to leave three contact numbers, and at the same time began to contact the management committee, the other party then sent rescue forces.
It was already more than five o'clock in the morning. In the heavy rain, nearly a hundred trapped people only had the light of their mobile phones, and the surroundings were completely dark.
While contacting the management committee, Yu Ting calmed the trapped people, but at 6:40 in the morning on the 21st, what worries Yu Ting most happened: the girl suddenly lost contact with her.
On the way out to work, Yu Ting kept making the three remaining calls, but no one answered.
"The whole day, my heart was tugging." Yu Ting recalled this scene, still a little choked.
No one answered the phone, and no one answered WeChat. Fortunately, at 7 o'clock in the evening after 12 hours of losing contact, the girl sent a text message: There is no problem.
But because of the network problem, there was no time to reveal the details. At around 9:30 in the evening, the girl confirmed to Yuting: All the people have been placed in the residents' homes, and there is water, electricity and internet.
At around 9:30 pm on the 21st, the girl confirmed her safety.
At this point, a stone in Yu Ting's heart was finally put down.
Invested in more arduous volunteer work.
The settled girls also joined them and began to forward messages for help.
Appearing black technology
——The air base station is coming, and the Pterosaur drone "out of the circle"
After the torrential rains, the restoration of communication has always been a rescue focus.
"Fellows in Mihe Town, communication was interrupted due to heavy rains. The Emergency Management Department urgently dispatched Pterosaur drones to the sky above your town, which can temporarily restore China Mobile's public network communications. Limited by the time that Pterosaur drones stay in the air, the public network The recovery time is only five hours. Please report the situation and contact your family as soon as possible. Good luck."
This is the evening of July 21. The residents of Mihe Town, who had been interrupted for a long time, received a key message.
The "Pterosaur"-2H emergency-response UAV system is a national emergency communication force created by the aviation industry for the Ministry of Emergency Management. It can restore 50 square kilometers of mobile public network communications and establish an audio and video communication network covering 15,000 square kilometers.
As of 11:20 on the evening of the 21st, the pterosaur drones that performed missions in Mihe Town had a total of 3,572 users connected, generating a flow of 2,089.89M, and a single maximum of 648 users.
On July 22, all base stations near the Huazhong Cardiovascular Hospital in Fuwai, Zhongmu County, Zhengzhou City were powered off. At the same time, emergency communications vehicles were blocked due to serious water accumulation on the road.
The pterosaur drone took off again and arrived at the hospital at about 18 o'clock to provide network protection for the trapped people.
Pterodactyl drone.
Photo courtesy of China Mobile Guizhou Branch
Flew from Anshun, Guizhou to Zhengzhou, Henan, stayed in the air for 5 hours, and then flew back to Anshun. The pterosaur drone quickly "out of the circle" and was praised by netizens as "real hard-core black technology"!
"In the future, there is no need to send airborne troops to parachuting like Wenchuan did." Some netizens said.
With the continuous advancement of the rescue, Zhengzhou City held a flood control press conference on the 22nd, stating that Zhengzhou's water, electricity, communications and public transportation are gradually recovering. It is expected that by the 23rd, the water, electricity, communications and buses needed by residents will be involved. Return a relatively large area to normal.
In the early morning of July 23, Li Youcha said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that he belonged to the lucky group. The community across the street was out of power. His house was the only one that was lit at night. one building.
"The broadband disconnection occurred at 0:16 on the 21st. It was originally notified that it could be repaired within three or five days. As a result, it was repaired at noon on the 22nd, and the mobile network was restored quickly. However, the surrounding network still seems not very good. Many friends’ networks Also intermittently."
China Telecom's emergency power generation vehicle has overcome many difficulties to ensure the power supply for the computer room.
Image source: Official account of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
According to the latest news from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of 16:00 on July 23, among the 2,312 base stations (physical site sites) in the main urban area of Zhengzhou, Henan Province that were previously out of service (physical site sites), except for 32 base stations due to the flooding of their computer rooms and water in the cabinets, there were potential safety risks. Except that the power generation conditions are not yet available, the remaining 2,280 base stations have all resumed communications through emergency methods such as diesel generator power generation.
At present, public communications in the main urban area of Zhengzhou are basically unblocked and run smoothly.
What is your life like when a city loses the internet?
(At the request of the interviewee, the characters in the text are all aliases) (End)