In Beijing, a well-publicized strong wind

There are 561 gale monitoring points in Beijing. At 17:00 on the 11th, the gale that originated in Mongolia and blew from the northwest passed by the first monitoring point located at Yanjiping in Yanqing, Beijing, with a wind speed of 23.3 meters per second (gale force 9) gusts.  

Three hours later, the front of the gale reached the urban area of Beijing, and gusts of force 7 - 8 appeared in Dongcheng, Haidian, Chaoyang and other areas.

The wind is coming.

This gale, known as the "strongest systematic gale in the past decade", has seen the people of Beijing fully prepared for it.

01

On the evening of the 7th, 4 days before the gale

A meteorological science popularization blogger named "Words of Meteorology" posted on his Xiaohongshu account, saying that this wave of gales on April 12 might break records, and predicted that "gusts of force 8 - 9 are common in the urban area, and some forecasts even point to the possibility of gusts of force 12."

This was regarded as the earliest public news about this gale in Beijing. A netizen who was going to take the high - speed train to Beijing for an exam on the weekend changed his ticket after reading the post to ensure arriving in Beijing in advance and reaching the exam venue on time.

Later, it was confirmed that the blogger was a sophomore student at Beijing Technology and Business University, and it was discovered that this prediction was a re - post of the content from the Moments of a member of the Meteorological Society of Renmin University High School.

02

On the 8th, 3 days before the gale

Jiupai News called the Beijing Meteorological Bureau. At that time, the staff of the bureau responded that they were still conducting research and there was no relatively accurate forecast conclusion yet.

But on the same day, Xin Xin, the chief meteorological analyst of China Meteorological Channel and a popular science blogger, also issued the same reminder on the social platform: "From the 11th to the 12th, people in North China and other areas need to be vigilant against destructive gales."

03

On the 9th, 2 days before the gale

In the afternoon, the State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company had already received detailed information about this gale, and arranged more than 4,300 emergency repair personnel to be stationed in different districts of the city with 273 sets of medium - and low - voltage power generation vehicles and 358 small generators. At the same time, 4 comprehensive emergency rescue teams of more than 300 people were dispatched, carrying emergency equipment such as lighting beacons, charging shelters, and chain saws, and they arrived in advance at pre - set stations in areas such as Yanqing, Changping, Huairou, Mentougou, and Fangshan for defense.

Almost at the same time, Liu Lifeng, the deputy director of the Citizen Complaint Disposal Center of Malianwa Sub - district Office in Haidian District, began to organize people, mobilize lifts, and sort out tools, preparing to trim more than 500 trees before the gale arrived.

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That night, media such as Xinhua News Agency, Beijing Daily, and Beijing News successively released news that extreme gales and strong cooling weather would occur in Beijing from the 11th to the 13th.

The neighborhood committee of the community where the Xiaohongshu user "Shijuanjuanya" (hereinafter referred to as Juanjuan) lives also began to remind in the WeChat group that there would be gales on the weekend, saying "Please clean up your personal belongings in time."

However, no one in the group responded to this. Everyone was talking about their own things - some were looking for a carpenter to cut door panels, some were renting out underground parking spaces, and some were complaining that the worms on the trees had dripped oil all over the electric bikes.

Juanjuan, who had not "paid special attention" to this gale before, began to take it seriously. Because she suddenly remembered that she had originally planned to take her child to an event on Saturday, which was the 12th when the gale was coming. The "destructive" description of this gale in the media reports caught her attention.

Juanjuan is from Liuzhou, Guangxi. She has experienced three typhoons since childhood. The broken glass windows, the fallen electric poles, and the completely flooded car at her uncle's house have all increased her risk awareness. She began to think about countermeasures.

Soon after, Juanjuan received a notice from the organizer of the Saturday event that the event was cancelled.

04

On the 10th, 1 day before the gale

At 10:30 a.m., the Beijing Meteorological Observatory officially issued the first orange gale warning in the past 10 years, specifying that the period from the evening of the 11th to the night of the 12th would be the time when the wind was the strongest. Gusts in the plain areas could reach force 9 - 11, and in some mountainous areas, it could exceed force 13.

After sending her child to the kindergarten, Juanjuan immediately filled up the car with gas, charged the electric bike, and went to the supermarket to buy vegetables, fruits, and milk.

Three marathon races originally scheduled to be held in Beijing this weekend, including the much - anticipated world's first humanoid robot marathon, were all announced to be postponed on that day.

All park scenic spots in the city issued announcements that outdoor amusement facilities would be shut down during the orange gale warning period.

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry in total reinforced and trimmed more than 4,800 risk trees that were screened out. But it is said that for a century - old pine tree in a netizen's work unit yard, although a reinforcement bracket had been found, it was finally decided to cut it down directly.

All districts and departments in Beijing held emergency deployment meetings, and the meetings still hadn't ended until 7 p.m.

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On the 11th, the wind - prevention preparation work reached its climax

At 11:00, 6 hours before the gale

Early in the morning, there were long queues in the supermarket, and the shelves of fresh vegetables were quickly emptied. Even though large - scale chain supermarkets such as Wumart and Yonghui had doubled their daily stockpiles compared to normal days, they still couldn't withstand the rush of purchases by the people of Beijing for wind - prevention purposes.

Of course, heartleaf houttuynia was still unacceptable, and only it was left. And pineapples were unexpectedly drawn into the public opinion vortex. The reason was that after the vegetable shelves were emptied, the merchants used pineapples to "stand guard".

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Not only large - scale supermarkets, but also some small vegetable shops with poor customer flow were bought out on the 11th to the extent that "even plastic bags were out of stock". Some people said that the shop owners must be secretly happy: this money really came like the wind.

At 13:00, 4 hours before the gale

A construction engineer from a Beijing construction unit started receiving notices from the chief supervision engineer on Wednesday. The department had worked overtime for two consecutive days to discuss countermeasures. "Since the gale signal was issued, it's all about meetings, inspections, plans, overtime work, and on - duty shifts. Is it the wind that's blowing? It's my days off."

It is reported that there are 10 sections of rail transit lines under construction in the city this year, with a construction mileage of 177.4 kilometers, and the total number of people at the construction sites reaches 26,000. During the orange gale warning period, all outdoor operations of rail transit projects will be suspended, and hidden dangers will be prevented and emergency on - duty will be carried out.

At 14:00, 3 hours before the gale

At the shared - bike parking points in 15 administrative regions such as Chaoyang, Haidian, and Changping, Haluo staff had used large trailers to recycle the bikes. Some people also "tied" the shared bikes between several big trees with thin ropes and wrote in black and white on white paper "Suspended use during gale weather". As for the shared bikes left on the road, they all fell to the ground.

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At this time, the trash cans in Happy Valley had been closed, and the trash cans in Tsinghua University were also tied around the big trees by the cleaners.

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The sentry box found its most powerful guardian - an excavator that could hold down the roof.

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At 15:00, 2 hours before the gale

Some kindergartens and primary schools dismissed students early. The school gates were already full of parents. When they asked each other why they came so early, they all said they were afraid of being blown away by the gale.

The glass covers of the "Cultural relics returned to the Old Summer Palace from dispersion" on display in the outdoor exhibition area usually set up in the Tianxinshuimian Scenic Area of the Old Summer Palace had been removed, and the relevant cultural relics were also moved to the warehouse for storage.

In Shunyi Xiangyun Town, the staff tied two human - shaped sculptures with ropes, and some large cartoon statues in the open - air space were basically treated in the same way.

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It is said that the Agricultural and Commercial Bank near the town had also removed its signboard and carried it into the lobby; the Mercedes - Benz logo more than 30 meters high on the top of the Mercedes - Benz Building was also laid down on that day.

In addition, the removed parking space signs had filled up a truck.

Source: Zhongliushude Maomaochong

At 16:00, 1 hour before the gale

Most enterprises in Beijing allowed their employees to leave work early.

The first people to get home had already found good places for their electric scooters, such as under the wall. Those electric bikes with nowhere to stand were all laid down in unison, and some were even tied to the big trees with ropes. There were even notes left on the bikes, indicating that they were laid down voluntarily, for fear that some kind - hearted person might lift them up. As the saying goes, it's better to lie flat first than to be blown down by the wind.

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As another major asset of the family, cars are naturally also the focus of protection. But when some car owners temporarily parked their cars in the community basement, even if they didn't occupy private exclusive parking spaces, they still inevitably had conflicts with others. The reason is not hard to guess - the neighboring car owner was not good at parking and had to occupy two spaces.

Fortunately, 54 underground parking lots in shopping malls and 18 public parking lots in Beijing were opened to the public for free in time to relieve the parking problem during the gale weather.

Just as private car owners were driving to the nearest underground parking lot, 2