The earthquake came suddenly and ended quickly, and after more than ten seconds, the shaking of the ground stopped.

Victoria's children hugged Meow and them, and Ah Meng was scared for the first time, and hid in Ivana's arms with his neck bent, his little eyes were very frightened.

Li Du looked at his mobile phone, and the mobile phone still had a signal, and he breathed a sigh of relief, which proved that the earthquake had little impact.

Brother Wolf instructed everyone to hurry to the open area of the lawn and said, "If you feel the tremor again, immediately lie down and hold the hands of the people around you......"

He instructed Oo and Godzilla to clean up the buckets: "See if there is any water cut, fill the bucket and bathtub with water, if there are aftershocks, the water will be cut off." ”

Li Du called the government's public service department, but the phone could not be reached and the line was busy.

The sirens of ambulances and fire engines sounded in the distance, and to the west of their location was a town, which seemed to have suffered casualties and property damage.

The construction quality of their villa is very good, and even the wall skin has not fallen off, but after the transverse wave appeared, some of the shelves in the house shook and the things on it fell down.

Hans went online and shook his head again and again: "The network is a little faulty, I can't log in to the 4G network, and the signal is very poor." ”

Li Du thought for a while, and then called JPMorgan Chase's exclusive customer service: "Hello, I want to ask about the situation in Phoenix, there was an earthquake just now, right?"

The other party quickly replied: "Yes, Mr. Li, according to the information we just received, an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.0 on the Richter scale occurred in the desert area of southern Arizona, the specific situation is not clear, the epicenter is about 40 kilometers away from Phoenix, in the desert area......"

J.P. Morgan's service quality was not said, and the customer service told Li Du what they knew briefly and clearly.

The damage caused by this earthquake should not be very large, the epicenter is in the desert area, and they are only affected here.

The customer service finished introducing what they knew about the earthquake, and then gave Li Du a quick and concise introduction to some earthquake knowledge.

This includes the geology of Arizona, the causes, hazards and assessment methods of local earthquakes, and some practices for responding to earthquakes.

The customer service also transferred the phone to him, and they temporarily contacted a local seismology expert, who answered Li Du's doubts and reassured him.

The other party first asked Li Du about the area and housing situation, and after learning the location of his villa, the earthquake expert said that their house was fine.

Li Du hadn't paid much attention to the fact that this solid-looking villa was not a brick and stone structure, but a wooden structure, which was more earthquake-resistant.

He told Li Du the news he had gotten, told him not to panic, stay outside, don't drive out of here in a hurry, wait for further arrangements from the government, and if he has news, he will also inform Li Du.

This expert is so responsible, not because he is kind, but because he knows that Li Du has great energy and wants to take this opportunity to have something to do with him.

As Brother Wolf meant, the expert asked Li Du to store water quickly.

After each earthquake, the most serious problem for residents is the problem of drinking water, and central Arizona has been short of water since ancient times, and water resources are diverted from three major places: California reservoirs, the Colorado River, and groundwater.

In the aftermath of an earthquake, the water plant shuts down the water supply for maintenance, regardless of the damage to the water pipes, to reduce the risk.

So, they have to pay attention to water storage.

After this earthquake, there were several aftershocks, which were much smaller, but they were felt and had little impact on the building.

However, Li Du and the others did not collect much water resources, maybe there was a problem with the water pipe from the beginning, and Godzilla only saved a bucket of water, and there was no water flowing out of the water pipe.

Good thing for them the draft is not a serious problem and there is a small river in front of the villa.

Li Du and Hans went to the river to take a look, and the earthquake also had an impact on the river, which caused the clear river to disappear and the river to become muddy.

Brother Wolf came over to take a look and said, "No problem, as long as there is water." ”

He took a shovel and dug a hole in the sand by the river, and Big Ivan cooperated with him to make a small aqueduct, and the river gurgled out.

At the two openings of the aqueduct, Brother Wolf used gauze to intercept and filter out algae, garbage and floating debris in the river.

In this way, the water that eventually flows into the sand pit is clearer, at least not as muddy and dirty as the river water.

Brother Wolf wiped his sweat and said, "Let's carry water to the house, let the puddle precipitate itself first, and only take a quarter of the water from the top, and the bottom will not move." ”

Instead of improving, the telephone signal gradually deteriorated.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, another strong earthquake occurred, and the house shook again, and some glass was shattered.

Hans kept calling outside, and finally got through, he didn't know who to call, put it down, and said with a solemn expression: "We will spend the night in the courtyard tonight, and tomorrow we will leave here and go north." ”

"What's wrong?" asked Li Du.

Hans said: "There will be more serious earthquakes in the future, and this is just a rehearsal for a big earthquake. ”

Li Du said: "Don't scare me, Arizona is not in the earthquake zone, how can there be a big earthquake?"

"California isn't in the seismic zone either, and you forgot the devastation caused by the 1994 earthquake? Oh, you were in China in 1994. Hans retorted.

On January 17, 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck 35 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles, USA.

It was a moderately strong earthquake with staggering economic damage, which killed 62 people, injured more than 9,000, left 25,000 homeless, destroyed more than 2,500 buildings, and seriously damaged about 4,000 others).

In addition, several highways were broken in multiple places, some overpasses collapsed, and 11 major roads leading to downtown Los Angeles and beyond were forced to close.

At that time, the earthquake caused power and water outages in most of the surrounding areas, about 40,000 homes without water, and 52,000 households without electricity, which was a serious disaster.

After taking care of the situation at home, Sophie wanted to go to the next town to see if there were any wounded people in need, and a surgeon like her was most useful.

Li Du stopped her and said firmly: "It was too chaotic during the earthquake, don't go, we paid so many taxes to the government, and the government should be responsible for these tasks." ”

In the aftermath of the earthquake, the law and order situation was very bad, and incidents of theft and smashing were frequent.

Sophie was also very stubborn in this regard, she held the cross hanging from her chest and said firmly: "This is my vocation, my dear, if I abandon my duty out of fear, God will not forgive me, I will not forgive myself, and I will no longer be able to look directly at the scalpel." ”

In that case, what else could Li Du say? He waved his hand and asked Godzilla and Brother Wolf to protect Sophie, his two most powerful bodyguards.

At this point, he realized that his security forces were not strong enough, and he needed to recruit more bodyguards.