Affected by the combination of cold air and warm and humid airflow from the southwest, the central and eastern regions of China ushered in the first large-scale rain and snow in the Year of the Dragon, which had a certain impact on the return of the Spring Festival and the travel of citizens, and the power supply and daily necessities in many places were facing challenges. Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and other places take snow as an order, and actively do a good job in snow removal and ice removal, and ensure smooth supply.
Maximize the safety of vehicles and personnel.
The rain and snow weather led to a high risk level of icing on roads in some areas, and from the evening of the 20th to the early morning of the 21st, vehicles were stranded on the road section under the jurisdiction of Shi'an Branch of Hebei Expressway Group. The high-speed department immediately linked with the high-speed traffic police in the jurisdiction to take measures to ensure the smooth flow of the road with the speed to lead the vehicle out of the relevant road section safely.
More than 90 vehicles were stranded in the direction of Taiyuan in the Hebei section of the Shitai Expressway. Shitai Branch of Hebei Communications Investment Group immediately activated the emergency rescue mechanism, provided hot water, instant noodles, ham sausages, braised eggs and other food for the stranded personnel free of charge, and transferred the stranded vehicles and personnel to the nearest service area for resettlement as soon as possible.
In the command center of the Hubei Provincial Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, the reporter saw on the big screen that as of 17 o'clock on the 21st, most of the highways in the province remained unblocked, and occasionally several road sections slowed down due to large traffic flow or icy roads.
At about 13 o'clock on the 21st, the reporter saw in the Hubei section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway that an aviation turbofan hot snow blowing vehicle was carrying out operations. With a loud roar, streams of high-speed heat erupted from the nozzles. According to the technical personnel, the thickness of the snow blowing is about 10 centimeters, and the blowing width is about 50 meters, which can quickly blow the snow and dry the icy road, so that the highway can reach the traffic conditions quickly.
In some places where there is a lot of snowfall, traffic in the city is also affected. The amount of snowfall in Taiyuan urban area suddenly increased in the afternoon of the 20th. The reporter saw on the streets of Taiyuan that some vehicles could not drive on the viaduct due to too little friction on the road; Some vehicles have their wheels stuck in more than 10 centimeters of snow and find it difficult to get out of the trap on their own.
In Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, traffic police are helping trapped vehicles and carts get out of trouble. (Photo courtesy of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Taiyuan Municipal Public Security Bureau) In addition to strengthening the traffic diversion of the traffic jam-prone road sections, the Taiyuan City Traffic Police Department also sent police to the seriously congested road sections to help citizens push their carts out of trouble. The city's urban management and sanitation department "people do not stop", and carry out snow clearing and de-icing work uninterruptedly by means of "manual + mechanical" cooperation and multi-machine joint stubble pressing operations.
Ensure the order of railway and civil aviation transportation.
Affected by the blizzard, some trains at Jinan West Railway Station slowed down and were delayed. In the ticket hall, the reporter saw a long queue in front of the window of "refund of delayed trains", and Xu Ying, a staff member of Jinan West Station of the National Railway Jinan Bureau, said: "We temporarily added the window at 5 o'clock on the 21st to facilitate the passengers who have taken out the reimbursement voucher to refund and change in time." ”
Early in the morning of the 21st, Pan Yuzhou, director of the workshop of the Zhengzhou Bridge Section of the Zhengzhou Bureau of the National Railway, led the employees, carrying brooms, shovels and other tools, to start the snow and ice removal operation at the fork of Zhengzhou Station. "Zhengzhou station turnout equipment is many, snow removal time is tight, we set up a party member commando team and a youth commando team to inspect 227 groups of turnouts and high-speed rail general speed co-line equipment, timely remove snow and ice, apply antifreeze, and ensure the safe and orderly operation of the train. Pan Yuzhou said.
Employees of Zhengzhou Bridge Section of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group carried out snow and ice removal operations at the turnout of Zhengzhou Station. (Photo courtesy of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group) In view of the superposition of the return passenger flow of the Spring Festival and the heavy snowfall, the Taiyuan Bureau of the National Railway opened 22 passenger trains in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu and other directions on the 21st, and at the same time set up catenary icing monitoring points in 6 work areas along the Daxi high-speed railway that contacted the ice of NetNet, and arranged emergency personnel in advance to be ready to carry out de-icing operations at any time.
At Changsha Railway Station, the reporter saw that although it was cold outside the station, the waiting room was warm and passengers were in and out in an orderly manner. Peng Zhijun, chief of the passenger section of Changsha Railway Station, said that the station has strengthened the regulation and control of air conditioning equipment and hot water in the waiting room, and at the same time has done a good job in service according to possible train delays or suspensions.
In terms of civil aviation, due to the heavy snowfall and the freezing fog, the visibility at Taiyuan Wusu International Airport was insufficient for flight take-off and landing standards during some hours after 13 o'clock on the 20th. Taiyuan Wusu International Airport has carried out snow and ice removal operations without interruption, and the runway currently meets the take-off and landing standards, and the flights take off and land normally.
Taiyuan Wusu International Airport carries out snow and ice removal operations without interruption. (Photo courtesy of Shanxi Aviation Industry Group***) Since some passengers on flights that do not meet the conditions for take-off have checked in their luggage, the ground service staff of China Eastern Airlines Shanxi Branch and other airlines have assisted passengers in locating and retrieving their luggage one by one. Some airlines have also arranged hotel accommodation for stranded out-of-town passengers.
Guarantee materials and power supply.
In the snowy weather, in order to protect the "vegetable basket" of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shouheng Gaobeidian Market actively organized merchants to do a good job in production and marketing docking, stocking up in advance, etc., and worked with the market supervision department to do a good job of publicity and guidance around "merchants operate in accordance with the law, do not raise prices, and do not hoard", and timely monitor the fluctuations of goods and the volume of goods entering the market through the big data monitoring platform of agricultural products, so as to achieve timely warning and response to abnormal information.
In order to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid, the State Grid Shanxi Electric Power Company Yuncheng Power Supply Company and the meteorological department jointly carried out refined meteorological consultations every day for the ice-prone areas of Zhongtiao Mountain, comprehensively studied and judged the safety risks, and mobilized 16 drones to inspect the line in advance.
Affected by freezing rain, as of 12 o'clock on the 21st, a total of 59 lines in Hubei Province were covered with ice, and the power department continued to increase monitoring efforts, real-time monitoring of 395 sets of monitoring equipment and 254 artificial ice observation posts on the province's ice, once the ice thickness exceeded 30% of the design value, the de-icing operation was carried out immediately.
In Linshu County, Linyi, Shandong, the line inspectors of the power supply company carried out special inspections of the power grid lines in the jurisdiction. "We organized more than 160 emergency repair personnel and more than 100 members of the rainbow Communist Party member service team to carry out fine inspections on the transmission and distribution lines and 15 electric vehicle charging stations of heating, water supply, heating and 'coal-to-electricity' users in the county, and make every effort to do a good job in keeping warm and ensuring supply in cold wave weather to ensure that the basic life of the masses is not affected. Zhou Chao, general manager of State Grid Linshu County Power Supply Company, said.