manynovel Chapter 1315 A Rare Holiday
Chapter 1315 A Rare Holiday
Mount St. Helens, located in the Cascade Mountains in the western United States, Washington State, Northwest of the United States - located in Skamenia County, Washington State, Pacific Northwest, 150 kilometers south of Seattle, northeast of Portland 85 kilometers away is an active volcano in the United States.Its most recent eruption was in 1980 of the last century, 120 years after its last eruption.
At that time, because the top of Mount St. Helens was covered with snow all the year round and the shape of the mountain was very well-proportioned, it was quite similar to Mount Fuji in Japan, so it was nicknamed "Mount Fuji in the United States", which attracted many tourists from the United States and all over the world.When the volcano erupted suddenly, a huge amount of smoke cloud was emitted as high as [-] meters, and a huge amount of volcanic ash "poured" down around Mount St. Helens, forming a thick layer of volcanic ash, which is [-] kilometers away from Mount St. Helens. In some places, the thickness of the volcanic ash reached two centimeters!
The volcano erupted not only with volcanic ash, but also with a large amount of lava, which caused a nearby forest fire and melted a lot of perennial snow on the mountain, forming a raging torrent. , with a large number of rocks and sundries pouring down from the mountain, forming a terrible disaster.
According to the statistics of scientists later, the eruption of Mount St. Helens this time released nearly 62 times the energy of the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II!The land of nearly [-] square kilometers around Mount St. Helens became barren, [-] people died, countless were injured, and the direct property loss amounted to billions of dollars!It was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the history of the United States and the history of the world.
Hong Kong Kumho Film Group's movie "Flaming Peak" is based on this event, and the scene of the volcano in the movie is also shot here.It has achieved good box office results in the global film market and is a successful work among disaster films.
Nearly a quarter of a century has passed by now.Mount St. Helens, which was like a ghost at the beginning, has restored its lush and lush appearance, but the new crater on the top of the mountain, which is 140 kilometers long, [-] kilometers wide and [-] meters deep, reminds people of the tragic scene back then. .
"Mingyuan, do you think Mount St. Helens will erupt again this time?" Zheng Jiayi looked at the white steam and volcanic ash continuously ejected from the mountaintop in the distance to form a huge plume of smoke in the air, and felt the slight smog coming from under her feet from time to time. Shocked, a little worried and authentic.As long as she thought about the scene of the volcanic eruption 24 years ago in the last century, she couldn't help feeling a little trembling in her heart.
Fang Mingyuan patted her on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, where we live is more than 30 kilometers away from the foot of the mountain. Even if there is another large-scale eruption, we still have enough time to leave here. Such a magnificent natural environment The scene can't be seen all the time." After learning that Mount St. Helens was showing signs of erupting again, Fang Mingyuan temporarily changed his itinerary and came to Washington State, USA to watch it up close.Watch live volcanic eruptions.I believe that for the majority of male compatriots, there is a huge temptation, and Fang Mingyuan is no exception.More importantly, he knew that the scale of the eruption of Mount St. Helens this time would certainly not be large, and it would definitely not be comparable to the one 24 years ago.if not.In his memory, it should leave a deep impression.
Fang Mingyuan didn't think he was a little butterfly.It can also make large-scale changes in things like volcanic eruptions, so it will be a happy holiday.It can be regarded as letting myself relax the nerves that have been tense for a while, although the time is definitely not long.
"Jiayi, remember to lie down with your clothes on at night." Li Xintong on the side also teased her, "Why don't you just sleep in the car." She didn't want to let go of this rare opportunity for a vacation.If he returned to the city, Fang Mingyuan would definitely lose a lot of jobs again.Even here, someone will follow soon.Moreover, watching a volcanic eruption on the spot is quite attractive to her and Zheng Jiayi. There are no active volcanoes in Hong Kong and South Korea.
"I sleep in the car, do you want to occupy the whole bed by yourself?" Zheng Jiayi's cheeks were flushed and she reached out to pinch her lips, but Li Xintong smiled and avoided it.
"Huh?" Fang Mingyuan let out a slight surprise, and then quickly turned his eyes away.However, both Zheng Jiayi and Li Xintong noticed his voice, and followed his gaze just now...
Zheng Jiayi and Li Xintong turned their heads with flushed cheeks, looked at each other with some embarrassment, and smiled silently.They were located on a small hillside, and not far below the hillside, that is, at a drop of 40 meters, there was a small natural pond, in which four or five men and women were playing in the water.Although it is the end of September, the temperature has dropped, but because it is near an active volcano and has rich geothermal resources, there are many hot springs here.If it was just swimming and playing in the water, it would be fine, but at a glance, they could clearly see that those people were like newborn babies.
"Hey, let's go." Fang Mingyuan coughed twice.He can see it more clearly than the two women, and he can't help but lament the openness of Americans. In today's era of flooding of photography and video equipment, even in such a relatively open place, he dares to do such inappropriate things. You know, here Although the population density is not large, there are also many tourists.
Although it was said that there were vehicles following behind him, Fang Mingyuan did not get in the vehicle, but walked along the road. This place has actually entered the hardest hit area of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. From the rocks on both sides and the traces left behind, You can still see some scenes from that year.However, there is more joyful vitality here, and a large area of new forest has covered the mountain.
"I heard that after Mount St. Helens calmed down, the Americans took a lot of effort to clean it up and replanted trees. Even the small town was cleared from the thick volcanic ash." Li Xintong pointed to the place far away. At the way.It is said to be a small town there, but if it is put in Huaxia, the population size is only a village, and it is still a small village.That's where they landed tonight - the small town of Danter Peak.This place was not originally called this name, but after "Flame Mountain" was released in the United States, the town's name was changed to Dantefeng Town after the vote of the residents of the town.It is said that after the name change, it indeed brought more tourists to the town, which made the town's economy develop by leaps and bounds.Today, the town of Dante Peak is already a well-known tourist resort in the United States, and it is even worse than before the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
"It would be great if the country could care as much about afforestation as Americans do." Zheng Jiayi looked at the forested foothills, thinking that 20 years ago, this place was still a scene of fire, and couldn't help feeling deeply.The development of the domestic economy can be described as shocking to the destruction of forests.Especially during these days in Qinxi Province, she traveled to many places. It is really hard to believe that even in the Song Dynasty, Qinxi Province was still full of forests.
"Hey!" Fang Mingyuan also felt the same way. Over the years, the country has been promoting afforestation, but in fact, the forest coverage rate is still declining, especially in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins, where soil erosion is still very serious.Fang Mingyuan always believed that if the Yellow River hadn't been cut off for a long time due to the rise of many hydropower stations, after the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Yellow River Basin, there would definitely be an incident of the Yellow River breaking its embankment.Although it is said that the emergence of hydropower stations has avoided the floods of the Yellow River, in essence, these floods have been postponed. A large amount of mud deposits have caused the storage capacity of many hydropower stations in the Yellow River Basin to shrink significantly, and the efficiency of power generation has dropped sharply.
However, if the country does not make great efforts to rectify this kind of thing, the power of individuals and enterprises is still insignificant. Fang Mingyuan can only promote the afforestation in Tongyi and Jinning as much as possible.The investment of the two cities in this area now reaches tens of millions of yuan every year, but compared with the total demand, it is still far from enough.Su Huandong and Zhao Xu'an are planning how to use the large area of barren hills in Tongyi and mobilize private capital for afforestation.
"Don't think about it too much, we only have a short day's rest, and there will be guests coming tomorrow." Li Xintong pouted her red lips dissatisfiedly, "You two can't temporarily put aside those things and enjoy this place The beautiful scenery?" Fang Mingyuan and Zheng Jiayi smiled at each other, it was indeed what Li Xintong said, they should let go of the things that could never be done, and enjoy the rare rest time temporarily.
"Xintong, let's go to the hot spring at night! I heard that the hot spring here has good beauty effects." Zheng Jiayi put her arms around Li Xintong's shoulder and smiled coquettishly.Li Xintong couldn't help being moved by it, women, they can't resist hearing things that have beauty effects.
A group of people stopped and walked like this, watching the mountain scenery here, and could feel the slight vibration from their feet from time to time.Tired from walking, I took a car until it was almost noon before I arrived at the small town of Dante Peak.The town of Dantefeng is not big, but it looks clean and orderly.Several main roads connect the entire town, and it can be seen that there are no tall buildings in the town, and the tallest building is only a four-story building. The signboard should be a hotel.There are quite a few people on the street, but it seems that most of them should be tourists who come here to see the volcano, not locals. (to be continued~^~)