In the winter, the cold tide came with snowflakes.
At 3:30 p.m. on November 7, snow fluttered in downtown Jinan, the temperature dropped to 0 degrees Celsius, and the snow on the road was gradually pressed out of the convex and concave ice ruts. At the bridge crossing of the Seventh Road on the Shunhe Elevated Road, on a large snow-clearing and de-icing spreader, the reporter accompanied the Third Party Branch of the Operation Squadron of the Jinan Mechanized Sweeping Brigade to carry out the task of clearing snow.
On the viaduct along the river, there was a pile of snow on both sides of the bridge gang that was thirty or forty centimeters wide, and the snow between the two lanes had melted, and cars passed one by one. Liu Changyong, the driver of the spreader, approached the right side of the viaduct and turned on the snow rolling, and the thick snow on the side of the road instantly dispersed.
"There's a lot of snow, the snow is rolling, followed by snow melting agent, so that the snow melts quickly." If the road surface is a little icy, sprinkle snow melting agent first and then roll it with snow. The car can hold 10 tons of snow melting agent and can spread about 10 kilometers of road. "Clearing the snow from the roads, Liu Changyong has experience, he has been working for more than ten years.
When removing snow, Liu Changyong not only has to control the speed of the car, but also to pinch the distance. The distance between the left and right should be pinched, the snow roll in front of the car is nearly two meters wider than the body, and while the snow is removed to the greatest extent, it cannot touch the bridge gang; the distance between the front and back should also be pinched, and the rear vehicle should always be paid attention to to prevent the rear of the car from scattering the snow melting agent to other cars.
A cold wind is blowing. "At 5:00 a.m., our whole brigade activated the emergency plan, and at 7:00 a.m., all vehicles arrived at the snow clearing section and the points they were responsible for and began to work. The whole team dispatched a total of 37 snow clearing vehicles, more than 170 personnel, and carried out all-round sowing and cleaning, snow melting and de-icing work on 6 elevated roads and 10 overpasses in the city. Li Jing, secretary of the third party branch of the operation squadron of the Jinan Mechanized Sweeping Brigade dispatched by car, said that it is relatively rare for the first snow in Jinan to fall so early and so large, "The snowfall in the morning is large, and the snow melting agent is quickly covered by snow after it is sprinkled, so it has to circulate operations." We worked from morning until 2:30 p.m., where we ate a little bit in between filling the snow melting agents. ”
In previous years, it was usually clear at night, and there were fewer vehicles on the road. This time the snow began to fall in the morning, and the mechanized sweeping brigade took up to catch up with the rush of traffic. "In addition to normal operation, we also have to help the social vehicles on the viaduct to push the carts, otherwise our operating vehicles will not be able to pass." After pushing more than 20 cars, Li Jing's cotton boots were already soaked, and the khaki upper was poured into a dark brown, and she didn't have time to pay attention.
At 6 p.m., the reporter returned to the mechanized sweeping brigade near Huanggang Road with the snow clearing and de-icing spreader to add snow melting agent, and the Isuzu minivan performing the manual spreading task was also waiting in line.
"If you can squint for a while, you will certainly not be brisk tonight." Li Jing instructed the driver of the pickup truck and the cleaner.
The cleaner sitting in the car was a little tired. At 5 a.m., they braved the rain to clean up the garbage and fallen leaves in the area of responsibility; at 7 o'clock in the morning, they saw that snow began to drift, and rushed to the brigade to assemble to start manual throwing operations. By this time, the cleaners had been working continuously for more than ten hours, lunch and dinner combined into one meal, and a bowl of instant noodles at 5:30 p.m.
After adding two tons of snow melting agent, squadron manager Wang Guangxian got into a pickup truck and set off again with four cleaners.
"Where the cart cannot be spread, it can only be thrown by hand. Mainly the upper and lower mouths of the viaduct, the Shunhe Viaduct is the old bridge, and some of the upper and lower mouths cannot be crossed by large cars. Wang Guangxian said.
Back at the Shunhe Elevated Highway, the lights are brilliant, and the temperature has dropped to -2 °C. Wang Guangxian said: "I have to deliberately press on the ice rut, and I have to grasp the steering wheel hard, or I don't swing it back and forth." ”
At the south exit of the Xiaoqing River, the car stopped. Cleaners Ma Guangfu and Pang Xianghui climbed into the back pocket of the car and picked up shovels to throw snow melting agents on the east and west sides.
"The speed of the car is six or seven miles, you can't drive fast, otherwise the snow melting agent will not be evenly sprinkled, and the personnel will not be safe in the car." Wang Guangxian told reporters.
"Standing in the body for so long is it not cold?" When Ma Guangfu and Pang Xianghui returned to the car, the reporter asked.
"Cold down, not cold, always working. My arm ached and I had been dry for a day. Ma Guangfu said.
"I didn't wear a helmet on my first trip in the morning, and I was hurting on my face. On the second trip, I put on the helmet of the electric car. Xu Shiyin, the cleaner, picked up his helmet and began to prepare to get out of the car. The two alternate in groups, and the next time they go down the bridge, he should throw it.
"Snowflakes are orders, as long as it snows, come, what time to come home." Janitor Zhao Qingcai smiled.
"I was worried that it would cool down and freeze at two or three in the morning. We are now in a hurry! At 8 p.m., Li Jing was still busy.
【Source: Dazhong Daily】
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