中国梦想秀

Fear and confusion mark key moments of Lahaina residents' wildfire 911 calls_我的网站

A |     Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were recorded as frantic residents tried to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. The inferno that engulfed Lahaina killed at least 98 people and leveled more than 2,000 buildings, most of them homes.Here are chronological summaries of some of the more than 200 calls recorded with 911 dispatchers between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 obtained by the AP.___3:31 p.m.A woman called to ask if she had to evacuate. When she said she was on Front Street and Baker Street, an area in the historic heart of the town that would ultimately be razed by the flames, she was told she didn’t have to leave.“That’s not close to it yet,” an audibly stressed dispatcher said before adding they were trying to answer all the calls coming in.___4:41 p.m.A man called 911 saying he was seeking refuge in a big rig truck that he came across near the Pioneer Mill Smokestack just off Lahainaluna Road. He said he initially tried to escape by bike but ditched it when the fire became too intense. Vehicles were blowing up around him, he said.The dispatcher asked if he could drive the rig to get away from the fire. When he said he didn’t know how to drive an 18-wheeler, she asked him why he was in it.“Ma’am, I need help, OK!” he said. “I’m getting burned up here.”The man said he was inhaling the pitch black smoke surrounding the truck. Near the end of the call, the panic in his voice rose notably.“I’m running for it. Jesus Christ,” he said. “Oh my God. I don’t know what to do. ... I gotta get outta here. I gotta do something.”The man called back about 15 minutes later to say he had made it out of the truck and was OK.___4:42 p.m.A caller who sounded like a little girl called from near Aki Street.“The fire’s all over already. It’s all over Lahainaluna,” she said in a voice wrought with panic. Shrieks were heard in the background as other people frantically debated what to do. At one point, it seemed they were saying, “dead end.”“You guys need to leave. If you can’t drive away, get out of the car and run,” the dispatcher said. “Do not stay in your car and wait. Get out of there. You guys need to worry about your bodies, not your car.”___4:44 p.m.A caller could barely get her words out between sobs. She said she last saw her mom and her baby on Kahena Street, near Lahainaluna Road.“Do you think they’re there still,” the dispatcher asked.“I don’t know,” she said, overcome by tears. “My mom just took her to go up the road because we thought it was safer.”The dispatcher tried to gently reassure her that officers were in the area. But when she asked how old her mom was, the call dropped.___4:49 p.m.A man called to say he and his wife were trapped because she couldn’t get down the four flights of stairs in their apartment building.The dispatcher said the best they could do was alert police, and then asked if the man had any neighbors who could help.“They’re a bunch of girls, they’re not very strong. I don’t think they could help my wife down the steps,” he said.“Let me try my best to get a hold of somebody,” the dispatcher said, “and try to send them your way.”___4:52 p.m.A woman called from Front Street and Baker Street to say she was trapped in traffic. Saying the fire was half a block away from her car, she asked where she could drive to safety because the smoke was too thick to get out and walk.When the dispatcher told her to go north to the Lahaina Civic Center, she said they were stuck and didn’t have any way to make it there.“Neither does anybody else at that point, right?" the dispatcher said. “We’ve got all these huge fires going on. If everybody just tries to stay calm and try to do things in an orderly fashion, that’s the best we can do at this point.”The caller then asked if they should turn around and head south on Front Street instead.“No. Just keep going the way you’re going,” the dispatcher said, “don’t just turn around and make it worse, you know what I mean? So if you gotta go slowly, just keep plugging away.”___4:55 p.m.Another caller from that intersection said she and many others were terrified because they were stuck in their cars.“We are caught in massive traffic and we’re covered in ashes and embers and there’s a lot of people honking and trying to get out of the road,” she said. “The ashes are engulfing our car and the flames are going on our car.”When she asked if there was anything the emergency services could do, such as clear the road for the trapped cars, the dispatcher said the fire department and other officers were on their way to the area.“I’m sorry. We’re trying to get somebody out there,” the dispatcher said.___4:56 p.m.A dispatcher briefly chastised one man when he called to report his elderly parents were stuck in their burning home."Why did they not call us direct? They should have called us direct,” the dispatcher said, saying that would make it easier to find their location. She also said the man should have told them to leave the house sooner.“Yes, we’ve been trying to tell them. My dad was trying to fight the fire,” the man said. “The last words he said is, ‘I love you. We’re not going to make it.’”。          　　昨晚官方消息：嫦娥七号任务不满足发射条件，不能在今年预定窗口实施。很多朋友问：啥叫窗口?为啥不能过几天再发?      　　简单说，发射窗口就是允许火箭发射的一段时间范围。航天器能不能发、啥时候发，要看轨道、天体位置、测控、天气等一堆条件。普通近地卫星任务窗口相对宽松，错过几天等下一轮就行。但对于飞行距离远的航天器来说，发射窗口就没有那么宽裕。     　　因此对于嫦娥七号任务来说，发射窗口的条件很苛刻。      　　先来了解嫦娥七号这次任务，它要去的是月球南极，寻找水冰存在的证据。那为什么选择南极，是因为月球自转轴倾角极小，太阳在南极几乎贴着月平线扫过地表面，部分高地遮挡极少，年光照率可达80%以上，形成“永昼”区;而周边撞击坑底部是永久阴影区，温度低至-230℃左右，水冰可能就藏在那里。      　　嫦娥七号主要靠太阳能供电，必须精准卡点，在南极优质极昼窗口开启前顺利抵达着陆。初步估算，全年真正适宜探测器稳定作业的优质光照窗口，大约只有100天。这个窗口不是每个月都有，更不是晚几天就能补上。一旦错过今年最佳时机，探测器抵达时南极光照已经衰减，设备供电、导航都会出问题，月面探测的作业窗口期也会压缩甚至丧失。     　　所以官方说的是“不能在今年预定窗口实施”，而不是“延迟若干天”。      　　航天工程有一句老话：稳妥可靠，万无一失。这不是一句口号，而是一种选择——看似“错过”了一个窗口，其实是守住了航天的底线，也守住了对科学目标的敬畏。

B |      　　今年是中国航天事业创建70周年。70年来，中国航天正是靠着这份稳妥可靠、万无一失的精神，一步一步走向深空。期待嫦娥七号在下一个窗口期，稳稳出发，稳稳抵达。

Current article:http://www.lindunfokangliucishirun.shop/list_ly2id/gzqg1qx.xls

Published on:03:34:47