To die during the war from the bomb, a shell or a horticiary of the enemy is, no matter how paradoxical it sounds, “normal”, but to die from negligence, helplessness or unprofessionalism of compatriots is not just a tragedy, this is more, this crime is a crime. It is impossible to imagine what the parents, locked in the basement (Odessa semi -basement, to be precise), when the water tirelessly poured them, and they looked into the eyes of his child... Let the Lord of their souls rest, and we must do everything so that this never happens to happen.
On September 29-30, in Odessa, due to a long rain, streets, houses and cellars were flooded, 10 people were killed, among them a family of five, in particular a child. Local authorities, experts and scientists call different causes of this disaster, but the main one, in my opinion, was left without attention.
Accusations and excuses.
Description that Odessa suffered on September 30, repeated many times. What are the causes of the tragedy?
The first is a non-functioning storm drain.. Ploks write that the developers rolled up the drain hatches into the asphalt and poured concrete of catacombs, on which houses were erected.
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In no way justifying the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov, who adheres to such an opinion, it must be recognized that the power of storm sewers is really calculated based on the average precipitation in each city. Therefore, she a priori, even in completely working condition, would not have coped with the rain that fell on that unfortunate day. In passing, I would like to note that the stormwater system, as well as the wastewater treatment systems of the city’s industrial enterprises, are in extremely unsatisfactory condition - after each heavy rainfall, the city beaches are closed due to water pollution, and this is the dirt that is washed into the sea from the surface of the city.
Explanations regarding “dense development” are also insufficient, when instead of parks, which are natural rainwater batteries, the earth is rolled into concrete and asphalt. According to the Odessa tourism portal, the area of \u200b\u200ball green spaces is 54 sq.. km - approximately a quarter of the entire territory of the city. Therefore, the situation with “free from concrete” is no better, but no worse than in other cities of the country. She is typical, for example, in Kyiv since 2000. in 2010. about 500 hectares of green spaces were destroyed (thank the mayors and deputies of those times).
Perhaps the second factor is the entire fault - the complex relief of the territory of Odessa? This factor is partially influenced, but, in my opinion, it is not crucial. Compared to the same Kyiv, the situation does not look at all critical. So, the average height of Odessa above the sea is 50 m, the highest point is 65 m, at the same time in Kyiv, most hills rise 80–90 m above the Dnieper, and the highest - the Levashovsky mountain (Square) - 105.3 m, but there is no such significant raising of the water level in the base areas of the capital. There are critical flooding in other places, but there are completely different reasons for this and this is the subject of a separate conversation.
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The third factor called the cause of the Odessa tragedy is long rain: “In Odessa, according to the meteorological station, 94 mm of precipitation fell in a day, of which 21 mm at night and 73 mm in daytime. Such precipitation relate to spontaneous meteorological phenomena and can be observed once every 10 years, ”says Vera Balabukh, candidate of geographical sciences. These 94 mm rainfall in total amount to 224% of the monthly norm. It would seem that this explains and justifies everything, but the question arises - whether the city government saw what is happening outside the window? After all, the main rain fell precisely on the afternoon of September 30, when the mayor and other responsible comrades were supposed to be at workplaces. And the second question - whether this rain saw the leadership of the State Emergency Service and whether it knew about the possible consequences for the city?
When to start extinguishing a fire?
Then, when it already burns, or before the fire has begun? According to the old soviet habit, the emergency services heroically overcome fires, floods, and other “spontaneous” disasters when they are already in full force. The words “spontaneous” were deliberately set to knowingly, because logic suggests that natural disasters need to be foreseen and ready for them - water should be watered when it still does not sound, no matter how unusual it sounds, and pumping water when it still flows with a thin stream. Because then it may be too late....
In Odessa, over the past 10 years,... 14 heavy rains have been observed, when 5-100 mm of water fell in 12 hours, that is, more than 94 mm per day. Therefore, floods are not at all news for the city, dangerous places of possible floods were known - local activists almost shouted about them: “People went to meetings, showed that there was a problem, and some of these people were now killed. Four people died exactly where we warned. And this question was raised a few years ago, and even a month ago we paid attention again, ”said Vladimir Savchenko from the SPILNA METO OO.
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What did the local authorities do? It seems that in all large cities there is a so -called situational room from which the situation in the city is monitored and the response plans are included, which should be developed in advance. As doctors act according to protocols, the military has plans to deploy troops, so the Extraordinary had to have a plan for preventing the flood. Meteorologists announced the danger on September 30 (maybe the day before): “The city was declared a red level of danger”, therefore, the State Emergencies Ministry was supposed to act accordingly.
The components of such a plan of the State Emergencies Ministry are obvious: to warn people about the possibility of flooding, where, on which streets, in which locations. (This is what the Odessa power is doing today when it is too late to " ) The police were supposed to block movement and bring people out of dangerous streets. Extraordinary were supposed to put pumps for pumping water in advance, and not " Open all the ways of drainage of water, protect at home with sandbags, etc..
Did the public emergency service have such a plan? Obviously no, but if it was (although it is unlikely), then no one acted on it. At the same time, as it has been in the country in recent years, the main thing is to report on the “heroic overcoming of the consequences”: “There are almost 130 motorcies in work, and also attracted suitable forces from other regions. Only 15 thousand cubic meters of water have already been pumped out from parking lots. As for shelters: out of 42 flooded in 40, water was already pumped out, and they are prepared for use. Work is still ongoing at 2 civil protection sites" This is from the telegram channel of the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko (who tells the unreasonable that 42 minus 40 will be 2).
Well, these 224% of the monthly norm, which fell into Odessa, wants to turn into an indulgence, into a rescue circle, into justification for the memory of the dead, Ukrainian society and central authority... What is the phrase of the minister: “The main thing is that they are convinced: the victims of the elements are no longer there. Dead - 10. More than 380 people - saved. All applications from the population are processed " It looks that the number of rescued living in a clearly exceeds the number of those who died, and this is a large achievement of the State Emergencies Ministry... In addition, the “applications” are processed!
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Let the degree of cynicism of this expression be determined by President Vladimir Zelensky, who was supposed to receive a detailed report on the situation from Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kuleba on Friday 3, I personally have no words.
... In the deaths of people in Odessa, not a clogged storm sewer is to blame, not uncontrolled development, not a blind element. In the Odessa tragedy, very specific personalities from among the leaders of the city, Odessa OGA, the State Emergencies Ministry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are to blame for the Odessa tragedy. The surnames of these officials should establish an impassive investigation, if it is generally possible in a modern legal situation. It is still unknown to the prosecution whether the prosecutor's office has opened criminal proceedings on the fact of the death of people. The only correct thing that people involved in the tragedy could do today is to resign.
Heavy rains expected in Odessa on October 7–9. Let's see how all those involved in the tragedy work on their terrible mistakes.
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