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原文传递 TROUBLE ON THE HORIZON: How NCDOT is preparing for a future with more storms

题名：	TROUBLE ON THE HORIZON: How NCDOT is preparing for a future with more storms
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Andrew Barksdale
摘要：	Preston Hunter, who was then the New Bern-based Division 2 engineer, was concerned about the forecast and picked up the phone to call his maintenance engineer just hours before Florence made landfall. "Based on the computer predictions, it looks like Florence is going to flood parts of our maintenance yard," Hunter said. "We need to move our equipment out of there and to higher ground right now." The maintenance engineer acted swiftly, relocating backhoes, motor-graders, and trucks out of harm's way the night before Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina. The decision proved critical - the storm flooded the only road into the maintenance yard. "Our staff and equipment that we needed to respond to the storm would have been stranded inside the maintenance yard, had we not evacuated it," Hunter said.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Roads & bridges
卷：	60
期：	7
页码：	20-22,24-26