13cm of snow made’Hell’s way home from work’… Today, 10cm has already accumulated in Seocho-gu

“Because of the storm that occurred during the last heavy snowfall, I sprayed calcium chloride from 1:30 pm today.”

From the afternoon of the 12th, as snow falls throughout the city of Seoul, the city of Seoul and each ward office are in full swing to prevent the’work-out crisis’. In the afternoon of the 6th, when 13 cm of snow fell, the city of Seoul, which was criticized for not being able to perform snow removal work, has been on emergency duty since noon this day. According to the Meteorological Administration, 10.3cm of snow fell in Seocho-gu with the heavy snow warning in effect as of 5pm on that day.

Seongdong-gu sprinkled calcium chloride on’Yeongjong Island’ right away from 1:30 pm when it snowed. An official in Seongdong-gu said, “After capturing snowfall through CCTV monitoring in Incheon, we sprayed snow removal agent in advance.” “The expected snowfall is around 4 cm, but the second stage is issued at 3:40 pm to minimize inconvenience to citizens I said. Guro-gu put half of all employees on snow removal work as the snow became thicker from 4 pm. In the ward office alone, 455 people and 197 people at the community center were put in to clear the eyes. As for the equipment, a total of 27 vehicles, including one excavator and seven dump trucks, are being used for snow removal.

A calcium chloride sprayer was quickly put into Gangnam-daero. It was because of the experience that cars were tangled because snow removal was not performed during the last heavy snowfall. Gangnam-gu explained that “10 vehicles on the main road and 30 vehicles on the back road are being sprayed with calcium chloride.”

Yangcheon-gu turned the snowplow from when it started snowing. At around 3 pm on the day, Yangcheon-gu said, “Nine snow removal vehicles are performing snow removal work in a total of 111.6 km, including major arterial roads and highways.” An official in Yangcheon-gu said, “We are mobilizing 734 employees of the district office to remove snow removal from 3:40 pm.”

On this day, the number of emergency standby personnel revealed by the city of Seoul is 4,000, and about 1,000 snow removal vehicles are mobilized. At around 3:30 pm on the same day, the Seoul Metropolitan Government sent a text message saying, “Be careful of slipping, and use public transportation when going out or leaving because there may be icing sections everywhere due to snow falling in Seoul.” The Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced the entry into force of heavy snow warnings in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi and Chungnam regions after 10 minutes.

Although the city of Seoul took off on the snow removal work, the reaction of the citizens who had suffered from the’work-out crisis’ due to the last heavy snow was bleak. As the snow became strong, reactions poured out, saying, “I’m already worried about my way home from work,” and “I will go home by public transportation today without driving.”

Office worker Kim Mo (44) said, “I drove four hours due to heavy snow on the last 6 days, and eventually I left the car and returned home. Fortunately, I left my car at home, but I will take the subway when I go to work tomorrow.”

Another office worker said, “I had a hellish experience during the last heavy snowfall,” and “a colleague heard that the bus was trapped in the Namsan tunnel and walked off the bus.” He said, “I was lucky to get on the subway at the time, but the town bus was not running, so I barely climbed up the hillside, holding on to the trees,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Seoul Transportation Corporation started intensive subway dispatch on the way to and from work. The intensive dispatch time for trains on the way home from work is extended by 2 hours, from 6 pm to 10 pm. In the morning of the next day, on the morning of the 13th, the train intensive dispatch time is also increased by 30 minutes to reduce congestion on the way to work. Train dispatches increase from 7 am to 9:30 am, which is the rush hour.

Je-Hyun Han, head of the Seoul City Safety Office, said, “Because the snow may continue until after work, please refrain from using cars and use public transportation.”

Reporter Kim Hyun-ye [email protected]