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Ice Formed From Water

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By Laura CoppPublished 9 months ago 3 min read
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Ice Formed From Water
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You take a shower and wash your face with warm water. For a short period, a grinding noise appears.

Immediately after, shards of ice fall into your hands from the water pipes. You awaken in shock as you hear a neighbor

He's probably yelling behind the wall.

When the water stops flowing, you notice an abundance of ice protruding from the faucet. It looks like an icicle. You take a jug of water from the kitchen, but the water is too frozen to pour anything into the glass.

The entire water supply of the city has frozen, causing a water supply collapse. Water flows freely through the city's intricate network of pipes, going up, down, and to the sides before freezing and expanding.

Because the water has frozen for a brief period of time, millions of tons of ice lie beneath the streets.

This is happening all over the world, and no one knows why, even in the Amazonian tropical jungle and African savanna. Plastic and metal pipes cannot handle it; they burst and tear apart if the water becomes liquid again, and the city will be instantly flooded with all sewage water that will accumulate underground and rise. Savannas, lakes, rivers, and ponds have frozen, and the water flows freely through curving pipes as it traverses a sophisticated sewer system that goes up, down, and to the sides.

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Despite the high air temperature, the vast amount of ice lowers the temperature of the entire planet; it becomes cooler in dry deserts and even colder in the north. You turn on the kettle to melt the water, but it will not work; the hydroelectric power plant that supplies the city has broken down and cuts off people's access to electricity. Outside, you see terrified people who are unable to drink from frozen bottles. The city fountain has transformed into an ice sculpture and the lake has frozen over.

You decide to warm up by fire and check the news on your phone as the cold outside has rapidly grown. Several others built a bonfire in the city square and placed bottles next to it to help the water melt.

Every waterfall on the planet appears to be frozen in time at the moment, the ships in the seas and oceans are stuck, and to reach the shore, people would have to break through thousands of miles of ice. Rescue helicopters soar to aid in saving sailors. A small piece of ice fell on the screen of the phone and left a scratch. An icy rain starts.

The animals rush beneath the trees, as everyone cowers under their roofs. When the rain stopped abruptly, collapse began. Icy rain hits the ground, scrapes cars, and breaks windows. At present, the water from many automobiles cannot drive regularly, causing traffic bottlenecks on the roads.

Surfers are catching waves along the coastlines of numerous nations. This image shows one of them rowing to a large wave while standing on the surfboard. The surfer falls while sliding on ice and looks out over the frozen ocean before returning home to put on his skates.

Every day, rescuers pull people trapped in ice. Imagine swimming and everything around you is freezing. You are unable to move and it is nearly impossible to breathe. Your head is now covered with ice crust. All you can do is scream and move your facial muscles. You spend hours calling for help while waiting for rescuers to pull you out of ice cargo.

There is a lack of gasoline in some nations as a result of the stoppage of transportation on large ships, as well as the inability to import and export various items and natural resources.

The water supply is broken, so everyone goes outside with buckets to collect pieces of icy rain falling from the sky. At home, they melt liquid in iron buckets because other countries do not get enough vegetables and fruits, leading to high prices for many things and instability in the global economy.

This is impossible in your city because the hydroelectric power station's operation has not been restored, so you and other citizens light bonfires to melt the ice on the streets, while a true crisis occurs in the seas and oceans due to seaweed and other debris. Phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen; as a result, more than 50% of fresh air on Earth is provided.

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