Tag: drama
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STATE OF DISASTER 4
Four “Meant for Better Things 31 October 13:05 Shock Trauma Unit Zelda, Sandy and Robin had already been turned away when they tried to visit Vince. The doctor had told them, “He won’t even know you’re here,” and told them to get home and stay safe, and use the phone for updates. It was something…
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STATE OF DISASTER 5
“The White Hurricane” Jessup 16:56 After leaving the hospital, he had driven the straining Fiat all the way to ElkRidge on US Route One, the best and fastest way since I-95 was backed up. This way he had traffic too, and a lot of stopping for red lights, but, once out of the city, he…
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STATE OF DISASTER 6
“Lady Patterson” Patterson Plantation, Abandoned Wednesday 31 October 20:50 The party was a success. Everyone was having fun, and though the hole in a corner of the room made way for cold air, Tommy Oppenheimer had, as usual, thought and scouted ahead. He had an outdoor portable generator going, a stack of fuel cans to…
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STATE OF DISASTER 9
Nine “The Lost Hunter” “Hurricane Diablo” had already killed an unknown number of people and animals. He had blown out to sea, but now he was going to return. He kept his name because he was never subtropical; the warm Atlantic had recharged him and decided it didn’t like him very much, and hurled him…
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STATE OF DISASTER 10
Ten The Man in the White Tuxedo Chesapeake Bay 15 November Thursday Communications were still down. Some of the power grid had been restored, but essentially remained offline. The weather had cleared, and warm, sunny days helped ice melt, but that only revealed the horrors of the dead who had been buried by the White…
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STATE OF DISASTER 24
Twenty-four “The First Lady” Hippie went home under the exaggerated need to check on things because of a deep freeze. He really did check his furnace, and made sure no pipes had frozen, taking a further precaution to let faucets run at a trickle in case the gas supply was interrupted, but mainly because he…