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Post by texican on Feb 1, 2021 23:51:03 GMT -6
Yep, all of the signs are there as to the S has HTF, but so many can not read what is in front of them and will needlessly suffer.
Thanks pp2 for the chapter.
The electrical surge may have been upspining by other gen stations to take over the load or inrush from interconnects or localized emp or lightning or black magic or aliens or an over imaginative author.
Texican....
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Post by udwe on Feb 3, 2021 20:10:24 GMT -6
Awesome story! Boy, Jack thinks of almost everything!
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 4, 2021 0:08:23 GMT -6
Remember that I'm scheduled for hand surgery at dark-thirty Friday morning. If my hand is as encumbered as the videos I've seen, I'll only have one useful hand for a couple of weeks. This might be the last post for a while. During the daylight hours today (Thursday) I'll finish tiling the foyer, take down the closet door and take about 1/8" off it to clear the tile and wash my hands of DIY dirt for weeks/months - splints, casts, more splints and PT will take up much of the next three months, but full use of the hand could be six months out. One more thing I get to learn about my body :-(
Chapter 25
Wednesday, 26 April, 2028, 18:00 CDT
'At the top of the hour's news on WWWH-FM is the massive outage which affects more than half of Alabama Power's customers. A press release from Alabama Power states that during the shutdown of the Farley nuclear plant in Columbia, technicians at the Smith, Henry and Holt hydro plants were mistakenly informed that the Farley plant was in meltdown and they took the emergency actions for that event at the same time. This caused an unprecedented surge on the grid which caused breakers to trip at ten of the remaining 22 power plants which created a second unprecedented surge. Initial estimates are that repairs to the plants involved will take 24 to 72 hours. Repairs to the distribution network will be handled as in the aftermath of a tornado or hurricane with the repairs which restore power to the most people being done first but with the limitation that crews from other states are not available because of 2028NK infection concerns. Testing of those repairs will depend on the restoral of the power plants which serve those areas. Best estimates are most urban power up within 72 to 96 hours of their nearest power plant being restored and most rural areas within 72 to 96 hours after the urban restorals.'
"Does that translate to nine days out here, Dad?"
"At best, Janet. Two days longer at the high estimate. Even longer if there's rain in the days immediately before the repair crews get to this road and they can't get through the sticky goo. The morning news also mentioned the possibility of 'three to five weeks' for rural power restoral so don't get your hopes up about less than that."
"Reason enough to have a diesel generator and a thousand gallons of diesel."
"Just remember that the farm equipment other than the two tractors now burning wood gas is all diesel. If we need to use those things, diesel will be more important for farming than lighting. There's also the consideration that a diesel gen running at a 5KW load burns about 14 gallons a day so 1000 gallons would only last 1000/14 = 71 days."
"But you wouldn't be running the diesel gen 24 hours a day. You'd be running it to recharge the batteries if there wasn't enough sun to do the recharging which probably means running it maybe two or three hours a day and three hours a day would give you 8 * 71 = 568 days if you're not using diesel for farming. You have solar as backup to your backup. Can the solar be expanded to be primary power if needed?"
"Yes, it can be expanded and we have the parts to do that. Question for you, Susan. How much will they get repaired before 2028NK becomes a factor?"
"It's already a factor if they're shutting down the nuke plants. It's reasonable to expect similar absenteeism at all their plants so fewer people will take longer than usual to get those things done. Maybe double the times they gave?"
"And what does eighteen days give you?"
"Another full cycle of 2028NK and another large group of people out sick - or dead."
"And then how long until things are repaired out here?"
"The Twelfth of Never?"
"Very possible. I expected power and other things to 'go away' from 2028NK but not this quickly. It seems one mistake in communications has caused a many-fold increase in the outage level we otherwise would have had. I'll probably hear from Bob Sanders as soon as he hears this news. I hope he was able to get all the pieces for the waterwheel-powered generator we talked about."
"Where the old mill is?"
"Yes, Janet. That's on the edge of his property and he had tested some months ago that the wheel still turned when the gate was opened to allow water to the wheel. As soon as we eat, I want to work on the actuators for our fence gates. I want remote control capability and the intercom at the front gate."
"You can complete all the gates tonight?"
"Not complete, just get everything assembled and the mounting points verified. I won't be powering them up until the concrete has set for at least 24 hours. I'd like to get the front gate for sure. Maybe one of the other two. I'll consider working in the rain on just one gate tomorrow as we do have the luxury of warm showers."
"Faster if you have more hands?"
"Usually, love."
"Count me in."
"Me too, Dad. We can start now and stop to eat when Dave gets here."
"Even better. I'll bring the frontloader around to be able to move all the pieces at once."
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"We're done for tonight. I'll take the tractor to the barn and unload the tools. The rest of you can go wash up for supper."
"On our way, Jack. It's ten 'til eight. Do you want the news on before supper - if they have power?"
"Love, we may be qualifying a lot of things with 'if they have power' in the near future."
"It's feeling more and more like a lot has hit the fan."
"And this county hasn't yet reported the first case of 2028NK."
"You could have gone all week without saying that, Jack."
"Considering the numbers elsewhere in the state, Dave, I don't think we'll make another week."
"I just hope you didn't jinx us by saying that."
"No jinx involved. Just simple logic and number extrapolation. With the number of infected people in the rest of the state, we've had at least one come through here in the past week. That probably puts our first reported infection no more than a week out."
"He's right, Dave. My guess would be someone stopped at Daley's Bar and Grill and swapped stories and germs with some locals who will turn up sick in a week or so. Maybe someone who was only here long enough to share 2028NK and then went on to wherever they were headed that day and no one knows who they were, where they came from or where they went."
"Susan, you think a possibly untraceable person dropped off 2028NK and whoever was at the bar that night is infected and a carrier?"
"That's how this seems to work, Dave. Remember that the military infection rate was something like 70 to 1. The tables at Daley's are closer than the spacing of military bunks and those people could have a similar spread of infection."
"Everyone there that night?"
"The Fire Department 'capacity' sign at Daley's has something like 60 on it, so total sharing is possible."
"Sixty or more infected people with no signs until they're nearly dead?"
"I told Jack he should start writing horror stories instead of PAW fiction."
"You're right, Susan. This is a horror story but we're living it."
"Could I interest any of you in some after-dark range time after we eat?"
"I'm in, Jack."
"Me too, Dad."
"Me too, Jack."
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"Supper is good, Susan!"
"Maybe you're just hungry, Dave?"
"Possibly. I'll let you know after I have seconds."
"I think that's a positive answer to my original question."
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"It's a little spooky to be on the range after dark with silhouettes for targets but I guess that's an introduction to things we might experience in the not-too-distant future."
"Correct, Dave. I see similar expressions on Susan's and Janet's faces. I don't think we'll have a noon attack from anyone but an after dark attack or attempted theft of animals is possible."
"Hoping to get in and out without being seen."
"Yes, love."
"Wouldn't the solar powered motion lights be on if there were people in the yard?"
"Yes, Janet, but not if we're awakened by a motion detection alert or a yell of 'Damn! That shocked me!' from someone trying to scale the fence in a distant corner."
"The electric fence chargers give an alarm if the fence is shorted to ground?"
"Yes. Just another bit of knowing when someone who shouldn't be there is present - or perhaps that a limb has fallen on the fence."
"Janet, your Dad is good at this stuff."
"The military can be a good place to learn about all types of security and you know he experimented with and tested every type of security system he could get access to."
"He could break into the CIA?"
"I asked once and was told 'That's classified' so I'll guess that he probably could. I would also expect that there are a lot of 'little things' that he hasn't yet told us about the security he's implemented here."
"Janet, that's a family discussion for later. Collect your brass and we can go relax with chamomile tea and the chocolate chip cookies I smelled baking earlier today."
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Post by jwh123 on Feb 4, 2021 6:29:02 GMT -6
As always, thanks for sharing your writing with us.
Here's hoping for a successful surgery and quick recovery!
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Post by texican on Feb 4, 2021 16:29:11 GMT -6
Remember that I'm scheduled for hand surgery at dark-thirty Friday morning. If my hand is as encumbered as the videos I've seen, I'll only have one useful hand for a couple of weeks. This might be the last post for a while. During the daylight hours today (Thursday) I'll finish tiling the foyer, take down the closet door and take about 1/8" off it to clear the tile and wash my hands of DIY dirt for weeks/months - splints, casts, more splints and PT will take up much of the next three months, but full use of the hand could be six months out. One more thing I get to learn about my body :-(pp2, Prayers for a successful surgery and fast recovery. Assume that it is your dominant hand to be operated on. Now, you do have a second hand and can single punch the keys. Even if you need to punch two keys at the same time, a thumb and pinky will work. Always a way to overcome as your stories show. Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 4, 2021 17:28:59 GMT -6
Tex,
This time it's NOT the dominant hand (did that with rotator cuff surgery about 4 years ago) but if you hook that thumb in a shirt button to remind you to not use the hand for a couple hours you'll quickly realize how much you use the other hand :-( Based on others' experience, I may or may not need some serious pain killer the first day or so and I won't try to be creative on oxycodone - or whatever is prescribed ;-) Depending on how big the splint and wrap are and on how long I'm in the sling, the first day or two might be "I'll watch TV. Only need thumb and one finger for the remote."
At this hour, I have one more row of cut-and-fit tiles - including the doorway to the closet (door's been taken down, trimmed to clear the tile and rehung). Not sure if I'll get the quarter round back in place - not wanting to use a hammer and my small HF air compressor has blown a line on the compressor (compressor has rubber mounts but no loop in the copper coming out of the compressor so it finally broke from vibration). Don't think I'll get that fixed tonight in time to nail the quarter round and still get to bed for at least four hours sleep before dark-thirty tomorrow :-( The quarter round is hiding under the curtains in the living room so it can wait ;-) If I get all the tile in place, the better half will be happy for now - need her happy because she's my desigated driver to get me home from surgery tomorrow. Schedule is: be there an hour before surgery, two hours for the surgery, 30-45 minutes for me to wake to a functional state (able to get in and out of wheelchair). There's a Chick-Fil-A in walking distance so she'll probably get a takeout breakfast and eat in the car. She plans to take a book or two and her Kindle tablet to have 3-4 hours of reading material while she waits in the car...
I'll probably fix a thermos of hot chocolate and a snack bar of some type (maybe a dark choclate KIND?) to have breakfast on the way home ;-)
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Post by texican on Feb 4, 2021 21:02:00 GMT -6
Based on others' experience, I may or may not need some serious pain killer the first day or so and I won't try to be creative on oxycodone - or whatever is prescribed ;-)
pp2,
That could be some interesting writing and reading.
Be careful and heal.
And most of all...
Obey your better half and your life will be more pleasant.
You could have your better half drop a post here in the near future and inform your readers how you are doing.
Prayers sent.
Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 5, 2021 13:08:24 GMT -6
I've been home about 3 1/2 hours and the little finger has feeling all around. The ring finger has feeling on top but not elsewhere. Part of the hand is going through "pins and needles" which is actually a higher pain level than the surgery pain at the moment. I've had the first of the 20 prescribed pain pills (5/325 oxy/acetaminophen) and the rest of my body aches have mellowed :-)
I have some exercises (wiggle fingers, move shoulder in circles) to keep things functioning. Seems very odd that I can tell the other fingers to move - and they do - but I can't feel that movement or the index and middle fingers brushing against each other - there ought to be a story there...
One hand typing is slow, even slower when proofreading twice before posting. Together, they made this "quick post" a 15 minute project. The other hand is at shoulder level on a stack of 5 assorted pillows, per the "Do it this high to prevent swelling" graphic in the take home paperwork... It looks and feels weird but preventing swelling in a thoroughly wrapped hand is a worthwhile effort.
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Post by udwe on Feb 5, 2021 13:30:58 GMT -6
Wow! Great story, again
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 5, 2021 17:03:39 GMT -6
A 2 hour nap later (partially making up for getting less than 2 hours sleep last night) and my body woke me with an urgent request ;-) That's usually needful, if annoying :-( Positive: I did wake, even with a serious lack of sleep and the tail end of some prescription pain killer still active. As a side and back sleeper, I needed to find a way to support the hand above my heart (fingers above elbow when lying flat is often OK). Found a pillow that works for that but it needs a second, thinner pillow under it to get the right height for side sleeping. That means pillows on both sides of your body so you will be sleeping in the middle of the bed. Until you have the splint + bandage diameter and length, you can't work that out. I do have several shirts which have wide enough sleeves to clear the splint + bandage and, having practiced left-arm-first shirt entry, I can get those shirts on and off - albeit slowly, as in 4 times as long to button it up :-( Only the little finger is mostly awake. Top of ring finger is awake. Rest of hand is still numb. There is some swelling, expected when the hand has been sliced, sawed on (sagittal [oscillating] saw), had hammer + chisel work (osteotome sounds better, doesn't it?) and then multiple layers of stitches. generic surgery video ~12 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZROWAzZbeI
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Post by texican on Feb 5, 2021 19:32:00 GMT -6
pp2,
Two posts on the day of your surgery.
What a surgery. Removal of bone and using a tendon to tie it all back together. It is obvious that healing will take a while. The pain will take a while to moderate and go away.
Please do not overdo it. A sabbatical is warranted for you to heal. Listen to your better half and take it easy even if it is difficult knowing your desire to express yourself thru your writings and please your readers crying for moar.
Your avid readers will suffer withdrawal, but we will live to read your stories once you are back up to speed.
Texican....
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Post by solo on Feb 5, 2021 21:15:18 GMT -6
Praying for your quick recovery! Take care of yourself!
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 7, 2021 14:10:10 GMT -6
Well, some 56 hours after surgery started, my thumb - the knuckle that's visible in the elastic bandage that wraps the hand and splint from finger base almost to elbow - has the blue-black of bruising and, if I pull back the elastic a bit, the part closer to the incision (and the saw, hammer and chisel work) is that ugly purple of a finger when hit a solid blow by a hammer that misses a nail. Probably just as well I can't see any more of the thumb :-(
The naproxen sodium wasn't strong enough last night so I did take the hydrocodone at 3:30AM - and then slept well for a while ;-)
I might even attempt a shower later today. The check-in nurse at the surgical center provided some one-time-use arm covers (those bags the stores have for wet umbrellas, complete with the umbrella image on the bag) but I found a much better one online ($$) with elastic at the open end and a wide Velcro band to ensure a watertight closure. I do remember how much longer a one-handed shower takes from rotator cuff surgery 4 years ago. Maybe the hot water will last long enough :-(
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Post by misterjimbo on Feb 7, 2021 16:40:45 GMT -6
The 'like' is only for having the gumption to get on the site and write anything. Good luck.
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Post by gipsy on Feb 7, 2021 17:01:50 GMT -6
I remember taking a one armed shower. No fun at all.
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Post by texican on Feb 7, 2021 20:33:55 GMT -6
I do remember how much longer a one-handed shower takes from rotator cuff surgery 4 years ago. Maybe the hot water will last long enough :-(pp2, You could install a larger water heater, but you would need to be healed so you could turn off the hot water as you soap up to save a little hot water so you could finish with hot water. Texican....
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Post by remembergoliad on Feb 7, 2021 20:48:59 GMT -6
... a one-handed shower... Worst part of the one-handed shower is taking the soapy washrag between your teeth to wash that one hand
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 7, 2021 21:24:11 GMT -6
I'm slightly better than that. While I have very limited use of the surgery hand, I can place a soapy washcloth across that hand (hand and arm in a plastic sleeve to keep the splint and bandage dry) and rub the other hand against it - sure beats using your teeth ;-)
I'm doing pretty good with one hand - got Valentine's "goodies" for the grandkids boxed, taped, weighed and labeled for shipment tomorrow. Doesn't matter if they're in kindergarten or college - getting that box of cookies, candy or whatever is still a big deal - maybe bigger in college than when they're five-years-old ;-)
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 11, 2021 16:08:32 GMT -6
Chapter 26
Thursday, 27 April, 2028, 05:40 CDT
"Waffles, love? You already know how bad the morning news will be?"
"Just paying attention to my 'sixth sense' this time, Jack."
"I'll hazard a guess that your 'sixth sense' will be proved correct in about 20 minutes."
"Thought you might after seeing what the wind is doing to the powerlines along the road."
"Doesn't look good from this window. Wind speed, love?"
"Thirty, gusting to sixty."
"That was NOT in any forecast that I remember. It will add several days to power restoration in the county."
"That was my thought. Enough days for solar power to become our primary power for the foreseeable future?"
"I'm afraid so. Doug Jones' kids won't have power for the fridge or freezer so they won't be able to keep leftovers for more than a day or so. They cook with LP and I noticed a spark lighter next to the stove when I was checking the 'cicada' problem so I'll guess the electronic lighters on the stove no longer work and they're using the spark lighter all the time. I saw one kerosene lamp on top of the fridge so they might have limited alternate lighting. I wonder how much LP and kerosene they have stored. Their garden should be producing some by now and their chickens are free range so they should have veggies and eggs to go with whatever is in their pantry - if anything."
"You're more pessimistic than usual, Jack."
"Remember hearing Doug driving home drunk in the wee hours Sunday morning?"
"Yes. That probably means this month's welfare check went for booze and not things to restock their pantry?"
"Correct. Do we have extras of things the kids like and Doug doesn't?"
"Grape jelly, graham crackers and crunchy peanut butter. Doug hates grape jelly - possibly that's anything made from grapes which isn't some form of wine or champagne - and his false teeth give him fits when the hard crumbs of the graham crackers or the nut pieces in the crunchy peanut butter get under his upper plate."
"Sounds painful but should be effective in limiting how much he gets into the PB&J."
"I'll make up a CARE box and include some powdered whole milk. Katie's smart enough to only make as much as they'll drink at one meal when they don't have refrigeration."
"Love, it sounds as though we might like those kids."
"If Doug were half as responsible as either his oldest son or oldest daughter, we wouldn't be having this conversation."
"True."
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Thursday, 27 April, 2028, 06:00 CDT
'WWWH-FM is running on generator and we'll be on the air for ten minutes at the top of each hour to conserve fuel unless there is a news story which justifies continuous coverage. The top story of this hour is the huge Alabama Power outage with roughly half of their customers still without power. Additional testing at the Smith, Henry and Holt hydro plants indicates that Smith will likely be back in service in 72 hours, Henry in 96 hours and Holt about 48 hours after Henry. The rural restoration is still estimated to start after the urban restoration is more than 95% complete and should be completed 96 hours after that.
'Top item in national news is 2028NK, the new and very deadly "flu". Estimates of infected people now exceed three million and death estimates are over two million. The pharmaceutical manufacturers say the Tamiflu production process is on schedule but they may not be able to test the finished product as quickly as they expected, due to absenteeism, and neither cargo nor passenger airlines are able to provide firm shipping schedules anywhere in the country so delivery dates may also be extended beyond the original 14 to 17 days for distribution. If you have internet access, check 2028nk.gov for current status on Tamiflu production and the estimated numbers of infected and dead.
'We'll be back on the air in 50 minutes.'
"They just said that rural power restoration has moved out at least five days?"
"If you do the math, love. I think the number out sick with 2028NK and the number staying home and trying to avoid exposure probably account for that and those numbers will not improve. Each day we wait for restoral will likely move restoral out two days for us. Don't forget the 'three to five weeks' that was only in one newscast that we heard."
"So eventually there won't be enough people to do that restoral and even if there are, there won't be enough people to keep the power plants running?"
"That's what I think, Dave. You get masked and gloved and finish delivering what's in the UPS truck and then you can park that truck at the depot and get your pickup so you can return here to shelter in place."
"I'm ready. I'll probably be back here around two or three - there weren't enough packages at the depot for two full days of deliveries out here. Troy said to deliver what we had and we'd work out something when or if the next semi arrives with a load of packages."
"Dad, you wanted to get that decontamination shower in place today?"
"Yes, Janet. My 'sixth sense' tells me we'll have one or more people covered in someone else's blood in the near future, possibly in a week or less."
"You have detailed plans?"
"From the 3D CAD software. However, we'll take advantage of today's forecast of two hours of 'mostly sunny' to finish the power gates before we start on the shower. The gates have no weather protection but the decon shower will be on the back porch so we'd be working in covered space if the rain starts while we're working there. Once the shower pan is in place, I can run the drain pipe out to the tanks while you and your Mom start building the walls of the shower."
"You'll be getting the hot water from where?"
"The hot and cold water connections on the porch for a wringer washer, love."
"If you connect it with hose fittings, it's not a permanent installation so it doesn't need a permit or an inspection."
"Correct and no one needs to know we have this capability."
"You're expecting something bad."
"I am."
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Thursday, 27 April, 2028, 13:00 CDT
'Top of this hour's WWWH-FM news is the absenteeism among "essential" workers, as collected by the CDC from organizations across the country today. The average absenteeism number across the country is 30% but first responders are approaching 50% in many areas. Being repeatedly exposed to infected people and not always having adequate PPE, first responders have the highest infection rate among the essential workers. One positive thing they've learned about 2028NK is that about 5% of the population is immune and that immunity is hereditary on the mother's side - it's in the mitochondrial DNA. This part sounds more like April Fool's or Halloween, but if your mother has a female ancestal line from the Transylvania area of central Europe or near there, you may be in that 5%. I hope you know your family tree.
'In other national news, the power shortfall with all nuclear power plants shut down is being addressed by having rolling blackouts with power on six hours and off six hours in many areas of the country.
'There's also power news closer to home. With less than 50% of their generating capacity available, Alabama Power is doing partial restoration by having the working power plants supply power to more than twice their usual customers but for less time each day. The typical power availability will be four hours on and eight hours off until repairs are completed at all the damaged power plants, which will be brought back online as they become available and the power availability hours will be adjusted as each plant is again producing full power. The current power on/off cycle will keep most fridges and freezers cold if the doors receive only minimal openings during the power off period. This temporary fix is estimated to be in place for the next week or ten days.
'We'll be back in 50 min… Hack! Cough! Wheeze!'
"I don't think that announcer will be back 'in 50 minutes'. Does that identify the county's first 2028NK infection? Wonder if he spent time at Daley's or at a different bar but still with the person who shared 2028NK at Daley's or with someone else who was infected. That's another thing we'll probably never know. With the damage to the local distribution lines from the winds associated with our current rain, Alabama Power's rolling blackouts won't affect us for some time. If the lines are down between us and the nearest substation, it doesn't matter whether that substation has power or not. On the brighter side, we did get the third power gate finished and all the gates and the intercom tested and I got the drain pipe run out to the 275 gallon tanks before the rain started. We'll have the rest of the decon shower finished today. Tomorrow we can get the evaporation pans in place and put up a fence around the pans and the tanks. With such a positive report on our work, I think it's time for lunch."
"It's waiting for us, Jack. Taco soup on the simmer burner of the stove and a big bag of tortilla chips on the kitchen counter. Fill your bowl, get something to drink and head for the table. More comfort food just came out of the oven and the very warm banana-nut bread is on the plate by the taco chips."
"Warm things to offset the dark and dreary day! Good choices, Mom. Will there be leftovers for Dave?"
"Unless each of us has more than two servings."
"Don't think that will happen - this stuff is very filling."
"One of the reasons it's a fallback for cool and damp days - plus it being a mostly 'dump in and warm up' soup."
"One of your 'ten minute prep, one hour simmer' recipes?"
"One of many. Four adults will get at least two meals each from this and the leftovers will be lunch for a couple more. The recipe's 'serves 10-12' is accurate."
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"Susan, don't you have some ancestors from central Europe?"
"Yes, Jack. You're considering that 'Transylvania' reference from the news?"
"Considering the number of times you've been in the middle of a flu epidemic in the ER and never been infected…"
"You think I might have that immunity and I passed it on to the kids?"
"We need to know details. Let's see if we still have internet access and the CDC's 2028NK page is still up. Phone has one bar. CDC page is loading slowly and there's a crawl about their power being four hours on and eight hours off. We're near the middle of the hour so maybe I can learn what we need before… Crawl just went to 'Shutdown in 29 minutes' - and the decreasing seconds. Tap 'Immunity'. Next page loading slowly. List of family names and locations. See it I can copy that and paste it into DroidEdit and save it… Got it. Turn on the inkjet printer and use PrintHand to print from the Android phone. And it's done. Two pages of names and places, love."
"The laptop with the family tree is booting. I see two names on this page that look familiar. Bring up Legacy and search for the first name… Jack, that one is on your mother's side. Now the other name. That one's on my mother's side. I won't say to stop taking the Tamiflu but we're both in those lines so Janet, Tom and Rob are in a line that may have immunity."
"What about Erin or Rob's wife Sheri?"
"Erin's grandmother has the second name on page two in her tree. Don't have anything on Sheri back far enough to be useful."
"Lily?"
"Tom and Erin were able to get the adoption agency to provide what they knew because Lily might have other medical conditions that they would need to watch for so we have seven generations back on her under the condition that Lily would not be told until she was 18 unless she asked. As curious as she is about everything - at least what I've seen and heard in our video chats - I'm sure she'll be asking where her red hair came from in a family that has mostly brown hair with the kids sometimes being blond in elementary school but not later."
"Then she'll probably be asking within the year if she hasn't already. The next question is whether Lily has an ancestor there."
"Fifth name in the second column on the second page is in her maternal grandmother's tree so we need Dave's ancestry to see if the family sheltered together here might all be in that five per cent. Dave?"
"Susan, I don't know. It might be in my great-grandmother's Family Bible which has pages of birth, marriage and death records."
"Here?"
"In a box in the bunkhouse."
"Go get it and don't track mud in at either place."
"On my way."
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Post by texican on Feb 12, 2021 1:18:30 GMT -6
Starting to fall apart and will accelerate.
Just how bad are the new Covid strains?
Thanks pp2 for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 12, 2021 3:52:14 GMT -6
Most I've seen about new Covid strains is "more infectious" but that's not much information.
"More" compared to what? 10% greater? 10 times greater?
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Post by solo on Feb 12, 2021 11:08:01 GMT -6
Thank you for the one handed submission. I pray you continue to get better!
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Post by texican on Feb 12, 2021 17:04:44 GMT -6
Most I've seen about new Covid strains is "more infectious" but that's not much information. "More" compared to what? 10% greater? 10 times greater? pp2, From the prognosticators, the details will not be known for months and months including sterilization of all that take the supposed cure. The latest is that the vaccine will have to be administered annually. Truth does not exist with covid. pp2, hopefully you are not typing each new chapter, but have multiple chapters ready to post without such undertaking at the keyboard. You must stay healthy so your readers are not denied your writings. I watched the video of surgery and it was interesting but gruesome in the amount of surgery that was required. Please stay health and do not overdue it. Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 12, 2021 19:18:27 GMT -6
I have most of it readable through Chapter 40 or so - I'm still proofreading what was done prior to surgery, just slowly. Working in Word, posting is mostly point-n-click.
Got the second Covid vaccine shot tonight - they've upped the chili powder as I wasn't the only one who commented on the burn going in. In the surgery arm so I don't lose any movement in the one functional arm :-)
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Post by 9idrr on Feb 13, 2021 18:27:16 GMT -6
Thanks, sir, I've just caught up. Hope the healin' continues apace.
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