Hell Happened (Book 1) by Stenzelbarton Terry

Author:Stenzelbarton, Terry [Stenzelbarton, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: White Feather Press
Published: 2012-11-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

F ive days of hard work had the shelter back in shape. The water wheel had been repaired and the batteries were now charging well even with the moderate use from the equipment in the shelter and barn. The battery storage system and power grid Jerry used had been set up by his friend Nick from the church. Nick had scavenged the batteries from his marine business and hooked them up in the cellar for Jerry for a minimal price.

Jerry had purchased most of the equipment off the internet like the lights and kitchen accessories. The stove and refrigerator he picked up at auction. He installed them himself as they arrived via the big brown truck. The refrigerator had arrived on the last day before UPS would never deliver again.

While checking the batteries in the basement, Jerry found three of the 24 packs in the power set had failed to recharge. He made a note to get replacements and extras. The internet wouldn’t help him anymore and he’d like to keep this set up working as long as possible.

Tony had been thrilled to get the shortwave radio turned on finally. Everyone sat around him expectantly when the unit came on. He ran through the dial on several bands but heard nothing. The excitement slowly faded over the next hour as no voices from the airwaves came through the speakers. There was an automated signal in the 900 megahertz range but when Tony tried the microphone, Monica noticed it wasn’t working. It took and hour with small screw drivers for Tony to find out it never would.

A new microphone was added to the list of wants for the shelter.

Tia suggested some more equipment for cooking outdoors. All of Jerry’s equipment had spread to the countryside with the winds. She was big on cooking on the grill and added charcoal to her list. John was hoping for a quad his size and Hannah wanted M&Ms.

Kellie and Monica wrote down a few things to make their lives easier, but nothing of real importance for the run Jerry and Mike were planning. Randy and Eddie were the same with the exception of the addition of a video surveillance system to augment the early warning system Eddie had suggested earlier.

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The morning finally came for the trip. Kellie walked with Jerry to the garage. Randy and Eddie had gone down early to make sure the truck and SUV were prepared. Something they’d also done the previous night. Jerry mentally added to his list a mobile CB unit for the Escalade.

“We’re going to spend as much time as we can on the highway,” he told her. “I know we’ll be going by a lot of towns and possibly drawing attention to ourselves, but I want to get there and get back here as soon as we can.

“We know where we’re going and we should be able to get there in less than two hours if we take the interstate, even if there is a lot of debris.

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