Lone Star Odyssey- First Steps by David Wilson

Author:David Wilson [Wilson, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-04T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

After walking at a slow but steady pace for about 45 minutes, I walked off the road to the edge of the tree line. As we formed a small 360-degree perimeter, I ask, “How is everyone doing? Make sure you drink some water and take a piss if you need to. From now on when we are on the radio, I will be one, Ben two, Jeff three, Mat four, and Don five. That way we each know who is saying what. So if I call for a radio check, go in order, two roger, three roger and so on. Got it?” I get nods all around. “I figure we have covered a couple of miles. We should be coming up on Highway 1 soon and right after that, I-95. If we don’t see groups of people we will stay on the shoulder and pass straight though the big interchange. In the near future we won’t be able to do that as the overpasses will become choke points and will be too dangerous to cross. It will always be tempting to take the easiest route but think about it, where do deer hunters set up and wait for deer. At the intersection of deer trails. The same will go for the riffraff, they will set up on the interchanges to increase their odds of seeing all the travelers and then rob them.”

After everyone had a chance to relieve himself and to drink some water, we took back to the road-heading west. Crossing over Highway 1 and then I-95, we stopped again. Mat asked, “Where is everyone?” Don replied, “I think everyone is waiting for the government to do something. Most people, even if they know it was an EMP are just hunkering down and waiting for the government to come fix everything.” I agreed and said, “They will wait until the food and water is gone,” I pointed to the south; “see that water tower over there. That is how the system works, pumps fill the large tank and the weight of the water is what creates the pressure that pushes it into the homes. Once that tank runs dry there will be no more running water. Oh, there is water there for those that know how to get it, but most people don’t. Just like most will not think of draining their hot water heaters. Each of those holds 40 or 50 gallons of clean water. That and most people will let their frozen food go bad instead of eating it first.” “But,” Mat injected, “Won’t the government help once they get the military and FEMA back up and running?” Don and I exchanged looks and I continued, “Not likely, most if not all of the military will have their hands full just taking care of their own. FEMA is made up of a small full time staff, but most are part time or volunteers that only come together in the event of a natural disaster. We are just lucky there are not nuclear facilities in this area.

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