Survivors by J. F. Krause

Author:J. F. Krause [Krause, J. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-apocalyptic
Published: 2018-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

Monday

California gets almost all of its rain during the fall and winter and very early spring. It’s been that way since the last ice age ended so I suppose the whole state is prepared for those conditions. I didn’t know whether to believe the weather reports lately, but I wasn’t surprised to wake up to rain. We had rain the week before the sickness, and we were lucky not to have it last week. It allowed us some time to get better organized. The planes aren’t going up after all and the electrical maintenance will be a little delayed. But there will be at least one pretty good-sized caravan arriving today. We should see over a hundred new arrivals sometime around 1 PM. I understand there may be another caravan tomorrow. Everyone is welcome and all the new people just add to my feeling of safety. I really buy into the notion of safety in numbers. I’m also happy with all the new people because I know that some of them will have skills we need.

After breakfast, which was just Kevin, me, and the kids, I dropped all the kids off at kid central. Kevin went to the medical hall and reminded them I wanted to visit with their group around 9:30 AM. After dropping off the boys and Dinah, I spent a while in my office reading reports from other groups and communities across the state. I’d just gotten started reading when I remembered that I needed to get moving or I’d be late to visit the medical hall.

The center of the entire fairgrounds is where my office, the work room, the main lobby, and the conference rooms are. The main exposition arena is in this building, also, and had been filled with a lot of equipment and storage until now. This morning, there was a large area cleared of equipment and supplies. About two hundred people, some familiar and some not, were all dressed out for their physical workout. Marco was directly in front of one grouping. Enrique and a several other trainers were working with other groups. One group was sitting on the ground listing to instruction on guns, or more specifically one type of rifle. I immediately understood that this was the first training session for the reservists. I’d have to come back later to see how this was organized as I didn’t want to be late for my first work group visit. I planned to hit four of them today starting with the medical work group. I skirted the work out area hoping no one saw me.

The fairgrounds medical center, which served as a temporary clinic was close by. I stepped into the building about three minutes early and was met by Dr. Mary Truitt, who I decided was the group selected medical leader. Dr. Truitt appeared to be about forty and had been a GP in Paso Robles. She was friendly and we made small talk after we introduced ourselves. She led me into what appeared to be a classroom that was filled with people.

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