Days of the Python (Python Trilogy Book 1) by David Jurk

Author:David Jurk [Jurk, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-04T22:00:00+00:00

The day continued warm and breezy. Dark cumuli mounted the peaks to the north in late afternoon and a heavy shower eventually drove me below. It occurred to me as I waited it out in the cabin, that if I lived long enough, the water maker would probably eventually wear out. Watching the rain water run in heavy rivulets across the porthole glass, I began thinking of ways to build a catchment system. The problem was interesting, and as I began considering all the alternatives I might try, my spirits lifted, and I pulled a precious bottle of beer from the icebox and toasted my own survival. Fuck off, Witch’s Brew – here’s hoping you run aground.

My mind having turned to the sort of design process that I find so enjoyable, I instinctively began contemplating the problem of the radio as it stared balefully at me from across the cabin. It abruptly occurred to me that conditions had changed; we were now very near land and not completely without an antenna – there was still the internal loop antenna meant for local reception. It would need to be an AM signal, and quite powerful, but there was a chance.

But what was the point? If the island was without power, there’d be no broadcasts of any kind or any strength. Maybe, but didn’t most stations have independent backups? There’d been a real trend in the twenties for commercial plants to back up with Tesla power walls and solar cells. So yes, there was a chance.

Likely? I imagined not, but it was something to do. I got up and ambled over to the set and switched it on, pulled up the menu and selected AM and Scan.

In seconds, I froze as a woman’s voice broke the silence of the cabin.

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