Viral Survival by Pete Thorsen

Author:Pete Thorsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-29T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I took my rifle out of the diesel truck and locked it up. Bea got in on the passenger side of my old truck and I drove while she rode shotgun. She turned to me and started talking.

“Do you really expect trouble?”

“Actually, no. But it would be dumb not to be prepared for it. Anyone left alive should be spending all their time right now plotting and getting ready for a long, cold Minnesota winter. I have a feeling that most of them are not doing that….”

“Do you still think the electric power will shut off?”

“I’m very surprised that it is still on. Someone, or more likely several people, must still be alive and trying to keep the power on. I hope they keep it going but I doubt they will be able to much longer. When the power goes, everyone that is still dependent on it in this town is going to be in big trouble.”

“Yes. They will get cold fast unless they have a fireplace with a bunch of firewood.”

“It’s more than just that. They will have no water and no sewer and no way to cook their food.”

“I’m sure many here in town have gas kitchen stoves like us.”

“No, they have natural gas stoves. And that natural gas has already stopped running. Or it will as soon as the power goes off.”

“Oh. I forgot about that.”

She was quiet for a bit before speaking again.

“Many people are going to die this winter aren’t they?”

“Yes I’m sure they will. We will get by but even we will face hardships like we have not seen before. There are plenty of cars and plenty of fuel though, so anyone could take a brand new car or truck and drive south where it does not get cold. Or any other place they may want to go. No real reason for them to stay here and face the coming winter unless they want to.”

We came to a hardware store which was to be our most important stop today and the conversation ended when I pulled into the lot. I backed up as close to the door as I could and I already had the tailgate on the pickup down, ready for loading.

This time the door was not smashed but we found it would open with a simple pull so it had been unlocked. Maybe the owner or manager was smart enough to see that a lock would only lead to more damage now so he just unlocked the door and left it that way.

We each took a cart to start our shopping. We wanted at least two oil lamps and I hoped to get an oil lantern that could be used outside as well. We would of course then need a fair amount of lamp oil to go with it. Though we already had the camping lantern that we got from the sporting goods store we would get the oil lamps as well. We got a bunch of candles which might be handier than an oil lamp at times.

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