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With the loss of Mailman Mikes family, the Ryan family took up the slack. It’s not that they were loners or not involved with our group, but they realized they had skills that we now very valuable. Tim and Madison instructed their two kids, Rick and Bobbie to handle the hygiene inspections at the other living quarters. They also did a great job for fire watches and ideas on how to reuse trash. The Ryan parents took over with keeping the mood of the group up, since the loss of Mailman Mikes family was such a shock.
He might only be an insurance agent, but he also is a pro and counseling. His insight kept us from going crazy from the loss of one of our families.
The kids and young adults started having round table meetings because the cold and lack of normal daylight was making them all down. The circles of conversation were helping and everyone noticed the spike in the entire group’s mood.
The long winter blahs continued for weeks. The thing that broke us out was the steady rise in temperatures. March ended and the lows were in the -5 range and some of the highs reached 15 degrees.
The haze on clear days continued to thin, but we were not seeing any blues in the sky. The disk of the sun and moon could be seen in greater intensity, but not enough to cast a distinct shadow.
Contact with our northern and southern neighbors increased with the rising temperatures and pooling of resources helped ease shortages. The biggest shortage for our southern neighbors was young men. Mike, Ryan and Rick were making trips to “help” them out. All the dads had a conversation with the young men that we were not ready for a baby boom, and they said don’t worry. I think they just like all the attention they get.
John is working on having a military helicopter pick him up to go to a FEMA meeting at the Capital. He will be gone for a week, and needs to coordinate recovery efforts. I asked him when they are getting him, and all he said is when they can locate a pilot or two to fly it.
The daily meeting today was handled by John. He shared information on survivors. The three groups of people in our area are most likely all that survived the deep freeze within 30 miles. This summer will not get above 45 degrees, and next winter is predicted to be almost normal. A year from now, temperatures will be almost normal, but on average, daily highs will be about 7 to 10 degrees cooler. This information was much better than expected and he explained why there was a change in the predictions.
The big problem is we have about 150 days of food remaining. Every effort from this day forward will be on getting more food, or creating new ways to produce food.
The three young men asked to be dismissed from the meeting and left to see the southern neighbors. They had a plan, but needed to work with the ladies to get an inventory of what food items they had. All three used cross country skis to make the trip faster and hatch the plan they were putting together.
The food inventory took all night and three pots of coffee heated on the wood stove kept them moving.
The ladies were picky eaters, and the men thought the food supplies were bland, but never really looked them over. They had pallets of untouched food that the group just didn’t like. The items that raised the hopes for survival were number 10 cans of textured vegetable protein and Keystone beef and pork in 28 ounce cans. After doing the math, there were enough calories for the three groups to make it through the next winter.
A deal was reached and all the parties were happy. The three young men and the three ladies went back to share the news with the two other groups. The terms were interesting, but all the affected parties seemed to understand and thought it was a good deal. Three dads also felt better hearing the news.
Now all we have to do is find a Priest. The three young men asked the three young ladies they were ‘dating’ to marry them. All of them said yes!
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With the loss of Mailman Mikes family, the Ryan family took up the slack. It’s not that they were loners or not involved with our group, but they realized they had skills that we now very valuable. Tim and Madison instructed their two kids, Rick and Bobbie to handle the hygiene inspections at the other living quarters. They also did a great job for fire watches and ideas on how to reuse trash. The Ryan parents took over with keeping the mood of the group up, since the loss of Mailman Mikes family was such a shock.
He might only be an insurance agent, but he also is a pro and counseling. His insight kept us from going crazy from the loss of one of our families.
The kids and young adults started having round table meetings because the cold and lack of normal daylight was making them all down. The circles of conversation were helping and everyone noticed the spike in the entire group’s mood.
The long winter blahs continued for weeks. The thing that broke us out was the steady rise in temperatures. March ended and the lows were in the -5 range and some of the highs reached 15 degrees.
The haze on clear days continued to thin, but we were not seeing any blues in the sky. The disk of the sun and moon could be seen in greater intensity, but not enough to cast a distinct shadow.
Contact with our northern and southern neighbors increased with the rising temperatures and pooling of resources helped ease shortages. The biggest shortage for our southern neighbors was young men. Mike, Ryan and Rick were making trips to “help” them out. All the dads had a conversation with the young men that we were not ready for a baby boom, and they said don’t worry. I think they just like all the attention they get.
John is working on having a military helicopter pick him up to go to a FEMA meeting at the Capital. He will be gone for a week, and needs to coordinate recovery efforts. I asked him when they are getting him, and all he said is when they can locate a pilot or two to fly it.
The daily meeting today was handled by John. He shared information on survivors. The three groups of people in our area are most likely all that survived the deep freeze within 30 miles. This summer will not get above 45 degrees, and next winter is predicted to be almost normal. A year from now, temperatures will be almost normal, but on average, daily highs will be about 7 to 10 degrees cooler. This information was much better than expected and he explained why there was a change in the predictions.
The big problem is we have about 150 days of food remaining. Every effort from this day forward will be on getting more food, or creating new ways to produce food.
The three young men asked to be dismissed from the meeting and left to see the southern neighbors. They had a plan, but needed to work with the ladies to get an inventory of what food items they had. All three used cross country skis to make the trip faster and hatch the plan they were putting together.
The food inventory took all night and three pots of coffee heated on the wood stove kept them moving.
The ladies were picky eaters, and the men thought the food supplies were bland, but never really looked them over. They had pallets of untouched food that the group just didn’t like. The items that raised the hopes for survival were number 10 cans of textured vegetable protein and Keystone beef and pork in 28 ounce cans. After doing the math, there were enough calories for the three groups to make it through the next winter.
A deal was reached and all the parties were happy. The three young men and the three ladies went back to share the news with the two other groups. The terms were interesting, but all the affected parties seemed to understand and thought it was a good deal. Three dads also felt better hearing the news.
Now all we have to do is find a Priest. The three young men asked the three young ladies they were ‘dating’ to marry them. All of them said yes!
grunt soldier
Master
sweet. a nice thanksgiving day present 
happy thanksgiving all.
happy thanksgiving all.
Happy Thanksgiving, Bow. God Bless.
thoroughbred
Sharpshooter
Really great stuff, you sir are the main reason I joined INGO! I got hooked on your last story and have been hooked on this one too
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The homes are too well insulated for the temperatures we are now seeing. It is 25 degrees outside and the last two months of hibernation have all of us itching to do things outside. With the increase in the temperatures two things have happened. The first is we are having more snow, and somehow a few animals and birds have shown up. They must have come from the south, but they are here and they are finding food.
The three new husbands have moved in with the southern neighbors and we are seeing them weekly when the drag a sled of food to us and our northern neighbors. It is only a matter of time before one of us becomes a grandparent, but I hope they have better thoughts about that!
The weather still shows steady warming, and the sun and moon can be seen but they are just headlight in the fog so to speak.. The ash haze continues to thin and we are betting we should see starts by August.
Talk of green houses and green house designs are the plans of the group. Green is a color everyone wants to see again. Not just in books, but a room full of green plants with the colors and smells that remind of of what the outside smelled before the snowball covered the Earth.
The heirloom seeds still sit in pouches and cans waiting to be planted. The layouts of the rows and the placement of different plants to reduce the bugs and prevent disease are being fought over like a battle plan. When the highs reach the 40’s we thing we should be able to grow some spring crops. Nothing fancy, but anything fresh from the garden would be fantastic.
There are enough materials to build lean to structures on the south sides of the buildings and heat them with open doors and windows from the homes. The plan is to use three layers of plastic to insulate the greenhouses and still allow enough light to get to the plants. The problem is the light. We have done some test plots by a window and the seed will sprout, but the plants soon die when the food in the seed is exhausted.
There is not enough power or fuel to run the well, power lights for the greenhouse and get the other chores done, so we have to wait for the light levels to increase.
We are down to running the generator 2 hours every three days. That is just enough to top off the water tanks, flush the toilets, and run a load of laundry. Sometimes we are able to get some other chores done that require electricity.
The front and rear OP’s are now manned since the temperatures are tolerable. To be honest, I think most of us could walk around without coats based on the 100 degree difference in temperatures from the coldest part of last winter. Each of the OP’s has a wire that runs to the house and is connected to a bell. This works just as good at the clicking of the radio without using up the batteries as fast. If something is going one, on to four pulls on the wire rings the bell to let us know what is going on. Five pulls on the bell and we know we are under attack. So far we have only been alerted to animals in the area. The younger kids though it was funny to pull on it last time they played outside and watch the panic of the adults as they came out expecting trouble.
The road still have too much snow cover to drive on, but a trip into town on the three snowmobiles is planned with the temperature hits 32 degrees. That should give us enough outdoor time to make a trip into town and see what is left and try to find supplies.
Tim and Craig have put fluids back in one pickup so that it is ready to be driven with the snow melts enough. It started right up when the battery was put back in, and after about 7 minutes the engine ran smoothly. They said the computer needed some time to adjust and run properly since it had been without battery power for so long. The tires are on and it is off its blocks ready to be driven. After letting it run for 20 minutes they shut it down and worked on some other chores.
The two dogs barked in a strange way about 10 seconds before the rush of noise gave us a light shake for about 5 seconds. Just enough to feel it, but nothing fell and several in the house missed since they were playing a singing game. The bell from the front OP was pulled one time and Carrie yelled out the door that was just a small tremor.
She was shocked to see the front of the porch covered with white fabric and a strange chemical smell in the air. She shouted the alarm word and all of us went for out guns and headed out the side and front doors to see corded fabric settling down on the ground and against the house. About 50 feet from the front OP was a capsule of some sort with multiple parachutes tied to the top. Erin was already looking it over and was messing with a door or hatch to see inside. Before anyone could stop her, two people fell out of it into the snow and were laughing uncontrollably. The shorter of the two people hit the taller one and said this not Death Valley loud enough that everyone heard it. Both had on NASA space suits without the helmets.
The man asked Erin where he landed and she said Southern Indiana. The lady in the space suit clapped two times and said at least you landed in the right country.
6 of us figured out that by the names on the suits these were the husband and wife team on the ISS. We brought them into the house to warm them up They had great trouble walking without help and were upset that they missed the landing zone. They both gave several of the men instructions to reclose the hatch on the capsule to protect the contents.
The kids dressed up and went outside to stare at the space ship in the front yard. They tried to cut the cords for the parachutes but the scissors could not cut them.
The two of them sat on the couch by the fire place and were amazed that people were still alive in this part of the country. The next two hours were learned the most amazing things and our new guests asked just as many questions about how we managed to survive .
The President was handed a note on the status of the recovery of the astronauts from the ISS. The note said they came in too shallow and skipped off atmosphere and back into space. They don’t have enough fuel to do another try and are lost.
The homes are too well insulated for the temperatures we are now seeing. It is 25 degrees outside and the last two months of hibernation have all of us itching to do things outside. With the increase in the temperatures two things have happened. The first is we are having more snow, and somehow a few animals and birds have shown up. They must have come from the south, but they are here and they are finding food.
The three new husbands have moved in with the southern neighbors and we are seeing them weekly when the drag a sled of food to us and our northern neighbors. It is only a matter of time before one of us becomes a grandparent, but I hope they have better thoughts about that!
The weather still shows steady warming, and the sun and moon can be seen but they are just headlight in the fog so to speak.. The ash haze continues to thin and we are betting we should see starts by August.
Talk of green houses and green house designs are the plans of the group. Green is a color everyone wants to see again. Not just in books, but a room full of green plants with the colors and smells that remind of of what the outside smelled before the snowball covered the Earth.
The heirloom seeds still sit in pouches and cans waiting to be planted. The layouts of the rows and the placement of different plants to reduce the bugs and prevent disease are being fought over like a battle plan. When the highs reach the 40’s we thing we should be able to grow some spring crops. Nothing fancy, but anything fresh from the garden would be fantastic.
There are enough materials to build lean to structures on the south sides of the buildings and heat them with open doors and windows from the homes. The plan is to use three layers of plastic to insulate the greenhouses and still allow enough light to get to the plants. The problem is the light. We have done some test plots by a window and the seed will sprout, but the plants soon die when the food in the seed is exhausted.
There is not enough power or fuel to run the well, power lights for the greenhouse and get the other chores done, so we have to wait for the light levels to increase.
We are down to running the generator 2 hours every three days. That is just enough to top off the water tanks, flush the toilets, and run a load of laundry. Sometimes we are able to get some other chores done that require electricity.
The front and rear OP’s are now manned since the temperatures are tolerable. To be honest, I think most of us could walk around without coats based on the 100 degree difference in temperatures from the coldest part of last winter. Each of the OP’s has a wire that runs to the house and is connected to a bell. This works just as good at the clicking of the radio without using up the batteries as fast. If something is going one, on to four pulls on the wire rings the bell to let us know what is going on. Five pulls on the bell and we know we are under attack. So far we have only been alerted to animals in the area. The younger kids though it was funny to pull on it last time they played outside and watch the panic of the adults as they came out expecting trouble.
The road still have too much snow cover to drive on, but a trip into town on the three snowmobiles is planned with the temperature hits 32 degrees. That should give us enough outdoor time to make a trip into town and see what is left and try to find supplies.
Tim and Craig have put fluids back in one pickup so that it is ready to be driven with the snow melts enough. It started right up when the battery was put back in, and after about 7 minutes the engine ran smoothly. They said the computer needed some time to adjust and run properly since it had been without battery power for so long. The tires are on and it is off its blocks ready to be driven. After letting it run for 20 minutes they shut it down and worked on some other chores.
The two dogs barked in a strange way about 10 seconds before the rush of noise gave us a light shake for about 5 seconds. Just enough to feel it, but nothing fell and several in the house missed since they were playing a singing game. The bell from the front OP was pulled one time and Carrie yelled out the door that was just a small tremor.
She was shocked to see the front of the porch covered with white fabric and a strange chemical smell in the air. She shouted the alarm word and all of us went for out guns and headed out the side and front doors to see corded fabric settling down on the ground and against the house. About 50 feet from the front OP was a capsule of some sort with multiple parachutes tied to the top. Erin was already looking it over and was messing with a door or hatch to see inside. Before anyone could stop her, two people fell out of it into the snow and were laughing uncontrollably. The shorter of the two people hit the taller one and said this not Death Valley loud enough that everyone heard it. Both had on NASA space suits without the helmets.
The man asked Erin where he landed and she said Southern Indiana. The lady in the space suit clapped two times and said at least you landed in the right country.
6 of us figured out that by the names on the suits these were the husband and wife team on the ISS. We brought them into the house to warm them up They had great trouble walking without help and were upset that they missed the landing zone. They both gave several of the men instructions to reclose the hatch on the capsule to protect the contents.
The kids dressed up and went outside to stare at the space ship in the front yard. They tried to cut the cords for the parachutes but the scissors could not cut them.
The two of them sat on the couch by the fire place and were amazed that people were still alive in this part of the country. The next two hours were learned the most amazing things and our new guests asked just as many questions about how we managed to survive .
The President was handed a note on the status of the recovery of the astronauts from the ISS. The note said they came in too shallow and skipped off atmosphere and back into space. They don’t have enough fuel to do another try and are lost.
grunt soldier
Master
good update and lucky for those space people they landed where they did lol
Astronauts in the front yard! Who'da thunk it!?!?
blamecharles
Master
I know I have said it multiple times but awesome story.
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Two days have passed since our space couple moved over to the southern neighbors. Things were already tight in the home and two more adults just added to the stress for our supplies.
The Packard’s are a great couple and they shared everything they learned before they had to leave the ISS. Jane Packard is the first lady to return to earth pregnant and they expect the baby in about 6 months. That was another reason they wanted to move south. With the pending baby boom from the amazon women, they would fit right in and suffer together.
The capsule is covered with a large tarp and several of us enjoyed the thrill of off gassing the excess fuel and other gases on it. They didn’t want it to blow up if there was a fuel leak. They let us back up about 300 gigs of data, from the so we can view the pictures they took of the snowball and eruptions. It was worth running the generator extra time to charge up and run the laptop.
None of us have gotten over the story of the departure of the ISS. Basically, they calculated in their heads when they needed to leave. When they pasted England they undocked and slowed down the capsule like they have in the past. The automated computer was set up to land in the Ukraine and they had no choice but to go manual. They almost skipped into space when they forgot to eject the rocket motors and fuel segment during re-entry and took another orbit to try again. They used the timer in the capsule knowing that an orbit is about 90 minutes and restarted the process correctly after using up the last of the fuel to restart the decent. They remembered the second time to eject the rocket and fuel segment. Both are happy they didn’t land in the ocean and drown.
One of the evenings they went over what they had learned and observed in space. They are pretty sure 75% of the world’s population has already died off. We shocked them when we heard upwards of 95% of the population will die off before the weather gets close to normal. The best news was that the haze and ash clouds are settling out faster at a predictable rate and next year should be cooler, but close to normal.
The rest of the time they talked to us on how we managed to keep alive. Our stories were shared and they were very impressed. Everyone fell back into routines and they helped out as they could, but it was obvious they need more space than we could share.
The adults pitched in some clothing for them and they worked out the move to the southern neighbors. As a going away gift, we gave them two of our remaining 25 Grainger Catalogues. They already figured out they make great toilet paper.
Work started back up on the greenhouse ideas. Everyone agreed to build a small test greenhouse to see how well the design would insulate and hold up to the cold and wind. The living room was converted into a shop and the construction on the “modular” panels was started. Three trips up to the barn and the men gathered all the wood and plastic sheeting they could carry. The design won’t win a beauty contest, but it should be effective in testing our ideas.
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50 miles to the south, the last surviving cave dweller is confused and fighting off the effects of the flu that killed the others. She is soaked from sweating and is not yet sure she will make it. Two of her friends are dead next to her in sleeping bags and she can already smell them decomposing. Still too weak to build a fire, but the air temperature in this part of the cave is holding at 54 degrees. In the total darkness of the cave, she listens to the dripping of water in the distance. She still has not found the matches or the flashlight that she thought was next her before she got sick.
The dark continues to play tricks with her mind, and seconds pass like hours.
Two days have passed since our space couple moved over to the southern neighbors. Things were already tight in the home and two more adults just added to the stress for our supplies.
The Packard’s are a great couple and they shared everything they learned before they had to leave the ISS. Jane Packard is the first lady to return to earth pregnant and they expect the baby in about 6 months. That was another reason they wanted to move south. With the pending baby boom from the amazon women, they would fit right in and suffer together.
The capsule is covered with a large tarp and several of us enjoyed the thrill of off gassing the excess fuel and other gases on it. They didn’t want it to blow up if there was a fuel leak. They let us back up about 300 gigs of data, from the so we can view the pictures they took of the snowball and eruptions. It was worth running the generator extra time to charge up and run the laptop.
None of us have gotten over the story of the departure of the ISS. Basically, they calculated in their heads when they needed to leave. When they pasted England they undocked and slowed down the capsule like they have in the past. The automated computer was set up to land in the Ukraine and they had no choice but to go manual. They almost skipped into space when they forgot to eject the rocket motors and fuel segment during re-entry and took another orbit to try again. They used the timer in the capsule knowing that an orbit is about 90 minutes and restarted the process correctly after using up the last of the fuel to restart the decent. They remembered the second time to eject the rocket and fuel segment. Both are happy they didn’t land in the ocean and drown.
One of the evenings they went over what they had learned and observed in space. They are pretty sure 75% of the world’s population has already died off. We shocked them when we heard upwards of 95% of the population will die off before the weather gets close to normal. The best news was that the haze and ash clouds are settling out faster at a predictable rate and next year should be cooler, but close to normal.
The rest of the time they talked to us on how we managed to keep alive. Our stories were shared and they were very impressed. Everyone fell back into routines and they helped out as they could, but it was obvious they need more space than we could share.
The adults pitched in some clothing for them and they worked out the move to the southern neighbors. As a going away gift, we gave them two of our remaining 25 Grainger Catalogues. They already figured out they make great toilet paper.
Work started back up on the greenhouse ideas. Everyone agreed to build a small test greenhouse to see how well the design would insulate and hold up to the cold and wind. The living room was converted into a shop and the construction on the “modular” panels was started. Three trips up to the barn and the men gathered all the wood and plastic sheeting they could carry. The design won’t win a beauty contest, but it should be effective in testing our ideas.
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50 miles to the south, the last surviving cave dweller is confused and fighting off the effects of the flu that killed the others. She is soaked from sweating and is not yet sure she will make it. Two of her friends are dead next to her in sleeping bags and she can already smell them decomposing. Still too weak to build a fire, but the air temperature in this part of the cave is holding at 54 degrees. In the total darkness of the cave, she listens to the dripping of water in the distance. She still has not found the matches or the flashlight that she thought was next her before she got sick.
The dark continues to play tricks with her mind, and seconds pass like hours.
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