numbers, the call he placed to his friend John started ringing.
John answered, “Hello”
Matt, relieved he could communicate with someone responded, “John… Hi it’s Matt.”
“Matt? Oh my God, Matt I’m so glad to hear from you, I’ve been trying to call you for days!”
Matt was worried about his parents and asked, “Have you seen my mom and dad?”
John chuckled a bit saying, “Of course man, I go check on them daily.”
Matt sighed, “Thank you, I’ve been so worried. How are things up there?”
John’s tone changed, “It’s not good here, and things are going down fast.”
Matt told him what he had heard about the major cities and martial law.
John sighed as he spoke, “They instituted martial law almost immediately here, it’s getting harder to even go the 5 miles to your parent’s house. I thought being somewhat out of things here it would be ok, but they come and take things for the camps and said we could not keep more than we could use in a week.”
Matt became agitated, saying, “You gotta get out of there, get my family and come here, do it now. Do you still have the map with our location that I sent you?”
John replied, “Yea, I got it and I buried some things for the road in case looters came here. I didn’t think I would be hiding it from those damn FEMA guys.”
Matt responded, “Can you leave right away?”
John said he headed over earlier and gotten his family today and already planned to leave tomorrow.
Matt added, “John, stay off the highways and far away from any city, even towns try and take country roads around them if you can. Word to the wise, if the town shows up on a map as more than a dot or cross road avoid it.”
John said he understood, they all agreed to try and communicate as long as they could get the call through.
Matt had a somber tone, saying, “John, Little Matt”, John said “No worries my friend, no matter how I had to do it, Matty would come. He is at my house now.”
Matt knew that John would not leave without his son; he and John had discussed Matty on a number of occasions. He was grateful for his friend John and hoped they would see them soon.
Everyone already heard the news that Matt had gotten through to someone and everyone eagerly waited for him to fill them in.
He talked to everyone telling them that the others were coming from the north.
Toni excitedly said, “My mom is up there too, can he get her?”
Matt said, “If we could get a call through I will get her information to them and ask that he try and find her.”
He asked Toni to write down her info and leave it with the contact stuff on the counter. He tried to look hopeful when he said,
“Since she lives right in the middle of the city it may be hard to get her out.”
He explained most of the people who were in the city were already in the FEMA camps. He told Toni to try and call her or anyone with her and see if she could travel to John’s place immediately.
Charleigh suggested that they make a communication board with all the numbers and addresses of those they were looking for. If anyone got a call then they could go to the board and see who is where. Matt thought that this was a good idea and added all of the information about the group forming to get out of there with John.
Toni was quite upset so Charleigh asked her to help get the information on the board. She was hoping it might help her feel better that they were doing something to help.
She told her, “We will keep trying to call anyone on your list while we do this.”
Toni felt better having a purpose and working toward not only finding her family, but also in helping others to get to their location.
Since their last meeting with the group, each day two people from the house would go over to the cul-de-sac where the others who were part of their preparedness group lived, they would check on everyone
John answered, “Hello”
Matt, relieved he could communicate with someone responded, “John… Hi it’s Matt.”
“Matt? Oh my God, Matt I’m so glad to hear from you, I’ve been trying to call you for days!”
Matt was worried about his parents and asked, “Have you seen my mom and dad?”
John chuckled a bit saying, “Of course man, I go check on them daily.”
Matt sighed, “Thank you, I’ve been so worried. How are things up there?”
John’s tone changed, “It’s not good here, and things are going down fast.”
Matt told him what he had heard about the major cities and martial law.
John sighed as he spoke, “They instituted martial law almost immediately here, it’s getting harder to even go the 5 miles to your parent’s house. I thought being somewhat out of things here it would be ok, but they come and take things for the camps and said we could not keep more than we could use in a week.”
Matt became agitated, saying, “You gotta get out of there, get my family and come here, do it now. Do you still have the map with our location that I sent you?”
John replied, “Yea, I got it and I buried some things for the road in case looters came here. I didn’t think I would be hiding it from those damn FEMA guys.”
Matt responded, “Can you leave right away?”
John said he headed over earlier and gotten his family today and already planned to leave tomorrow.
Matt added, “John, stay off the highways and far away from any city, even towns try and take country roads around them if you can. Word to the wise, if the town shows up on a map as more than a dot or cross road avoid it.”
John said he understood, they all agreed to try and communicate as long as they could get the call through.
Matt had a somber tone, saying, “John, Little Matt”, John said “No worries my friend, no matter how I had to do it, Matty would come. He is at my house now.”
Matt knew that John would not leave without his son; he and John had discussed Matty on a number of occasions. He was grateful for his friend John and hoped they would see them soon.
Everyone already heard the news that Matt had gotten through to someone and everyone eagerly waited for him to fill them in.
He talked to everyone telling them that the others were coming from the north.
Toni excitedly said, “My mom is up there too, can he get her?”
Matt said, “If we could get a call through I will get her information to them and ask that he try and find her.”
He asked Toni to write down her info and leave it with the contact stuff on the counter. He tried to look hopeful when he said,
“Since she lives right in the middle of the city it may be hard to get her out.”
He explained most of the people who were in the city were already in the FEMA camps. He told Toni to try and call her or anyone with her and see if she could travel to John’s place immediately.
Charleigh suggested that they make a communication board with all the numbers and addresses of those they were looking for. If anyone got a call then they could go to the board and see who is where. Matt thought that this was a good idea and added all of the information about the group forming to get out of there with John.
Toni was quite upset so Charleigh asked her to help get the information on the board. She was hoping it might help her feel better that they were doing something to help.
She told her, “We will keep trying to call anyone on your list while we do this.”
Toni felt better having a purpose and working toward not only finding her family, but also in helping others to get to their location.
Since their last meeting with the group, each day two people from the house would go over to the cul-de-sac where the others who were part of their preparedness group lived, they would check on everyone
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