blood and flesh stuck to the Louisville Slugger. Mick didn't need to ask about it. He assumed that Mr. P had to protect himself somewhere along the way.
As an afterthought, Mick wondered if Mr. P had any bite wounds. He asked about it and Mr. P told him he was good to go. I could smack Mick in the head for not checking before he let Mr. P climb inside the truck.
They arrived at the newspaper office and Jason decided to take Tig inside with them. Mr. P didn't seem to mind. He gave them a ton of information and a stack of articles to bring home.
Mick tried to talk him into coming home with them, but he said he was headed to South Alabama to stay with his son and daughter-in-law. He said he had plenty of food and fuel to get there along with a companion of the .38 special variety and his Louisville Slugger. He was planning to fill several gas cans with fuel from the remaining tanker trucks and head down the road. His car was there, at the office, so he had a ride back to town hall.
They offered to follow him back and help him fill the cans. He told them he’d be fine and insisted that they head home as soon as they could. They left Mr. P at the newspaper office and headed back.
The following information is in the capital letter s BIG, BAD, SCARY, category. I’ll try to get it all written before I head out to make lunch.
There's a lot of blah, blah, blah in the articles, so I'll basically hit the highlights and give you the shortest versions I can. I'm having to write this out by hand.
Electricity is out in all areas of the United States and Canada.
The President and Vice President along with his c abinet and their families are at an undisclosed location(s). The congressmen and senators along with their staffs and families have been left to fend for themselves.
Martial Law has been declared for the entire United States of America. Thousands of military troops from around the world are on their way home by air, water, and land. The National Guard has been ordered to keep some sort of lawful order until more troops can get home and in place.
The troops that were filling spots at bases on US soil are almost all in place near the towns and cities where their bases are located. They've lost control in all major cities and most of the suburbs and smaller cities. There are riots, muggings, rapes, murders, arson, theft, gang violence, kidnapping and any other crime you can think of happening in these cities.
The National Guard is trying to control traffic in and out of the areas. Each National Guard unit is responsible for their own area. No vehicle is allowed in or out of the cities unless it is a military vehicle under orders.
There's a "dusk to dawn nationwide curfew" and any violators will be met with whatever force deemed appropriate. All deliveries of food and other goods have come to a halt, and many big rigs are parked at rest stops al ong the sides of the Interstate with nowhere to go and no way to refuel. All freight carried by these trucks is now the property of the United States Military, and breaking into them will be considered looting.
The airways are closed to private and commercial travel and can only be used by military aircraft under orders from White House or Pentagon officials.
No ships are allowed to leave port, and none are allowed to come within eight miles of our coasts without the risk of being fired upon until they sink to the murky depths of the oceans. Quite a few large yachts, fishing boats, and houseboats have headed out to sea, anyway.
People are trapped in airports, national parks, office buildi ngs, apartment buildings, buses, and cars on the side of the road along with any other building and area you can think of.
People are abandoning their cars and walking.
Anyone traveling without identification will be dealt with swiftly and in whatever manner the national guardsman on duty deems appropriate.
Most hospitals are no longer operational , and those that are taking patients are doing
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