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everything they are eating was grown or raised on the mountain with some even produced in the Ark. After dinner everyone is invited to tour the entire complex. They are assigned an apartment that is adequate to the size of the family. The majority of people are pleasantly surprised by how nice everything is for what is basically a concrete bunker, and they are also shocked by how clean and fresh the air is. After the tour, everyone is encouraged to give feedback and suggestions on what they think should be changed or added to the Ark, but not much is mentioned, hopefully meaning that they are, overall, very happy and impressed with everything.
After the tour and orientation is over, everyone is thanked and congratulated for a near perfect emergency evacuation and then dismissed. They all leave the Ark and walk down the mountain base to their homes, jubilant and overjoyed by the experience.
John kisses the kids and Kate and says, “I have to go speak with Adam on how the evacuation went from security’s perspective. Are you okay with getting the kids back to the house yourself, or do you want me to go with?”
Kate responds, “We’ll be fine. I can manage. You go ahead, and we’ll see you back at the house in a little bit.”
“Sounds good. I’ll see you soon, and by the way great job, you guys. I’m so proud of you girls and my little man!” He raises his hands and gives them all high fives.
“Thanks, Daddy. See you soon,” Ashley replies. Kate and the kids start to walk down the mountain as John walks back into the Ark and into the security office.
John walks into the room and starts clapping as everyone turns their chairs around. “Excellent job, everybody. I was very impressed with how everything turned out. It was well planned, well executed, and from my perspective, damn near perfect!”
Adam walks over to John and shakes his hand. “Thank you, sir. On behalf of all of us here, we appreciate that. Now if you’ll follow me into my office, we can go over the details of everything.”
“Lead the way,” John waves his hand in the direction of Adam’s office and follows him in.
“Please have a seat, sir.” Adam sits down at his desk as John sits across. “I wanted to go over the statistics and trouble spots we encountered from the drill.” Adam begins going over the details of the evacuation by first stating that he felt that, overall, everything went great, and he thought that the evacuation times were stellar across the board. He points out that the only problem areas were in the places they already expected, which were the orphanage, the school, and the zoo.
He tells John that some of the younger children were pretty scared and very upset and reluctant to go down the slide and into the carts. The teachers’ thoughts on how to speed up the process in the future are just getting the children more used to everything by increasing their practice time on lining up and going down the slide and into the carts. They also thought that the number of teacher’s aides should increase or else that they might possibly train some of the older kids to help out. But they were afraid in the heat of the moment, and in a real emergency, they may freeze up and buckle under the pressure.
Adam moves onto the other issue of the zoo animals. The reports from the trainers, vets, and vet techs were that, generally, everything went well. But, even though not all animals would enter the secondary blast doors at first, eventually they did. Adam adds that the trainers had some ideas on how to get them in quicker. After he finishes with saying they should leave it up to the experts, John is quick to agree. Their conversation is cut short when the intercom beeps, interrupting them.
“Excuse me, sir. I need to take this.” Adam presses the intercom button. “Yes, what is it?”
The voice on the other end says, “Pardon the interruption, sir, but you need to get in here. We have a situation.”
Chapter 7
Adam and
After the tour and orientation is over, everyone is thanked and congratulated for a near perfect emergency evacuation and then dismissed. They all leave the Ark and walk down the mountain base to their homes, jubilant and overjoyed by the experience.
John kisses the kids and Kate and says, “I have to go speak with Adam on how the evacuation went from security’s perspective. Are you okay with getting the kids back to the house yourself, or do you want me to go with?”
Kate responds, “We’ll be fine. I can manage. You go ahead, and we’ll see you back at the house in a little bit.”
“Sounds good. I’ll see you soon, and by the way great job, you guys. I’m so proud of you girls and my little man!” He raises his hands and gives them all high fives.
“Thanks, Daddy. See you soon,” Ashley replies. Kate and the kids start to walk down the mountain as John walks back into the Ark and into the security office.
John walks into the room and starts clapping as everyone turns their chairs around. “Excellent job, everybody. I was very impressed with how everything turned out. It was well planned, well executed, and from my perspective, damn near perfect!”
Adam walks over to John and shakes his hand. “Thank you, sir. On behalf of all of us here, we appreciate that. Now if you’ll follow me into my office, we can go over the details of everything.”
“Lead the way,” John waves his hand in the direction of Adam’s office and follows him in.
“Please have a seat, sir.” Adam sits down at his desk as John sits across. “I wanted to go over the statistics and trouble spots we encountered from the drill.” Adam begins going over the details of the evacuation by first stating that he felt that, overall, everything went great, and he thought that the evacuation times were stellar across the board. He points out that the only problem areas were in the places they already expected, which were the orphanage, the school, and the zoo.
He tells John that some of the younger children were pretty scared and very upset and reluctant to go down the slide and into the carts. The teachers’ thoughts on how to speed up the process in the future are just getting the children more used to everything by increasing their practice time on lining up and going down the slide and into the carts. They also thought that the number of teacher’s aides should increase or else that they might possibly train some of the older kids to help out. But they were afraid in the heat of the moment, and in a real emergency, they may freeze up and buckle under the pressure.
Adam moves onto the other issue of the zoo animals. The reports from the trainers, vets, and vet techs were that, generally, everything went well. But, even though not all animals would enter the secondary blast doors at first, eventually they did. Adam adds that the trainers had some ideas on how to get them in quicker. After he finishes with saying they should leave it up to the experts, John is quick to agree. Their conversation is cut short when the intercom beeps, interrupting them.
“Excuse me, sir. I need to take this.” Adam presses the intercom button. “Yes, what is it?”
The voice on the other end says, “Pardon the interruption, sir, but you need to get in here. We have a situation.”
Chapter 7
Adam and
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