senior leadership team, I’m thinking five people. This
group of five will elect some officers, and every year
we can repeat the process.
“I would like to see a show of hands to indicate how many of you are in favor of holding some
type of formal elections.”
Everyone raised their hands, even the little
kids.
“Okay, I guess that makes it unanimous.
Since Patty is our resident lawyer, I’d like her to
post some rules for our election on the front entrance to Building H tomorrow morning.
“On a separate issue, I’d like to let everyone
know that Jessie, Josh, and I broke into Costco
and restored temporary power to their freezers and
refrigerators. Now we’ll have a place to store some
of our food supplies. But the smell from the spoiled
food was pretty terrible.
“So tomorrow we’re going to need several
volunteers to clean up the place. Also, Bill’s team
which has given us all water, are now going to be
providing permanent solar power to Costco. On a
separate issue, does anyone know how to drive a
garbage truck?”
Steven, a guy who had just arrived from
Marco Island, raised his hand. “I drove a garbage
truck up in Detroit just after getting out of college.
My history degree didn’t get me any other work, so
I guess I’m your man.”
“Does anyone know where the garbage
dump is located that Waste Management uses?”
A woman named Rachel raised her hand.
“It’s located just a little southeast of Naples. I forget the name of the road, but I know where it is.”
“Well Rachel, I’d appreciate it if you would
help Steve; and Steve, maybe you can work out a
schedule for some type of routine garbage pickup
service.
“I’ve got one more request; Today Patty,
Greg, and Stan helped bury some of the dead
whose remains were on campus. They’re not done
yet; it’s going to take a few more days, but we need
to bury all of the dead. It’s a health and safety issue. I’m guessing the run in we had with Mr. Bear
today was probably because he was dining on
some human flesh and liked the taste. We all need
to be extra careful when we walk outside.
“Thank you all for helping today and special
thanks to Beth for once again preparing a wonderful dinner.”
Everyone clapped for Beth who waved from
the kitchen, and then it was finally time to relax. I
finished the day with a shower. The pressure
wasn’t great and the water was only warm, but it
felt wonderful. Bill said the low pressure was due
to many people throughout the Naples area leaving
their faucets on after the water stopped flowing
and the storage reservoir was still not totally filled.
He had the locations of all of the major shutoff
valves in the North Naples water distribution system, and tomorrow Frank and Janet agreed to shut
off everything except the water going to the campus.
Chapter 16
Samana Cays, the Bahamas
Captain Sanchez and his officers had been
looking at satellite images of the Bahamas for a full
day before they settled on stocking up on provisions at Samana Cays, a small apparently uninhabited island southwest of Nassau. Close up images from the satellite had shown a single 150 foot
yacht anchored just a few hundred yards off the
south side of the island, just outside a coral reef.
Sanchez ordered his ship to surface just a
mile south of the anchored yacht and then slowly
approached the smaller boat. It was early morning
and the boat looked deserted. Sanchez took out his
megaphone. “Ahoy Lucky Charm, this is the USS
Jimmy Carter. Is there anyone on board?
A family of four appeared on the rear deck
and began waving. Sanchez waved back. “Lucky
Charm, please raise anchor and approach the
starboard side of our ship.”
The man climbed onto the flying bridge,
and Sanchez could hear their engine start and see
the anchor rise onto the bow pulpit. As the Lucky
Charm approached his ship, some of his crew
helped the yacht tie up to the starboard side of the
submarine. Sanchez climbed down from the
group of five will elect some officers, and every year
we can repeat the process.
“I would like to see a show of hands to indicate how many of you are in favor of holding some
type of formal elections.”
Everyone raised their hands, even the little
kids.
“Okay, I guess that makes it unanimous.
Since Patty is our resident lawyer, I’d like her to
post some rules for our election on the front entrance to Building H tomorrow morning.
“On a separate issue, I’d like to let everyone
know that Jessie, Josh, and I broke into Costco
and restored temporary power to their freezers and
refrigerators. Now we’ll have a place to store some
of our food supplies. But the smell from the spoiled
food was pretty terrible.
“So tomorrow we’re going to need several
volunteers to clean up the place. Also, Bill’s team
which has given us all water, are now going to be
providing permanent solar power to Costco. On a
separate issue, does anyone know how to drive a
garbage truck?”
Steven, a guy who had just arrived from
Marco Island, raised his hand. “I drove a garbage
truck up in Detroit just after getting out of college.
My history degree didn’t get me any other work, so
I guess I’m your man.”
“Does anyone know where the garbage
dump is located that Waste Management uses?”
A woman named Rachel raised her hand.
“It’s located just a little southeast of Naples. I forget the name of the road, but I know where it is.”
“Well Rachel, I’d appreciate it if you would
help Steve; and Steve, maybe you can work out a
schedule for some type of routine garbage pickup
service.
“I’ve got one more request; Today Patty,
Greg, and Stan helped bury some of the dead
whose remains were on campus. They’re not done
yet; it’s going to take a few more days, but we need
to bury all of the dead. It’s a health and safety issue. I’m guessing the run in we had with Mr. Bear
today was probably because he was dining on
some human flesh and liked the taste. We all need
to be extra careful when we walk outside.
“Thank you all for helping today and special
thanks to Beth for once again preparing a wonderful dinner.”
Everyone clapped for Beth who waved from
the kitchen, and then it was finally time to relax. I
finished the day with a shower. The pressure
wasn’t great and the water was only warm, but it
felt wonderful. Bill said the low pressure was due
to many people throughout the Naples area leaving
their faucets on after the water stopped flowing
and the storage reservoir was still not totally filled.
He had the locations of all of the major shutoff
valves in the North Naples water distribution system, and tomorrow Frank and Janet agreed to shut
off everything except the water going to the campus.
Chapter 16
Samana Cays, the Bahamas
Captain Sanchez and his officers had been
looking at satellite images of the Bahamas for a full
day before they settled on stocking up on provisions at Samana Cays, a small apparently uninhabited island southwest of Nassau. Close up images from the satellite had shown a single 150 foot
yacht anchored just a few hundred yards off the
south side of the island, just outside a coral reef.
Sanchez ordered his ship to surface just a
mile south of the anchored yacht and then slowly
approached the smaller boat. It was early morning
and the boat looked deserted. Sanchez took out his
megaphone. “Ahoy Lucky Charm, this is the USS
Jimmy Carter. Is there anyone on board?
A family of four appeared on the rear deck
and began waving. Sanchez waved back. “Lucky
Charm, please raise anchor and approach the
starboard side of our ship.”
The man climbed onto the flying bridge,
and Sanchez could hear their engine start and see
the anchor rise onto the bow pulpit. As the Lucky
Charm approached his ship, some of his crew
helped the yacht tie up to the starboard side of the
submarine. Sanchez climbed down from the
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