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lights out sit here and write… my rifle is slung over my shoulder even as I sit here… There is a knock at the door. Back soon…
     
    2350 hrs
     
      One of my fellow officers from the squadron came over to tell me about the rumours he had heard from our mutual friend when he came back from a mission over one of the outbreak areas in Atlanta, GA. During the mission, Jake said that he had seen numerous infected corpses walking the streets in the south part of town. He said he could see the stray dogs barking at them in the streets and watched as the infected tried to lunge at the dogs. He was using the camera pod to digitally zoom in. To him it seemed like some of the younger gang members were trying to take law into their own hands by shooting the infected corpses.
     
      From what my friend said, Jake was white as a ghost when he landed, not believing what his eyes had showed him. Chris, my midnight visitor was scared from what Jake had told him, I could see it in his eyes. He asked if I wanted to come with him and stay on the base in the shelter that they had organized. I knew what he was talking about. On the base there are numerous cold war bomb shelters still active and mostly being used to store civil defence food and water and various medical supplies. I looked at Chris and told him that he would be ok, just keep a level head and watch his buck.
     
      I told him that I was going to stay here alone and try to keep out of view of anybody and anything. He asked me if I was sure, I told him yes. He left and I'm tired. Going to lock it up and watch some news then TRY to get some sleep. I still can't believe this. Part of me wants to see for myself, part of me wants to just hide under the table with my guns and shiver.
     
    January 13th, 1143 hrs
     
      No sleep came for me last night. I kept hearing police and ambulance sirens and fire trucks. Very disturbing. Thought I could hear gunshots in the distance, but it could have been vehicle backfire. Got out of bed at 0500 hrs. Went to the garage to get the florescent bulbs for perimeter and inside lights. I normally use regular bulbs because they are a little brighter, but given my situation, I may have to temporarily live off solar battery power if any fires knock out the transformers or power grid.
     
      The news is only portraying death doom and destruction. The news is now saying that every major city is reporting cases of the dead walking. This morning I began boarding up all my windows, even the ones that are not on ground level. I also boarded up the two vulnerable windows that I recently installed bars on, just in case. I feel pretty safe about the windows. I put the efficient bulbs on my perimeter lights.
     
       Disadvantage: It takes them a couple of seconds to come on when the motion sensor trips.
     
       Advantage: Will not drain my submarine batteries too much. I'm concerned about my safely, but I am taking every precaution to ensure that I am doing ok, I'm making a new section for supplies so that I can keep track of the amount of water and food I am consuming. Also checked the acid level of my batteries. They are good to go. Should last through this, unless… well I don't want to go there right now.
     
    1555 hrs
     
      I finally got through to my Mother and Stepfather (Dad). Mom was hysterical. I had to talk to dad to get any words in. He told me that things were fine and that they were as safe as possible. They hadn't seen any signs of the disease, but told me that there were reports in town of possible outbreak (10 miles away).
     
      They had the guns and dogs ready for looters if the situation should arise. I asked dad what his plans were if things got too bad at home. He said that he and mom and the dogs would probably head out to Fincher cave if things got too bad. It is just a small cave that I used to play in when I was young. Old man Fincher used to threaten to shoot me with his rock salt loaded twelve gauge if I kept