Things here are an ‘effin mess. The storm blew about every transformer and started hundreds, perhaps thousands, too many fires to count. Except for ... few hot spots they’ve since burned out. Half of Meeker is in ruins, and most of the other half is heavily damaged. I’m okay. Over.“Oh, my God! That is awful. Mable, what happened? Over.”“Liberty, a better question would be, ‘What didn’t happen?’ Almost everything is busted, broken, or ashes. Aside from a few go-karts and ATVs, about the only. Joe picked up his desk phone and dialed a short number. “Traffic,” said a tinny voice from the receiver.“Thomas?” Joe said, “This is Joe up in Engineering.”“Hey man, how’s it going?” Tom replied. Thomas Goodfried liked Joe Price ever since he had met the man. That was one of the first times Tom had worked the night shift on his own since being promoted to Supervisor and everything was going to hell in a handbasket. A turbine - generator (TG) set that was on rush order was still on the test. . I'll be back tonight, I promise. Oh, yeah, you'd better twist up the security another notch or two. I'm not going through this shit again ... Yeah, well fuck my language. I'm sending you the name of a protection service Danny recommends, I want them on the job before I get back tonight ... Yeah, well I'm telling you I'm not moving my ass from this spot until they're on the job."I also want background checks on all our employees, I don't give a shit if they wiped my ass as a baby ... I know. I smiled back saying no harm done and chanced on this to strike a conversation.She was surprisingly open-minded and we discussed marriage and both agreed would give anything to go back to the no strings relationships enjoyed during college days. While leaving we traded phone numbers and went our different ways.The next Friday, I pinged her on WA and she responded saying what took me so long to msg her. This response gave me the courage to skip formalities and get straight to the point. I told.