I had a large table placed in my chambers and we sat around with many others in attendance. We had no further information about the large party though...the sentry corps was continuing to watch them and try to find out whom they might be and why they were coming our way.Mandor said, "I had a report just before we left. They don't seem to be Sin Loos and are primarily male. No one has made contact. They are getting close to one of the passes. We can't avoid contact much longer. I would prefer to. The horsey house had 6 rooms with two twin beds.The Crash house had three bedrooms with twin beds, a living room and a dining room that could each hold 3 army cots.The gears in my head were spinning and my pencil making notes."OK, here is the reality of the situation. The storm is not going to clear out for another 24 hours at the earliest. Then it will be another day before the major airports are even marginally operational," I said."We have army cots coming, plenty of dry beans and potatoes,. T.C. That guy had been a jerk, and this one was a jerk,though Celeste didn't seem to think so. She was laughing at some idiotic thingthe guy was saying and her 38DD's were shaking in the miniscule black bikinitop. Every guy on the beach was staring at her boobs. Sergeant Rock offered Cel a Marlboro, and she lit up. That wasn't fair! Celestehad decided—her decision the year before that they would quit smoking.Celeste had quit almost immediately, it had seemed, but Ted had lots of troublewith. It never got all that cold in Edwards Texas. In the middle of winter, it was nearly fifty degrees outside. Sleeping in the bedroom she shared with Lisa, Jamie wore a long flannel nightgown and cotton panties, with a light sheet it was plenty.Jamie was fast asleep, when she awoke with a start. There was no moon, so it was totally dark outside. There were no lights, so it was totally dark inside. Lisa’s Baby Ben over on the dresser, showed that she had been asleep for maybe an hour. There was no.