Internet finds

I found another dude blogging in town, Jared Watson.  He sounds pretty crazy... the guy is obsessed with zombies and his last post is about him thinking there are zombies in Ada, although up to that point he was pretty coherent.  Its more than a bit odd, but then again what's been going on around town is a more than a bit odd too.

At least its good to have company during Ada's whatever this is, so I added his blog to my blog list on the right.

Also, found this: http://songza.com/z/26d8um

Ok its way too late, I'm hitting the sack.

Screw the News

I spent a couple hours searching for an outside news story on what is going on here. I can't find anything. Apparently, according to local area news, Ada had a freak blizzard and the town is shut down and that's why nobody can come here. BS. I live here, I would have noticed a blizzard. Outside of this region, no mention of Ada anywhere.

What I have noticed is police, and the CDC, and unmarked fed cars, and empty streets.

I did finally remember to turn on a radio. (Ancient technology, yeesh.) They're broadcasting emergency messages about the quarantine, but just locally I would assume. They say to close up your windows and shutters. Um, its winter out, so check. And they say to lock your doors, which seems like a no brainer, so check.

This making me a bit nervous though. They may be treating us like idiots, but I know they're not... so the implications of needing to lock my door is... something I'm trying not to think about.

I'm going to keep looking on the internet for more info. Maybe some one else is blogging about this.

Get Down Wth The Sickness

You coppers get up, come on, get down with the sickness!

Its funny. Really. See, I'm barricaded in by police and other govt. types because my town is under a quarantine because of some terrible disease or something that nobody really knows about. See? Funny.

I broke down today and went and snuck over to a local bar for lunch. Nearly every place is shut down in light of the quarantine, but a few locals are sticking it out. The bar is a great place for up to the minute news, plus, I needed to taste some real food.

I got a really disturbing sense walking to the bar. The streets are empty. Well not quite empty... Every once in awhile a police car drives by, or a CDC vehicle. I stayed out of sight of them, figuring they would just tell me to go home if they saw me. In the distance, at either end of the town, you can see the flashing emergency lights of the vehicles forming the barricade.

I did get a look inside the passing CDC vehicle, and I kid you not, they had those creepy gas masks. I'm trying to ignore that. Other than the patrols, just empty. Its very bleak, very unsettling. I feel like I'm stuck someplace between Roswell and Chernobyl.

Ok, anyway, so I went to the bar for lunch. Russ, one of the cooler bartenders was working, but most of the employees were hanging out there too. There was naturally several of the die-hard regulars. There was also a handful of out out-of-towners. They were at the bar the night Ada was closed up and have no place to go. Most of them actually didn't care about their situation. "Better than being at work" one guy told me.

So I got the scoop on our situation. With all those college kids getting sick, somebody called the Center for Disease Control. And the CDC came in hard. As far as what this mystery disease is... nobody knows. There were plenty of stories and most of them are far fetched.

A few suspect a new outbreak of the bubonic plague (come on, really?). One guy said a drunk college kid tried to fight him and even bit him at a convenience store the night the town was barricaded, so it must be a rabies out break (come on, really?). The most likely theory I've heard is that SARS or something came back and that's why the CDC is here. At least most of the college kids made it home for their break before it all happened, the lucky farts. Still, there were lots of rumors about college kids acting really strangely, moping around, and wandering thru the street, starting fights... you know, acting like the college kids we all know and love!

After lunch I did what any reasonable person would do. I bought a case of beer and two fifths of Jack and went back home. I'm now prepared for anything.

It has occurred to me that I should look into this in the news, so I'm going to do that. And afterwards, I hear Left 4 Dead is a good game so I'm going to try it. Jimus84 is my Steam name if anyone wants to join me!


PS. I don't like Disturbed... however their song some how feels appropriate.