Day 74

It started with the insects. At least, that’s what they said at the beginning before all the televisions went out. They said it was because of some new gene that had been developing in certain types of insects. We didn’t think much of it at first. Throw on some more bug spray and stay out of humid areas.

But bug spray didn’t work for long.

It took less than 10 days for the government to falter. On the fourth day, martial law was declared. On the fifth day, the president was given limitless power to guide the nation. The sixth day, the president was dead.

Most of the people who stayed in the cities turned into one of… those things.

Only the people who got out or were far enough away from patient zero were able to survive. The last radio broadcast I heard was on an emergency channel on day 22. It said that an estimated 90% of the population had been infected.

The next morning, all the radios were dead.

As far as I can tell and remembering what I learned about virus’s in high school, this thing acts like a cancer. 

Anything that doesn’t have it is a target for the cancer to slowly spread.

I can only hope that the radio was wrong. If only 10% of humanity is left…

Anyways, we have set up a nice little shelter here in the warehouse. Alfonso says that we can stay here for a week or two, as long as we are able to find some more food. Linda said that we might be able to scrounge some supplies from the surrounding rural houses for a few days. With any luck, we’ll hit a jackpot and be able to set up here a little longer.

It’s dark, but there’s more than enough trash and debris to burn to keep everything that needs lit nice and bright, not to mention cook our quickly dwindling supplies of meat.

Jenny says she used to live in a house just six or seven miles from here and that there was a grocery store a mile or so from there. We just need to find some weapons and we can go and check it out. Chances are, bandits have already ravaged it, but you never know what they might have missed. At this point, every little bit helps.

Oh, and I found some socks. They are bio-hazard-safe, which is a big selling point. Found them in the employee locker room in a dingy subterranean room below the central floor. I guess some of the warehouses around here are connected for some reason.

Who cares, though. My feet are dry for the first time in days.

Well, this battery is almost dead. I have another one that I am hoping lasts a little longer. Hopefully, we can get to that grocery store and see if they have some electronics too.

Of course, that’s hardly a priority.

Anyways, that’s all for now. Derek and I are going to go back down below and see if we can find anything to use as a weapon in case we want to go for the grocery store.

Until then.