Great news! We found my sister Jen today!
She got a hold of me via my blog. She was hiding out at the Barnes & Noble she worked at.
The Internet is still up, as you know. I had blogged about going to my house and meeting up with Billy. Jen explained that after Mom and Dad dropped her off at her friend Emma's when they went to the hospital, Emma started to get sick. Emma's Dad headed to the treatment center near them which was formerly their high school. The center was surrounded by armed National Guardsmen. It seemed strange to Emma's dad, so he parked and told Jen to stay hidden in the car, and left the keys. He told her that if he didn't come out by nightfall, to take the car and leave.
Jen saw Emma's Dad speaking to the guard at the front door, and in no time both he and Emma were surrounded by 6 guards. They escorted them in by gunpoint.
Jen stayed in the car for 5 hours, waiting for them to come out. They didn't, so at nightfall, just as Emma's Dad had told her, she left.
She went to Mom and Dad's house first. When she pulled into the driveway, she saw a stranger walking around the house and got scared. Since she had a key to the Barnes & Noble, she went there. It seemed safe, although eery as no one else was there.
She had been there since Thursday. Her cell phone had no power, so she started using one of the store computers trying to email and IM anyone and everyone she new. Nobody responded, not even Billy. Billy's cell seems to be working, so we are guessing the email server at Xavier is down. Getting bored, she started Googling for names of people she new, to get email addresses or phones, and this blog came up.
Greg, Billy, Johnny Dog and I jumped in the Jeep and drove right over to Barnes & Noble. Jerry recommended traveling in groups of three (another passage in the Survival guide I assume) and he stayed behind. When we got to the store, we banged on the front door and she came out. She was shaken, but was OK.
We couldn't believe it! We had found Jen, and on Christmas Day no less! She had no idea what had happened to Mom and Dad though.
After getting Jen back to the warehouse, we got her something to eat and after she calmed down, she told us how she had ended up at Barnes & Noble.
As we were sitting watching her eat, she paused, looked up from her food and asked, "Have you seen people wandering around outside here?"
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