Dream/nightmare Sept 26 2014 by Paul D West Dream/nightmare is as follows: Daytime around 3:00 pm. i was with some family members (a great many now deceased today) having a marvelous time in the back yard. Music was playing loudly as usual? While i was barbecuing all kinds of stuff? Heck, this is how i spell,Heaven in my moderately conservative book of life. With someone else watching the barbecuing I was showing some friends our newest addition? It was a big beautiful red in color 50 ton tractor with gold trim. This monster stood roughly 15 feet tall and had the combined horsepower of ten+ big bad diesel rigs too boot... In the middle of the yard on this concrete slab stood a dark walnut picnic table, that was loaded with all kinds of junk. Had just put down some hot hamburgers on this same table when that cool music (local classic rock radio station) was interrupted by this weird sounding tone jazz? This, immediately got our full attention thus, bringing everything including some interesting conversations, too a virtual standstill format.... After about 6 or more short burst tones, we heard an emergency announcement like thus? [This is the national weather service - serving, the tr-state area. Attention!!! An important message to follow in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 The national weather service has just issued a severe thunderstorm combination extreme radiation alert mandated protocol # 21-R for the following counties?] (Hmm, lets skip that long boring part OK and just say it was for about 50+ counties) Alert continues: [An upper-level disturbance combined with some highly radioactive clouds could radiate some areas in the Ti-state region in the next few hours: You are hereby ordered to take cover immediately in your fallout shelters or save rooms, if this weather system moves in your direction: Remember these isotopes when mixed with rainwater can radiate a very large area of land in a short amount of time too: You are ordered to leave your radio on this station until further notice!] END: After that frightening announcement this station went kinda dead silent, no more kick ass music just a puzzling feeling in us all. So, we busy beavers started putting everything away >ASAP. Oh yeah, many were getting ready to take cover in those shelters? Oh no man? I dont remember any shelters? We walked all over the backyard asking each family member, where in the hell are these damn shelters located? Well nobody knew Jack. The crisp Labrador blue sky was still just as bright, for it was indeed a nice warm sunny day, shame to waste it looking for these nonexistent shelters? About an half or so hour latter, there were a few storm clouds approaching from out of the west, and time was no longer on our side. I gave up trying to find this darn shelter after about a good hour of searching for it jazz. However, my search did turn up this very old Geiger counter - manufactured back in the late 1950s.... My first reaction was to turn that crude ancient device on but, as usual with my luck even in dreamland, it failed to work. Hmm, i said this to my long dead uncle Marty whom died and was buried some 15 years ago in that real life timeline, maybe the batteries are dead or perhaps missing all together? What do you think Marty? He replied, its indeed possible Paul. I continued theorizing, maybe a component had worn out over the years, for this thing is quite old indeed and Im not sure if its tube or transistorized? Just then Marty shrugged his shoulders indecisively and rudely without saying a single word more or less just walked away. i sat the device down on my work bench, reached for a small screw driver and took out the top 4 screws. Once all the screws had been removed i couldnt seem to get that darn metal lid to pop off. Darn-it, obviously years of rust and decay had made it difficult but, not impossible to open. So i wrestled with it for a little while until that blasted metal lid was free at last. Yelp,sure enough the batteries ~ two 6 volt lantern type D cells had indeed gone dead a long long long time ago thus, had corroded down until they were these disgusting acid dripping pieces of junk, !!!Yuck!!! Did a little cleaning then installed some new batteries and now needed to test this device. Hmm? Looking around the garage soon discovered an old smoke alarm. Took it apart, then removed the circuit board via ion chamber containing a known radioactive element housed at the very bottom. It took about two to three seconds for the device to detect these extremely weak particles of ionizing radiation, success it now works great... The sky was now getting darker by the minute, could hear a little thunder but, it was coming from many miles away. Nobody seemed concerned that if we didnt take cover soon we could be exposed to something that would kill us eventually? Everyone, had heard that doom & gloom broadcast earlier, and were expecting the very worst. Thunder became louder as the wind grew stronger, I knew this storm was about to hit us, and hit us it did with a great deal of force that sent my heavy wooden picnic table flipping over and over across the yard until it was smashed to pieces hitting an all steel fence post. Things were certainly falling apart just as we made it indoors a hard rain began to fall. My first action was to turn the Geiger counter on, and select the lowest setting possible for the best reading. Didnt hear anything not a click! Great, I said this loudly, I just fixed this damn thing! Rats! Just then heard a crashing sound upstairs, ran to those stairs ready to go up but, first noticed that the carpet was really wet and quite slippery too. Apparently, a tree limb of considerable size had smashed right through the roof and taking out a few upstairs windows. So now this unfriendly rain was flooding every room up there and down here as well. Just then before he could take one step someone yelled out, Hey man that Geiger thingy is began to click! Wasting no time ran over to that same room and to my surprise it was indeed making a very loud clicking sound. Looking down at that small device the meter was registering a reading of, just .05 rads? Immediately picked the small unit up holding it in my right hand, sensor probe in the left and began scanning that room. Hmm? Was strongest near the living room sofa due to this leak which had originated directly upstairs, and now a ton of water was dripping through the ceiling directly over my all glass coffee table. Shouted out holy shi*, the rain water is now radioactive, and theres no way to stop this rain from getting in + its contaminating everything and everyone right now.... Just as i was mouthing off more theoretically based jargon, the counter went really crazy? That clicking was considerably quite a bit louder now and the meter had hit top end. The count reading was now several hundred rads per hour, for i couldnt seem to find the right scale! No, this was now reaching into that dangerous deadly level and trying to calibrate it was now useless. Everyone, around me freaking out saying stuff like, my god were all gonna die; theres nowhere to run or hide from this deadly fallout! I told them all to shut the hell up, we need a plan you whining fools. The basement? Yes, the basement i said twice, lets see if its still dry. A few moments after making that bold statement i observed a flash of lightning so intensely bright that it lit up that jet black sky for miles in all directions, like it was freaking daytime. This flash was soon accompanied by several thunderously loud hear shattering explosions that shook my house so violently some windows actually shattered. Seconds after the lights went out leaving us at the mercy of that sinister darkness...... Note: the only light source that was still quite visible! Was this small fast blinking neon light mounted just above the rad meter on that Geiger counter. Need to find some flashlights in the worst way people i said this in a bit of a panic? Duh!!!. The weather outside had gotten much much worse now. Could hear and feel things smashing into the side of my house as-well-as stuff crashing right through the roof. Now it was just a matter of time before my badly damaged house would began to flood big time. Virtually working in the dark i located a new source of light after opening the top dresser drawer in my master bedroom. Thus, with these flashlights things looked a little brighter now? LOL! Located the basement door but, it was locked? What is it with these nightmares? Too damn much real life detail. i obviously didnt have the stupid key, so we smashed it in. Now quickly shining both flashlight beams down those stairs kinda freaked us out. For, it was completely flooding up to the very top of this 4 feet tall gas furnace. Thats when i made the decision to abandon this falling apart flooded out disaster of a house and take our chances outside. Suddenly, my uncle Marty began to cry out like he was in pain of something? Turned my full attention to him and could see he was truly stress out like us all. However, also noticed some blood streaming down his right cheek? The man had a deep head wound that was now bleeding profusely as he spoke! Tried everything to help him but, we had no way to stop this bleeding. Marty took a few steps in my direction tried to speak something then collapsed and died. Full attention on all my uncles I tearfully said,how did uncle Marty get injured? Just then uncle Johnny slowly approach me from just behind, he looked all messed up for his face was covered with these deep scratches and his right arm was a bloody mess too. This dear man Johnny began explaining had foolishly tried to make it all alone to his truck. i tried to stop him but, he just wouldnt listen! He would not listen at all. Paul, his truck was no longer there this hellish storm with that radioactive rain had destroyed all our vehicles. Took a few moments to gather my thoughts for I now felt kinda sorry for this heart broking man after hearing the details of Martys own foolishness. Said this to uncle Johnny, thats OK you did all that was humanly possible to stop him, dont be so hard on yourself man, hell at least you tried! Martys dead and this house is not gonna last much longer so we better vacate it while we still can...... Had just finished speaking when the walls began to gently shake in a slow forward then even slower backward motion? Hmm! Ran quickly into the kitchen surviving uncles soon followed me only to find the floor destroyed and half the house now flooded out. We were hopelessly trapped with nowhere to run, and that radiation was beginning to affect us all in a very big way ~ blisters lot of painful blisters. There seemed to be only one way to escape this? We had too swim through that flooded basement around the furnace then 50 feet to the west wall which led directly to the cellar doors. This, allowed an easy access to the backyard via garage where my 50 ton tractor was. That is if it was still in one piece? Hoped so... Harry whom died of stage 4 brain cancer a few years ago who I lovingly nicknameduncle fish man because he could hold his breath longer than us all combined was the first to swim through that completely flooding basement. He had managed to tie a skinny rope near that cellar door and now it was our turn. Timothy couldnt swim to save his life for he drowned some 30 years ago. However, this frightened man could hold his breath, and that was all he needed to do this time around.... I was last and first to go out that door before my house kindly collapsed in on its self. We started running towards the garage which was still standing for some unknown reason? i got kinda distracted by the tons of debris which was all over the freaking place at the time. John was running right besides me, i slowly turned to smile as to say way to go man we have it made man we are going to live. He then screamed out something? This just as some heavy metal thing landed right on top of him. It hit the ground with so much force it killed him instantly and sent me flying from the impact. I landed quite hard on top of something quite sharp cutting my arm wide open. Blood everywhere now, had just made to the garage! Or what was left of it? Bill was nowhere in sight, yelled out for him just as Timothy arrived shaken and battered but, in semi good health? No, we were deprived of our vitality now and i feared that these blisters on all our faces were the result of some radiation poisoning and we had already received a fatal dose by now. After all the Geiger counter was now lost forever, had no idea how many rads we had been exposed too thus far. The tractor was damaged but I managed to start it minus 2 out of 4 - 24volt headlights smashed to bits. There was some damage to the right side. Funny, once had an air-conditioned cab. There was glass all over the freaking place even in my seat too. However, there was no time to waste cleaning it off for time was now costing more precious lives by the minute. That hellish rain had now strangely stopped, and those hurricane force winds became nonexistent as well. Felt so very weak now that i had some difficultly driving this monster tractor over to an less flooded portion of land. Three uncles now dead one in serious condition including me. Timothy riding there with me in that cab looked just as bad as I felt. My hair had falling out, his too. Both were sick and felt like sleeping. Was just seating there thinking about the heavy losses to see them all died again was hard. Suddenly, something very bright and quite large came crashing down from high above killing via vaporizing us both instantly. I recall hearing this soft pleasant voice just before waking up. It kinda was warning me not to travel anywhere this year or the next, for a great calamity was coming to my now hopelessly lost country soon. Paul the voice said, time to design and build that well water DC to AC power inverter before June of 2015? Wow, gotta love these very cool dreams and =ly cool nightmares too thats why i remember these in such remarkable detail each and ever night... Woke up, walked over to my PC friend, and typed everything down you have been reading.... Finished? Next time Id like to retrace a nightmare had on Palm Sunday 1965 that just 3 hours later became a life reality for us all... End
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 03:34:19 +0000
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