Monday, June 3, 2019

Fear of the Known


More than 15,000 home fires are started by dryer fires every year, usually from lint build-up, but few people are aware of this danger in their homes. Tornadoes and black ice are another issue altogether.




“Get to the basement!” 
Kurt captained his family to safety, wedging them in the southwest basement corner under blankets and an upended mattress. The concrete walls did little to alleviate the imagined horror of the roof being torn away, the house’s undifferentiated contents being sucked skyward, furniture and human shrapnel littering the landscape.
Out of the southwest sky snaked five black vortices, tearing homes from foundations in a sinister hula as they lunged closer to the fragile house.
“Momma,” sobbed Lisa “where’s Buddy?” The beloved family Dachshund had been forgotten in the rush to a safe place.
Kurt looked at Mary, then down at the kids, and again at Mary.
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