With much cheer and pleasant conversation, the evening of July the 19th was a simple Friday night. With eighteen people placed in a room fit for eight, the energy was high and the discussion was lively. Although it wasn't said out loud, we all knew they were just there for the ice cream cake that would be served at precisely 7:00.
The guests, fed and content, left that simple abode to embark on a journey which would kindly deposit them at their own humble dwelling with the span of a few minutes. You see, there are many benefits to living so near to ones relatives.
Though it was but 9:00, the sky was clouding over and the threat of a storm lay thick in the air. The guests had all departed, the dishes had been placed in the dishwasher, the living room was placed back to it's original settings and the residents of the simple abode were settling down to enjoy a good book before the restless night that awaited them.
Had they known what that dark sky would create, would they have sat there so peacefully? Would they have been so comfortable in their simple abode?
The reality of the situation hit when they viewed the fallen tree branches through the lightning of the persistent storm. That was the beginning of an unsettling and sleepless night which was becoming more and more apparent by the moment.
315 of 1263, this is t-bear signing off
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