So I was going to go out today, the radiation's dropped down enough that I can go outside for a couple hours, well according to the field manuals in the footlocker, and it's well below the levels civil defense said are safe. But it's raining again.

I've been playing cards, and a lot of cards.

I didn't realize it till my fifth shuffle but I'm missing three cards from my deck.

It's also getting colder. I don't have a thermometer in the apartment, but it's been nippy, and I don't want to risk the air conditioner and blow in a bunch of irradiated air.... well..I don't know if it works that way. If someone sees this and knows does radiation work that way.

Actually I don't even know if the air conditioner even works, or if I should try it. Gas supplies seem to be working for now, the water heater's still running.

I guess for now I'll just keep wearing a jacket.


If you're seeing this and didn't hear, some remnants of the government are coming out of the shelters now, no reports on major stuff, but there's been some fema and national guard announcements that Radio Auberry has patched through. Stuff about keeping calm though. No actual information about the state of the rest of the world.

I also read through a couple more field manuals and found a cache of maps and a compass in a manila envelope, the envelope was labeled "Other Cache Locations".

Here's the rundown of the maps:

There's a U.S. map with a few states marked in red pen and other writing that I have no idea what it means.
A California map with six blue circles, and a red circle, and a green circle around the town I'm in.
And seven maps that I haven't looked at yet. I'll look at them later.