>From: "Eris Reddoch"
>
> >> >> >> >> Ship time: 0997.261.1500
> >> >> >> >> Ranch time: 0997.261.1600
> >> >> >> >> Characters: Woof and Jezebel
>
>>>Meanwhile, Jez has dealt with the second "device", the one in the
>>>water of the northmost stream, and is heading back south. The rain is
>>>very heavy and the wind is starting to whip down the valleys. As she
>>>passes down into the valley with the central dam she sees whitecaps
>>>on the surface of the lake, and water is starting to slop over the
>>>top of the earth and rock dam. As she hurries her horse past the dam
>>>she sees water coming through the dirt...this dam isn't going to
>>>hold for more than another hour at this rate, and all that water is
>>>going to come rushing down this valley into the river to the west.
>
> >"That's not good, that's not good at all."
>
>>>Jez continues heading back for the southern most dam and is moving up
>>>the opposite ridge when she hears an echoing "BOOM!" followed almost
>>>immediately by two much smaller "booms" to her north.
>
>>>Jez, hears rumbling and crashing coming from over the ridge and her
>>>horse's ears stand straight up as it plants its feet...clearly
>>>startled by the noises.
>
>>"Sonovabitch." Jezebel spurs the horse on to the ridge top so she >>can
>>have a look down into the next valley.
>
>Jezebel sees a raging torrent of water sweeping down the valley along
>with boulders and rocks. Looking to her left she sees the dam has
>completely collapsed. Whether from an explosion or just from the
>pressure of the filled to overflowing lake behind the dam she doesn't
>know.
Yep poor silly little me... No idea what just happened... Dams of earth do
not boom when they let go... they just sluff away.
>>She quickly taps the com trying to raise Woof.
>
>Woof has a dialtone, and is getting ready to make a call when he hears
>Jezebel's voice over the comm channel. Her voice is tinny and there is
>considerable static, but he clearly hears...
>
>>"Woof Woof, do you copy?"
"Woof! If you can hear me get the hell out of the valley, dam number one
just let go and about ten billions litre's of water is taking the express
route to the ocean. If you can get a message out get those people out of
the lowlands because we've got trouble, right here in river city."
Jezebel turns her horse about, "They've maybe got an hour before the water
gets to the farmlands, maybe more, maybe less. I'm going back to check the
other dams."
With that she clicks the mike off and races back to the second dam.
