yidnar
Diamond Member
It's a bright Monday morning and you are on your way to work . Traffic is gridlocked in the major port city you live in ....The kids are in school and your spouse is still in bed after the night shift she just pulled at the plant ..For the past few Yrs things have been going well after one of the worst recessions in American history .After being laid off from the docs for nearly 2 yrs forcing your wife to seek employment going back to work unloading cargo has really been a Godsend.The bills are getting paid ,there's plenty of food on the table and the bank account is growing once again . You're thinking maybe it's time to surprise the misses and tell her with the promotion to foreman coming up you will make enough money so that she can quit here job and go to college to study nursing !! With the radio playing an old classic Billy Joel song and the beautiful view of the gulf of Mexico dominating the view out of your drivers side window nothing could ruin the optimism you have for the future !! While Still about a mile and a half from the ship yard the air is so clear and clean that on the horizon you can just make out the top of a giant crane used to unload cargo from one of the many ships that sail into and out of the port every day of the week ...And then out of nowhere a flash brighter than the sun fills the skyline in front of you !!Luckily you are wearing dark sunglasses to protect your eyes ,but the light is still so bright that you pull quickly to the side of the road ...all of this takes place in about 4 seconds .Still confused about what just happened you look in the direction that weird flash came from.....And you stare in shock at the gigantic mushroom cloud rising in front of you !!........And then the wind picks up, and as you stare in horror you can actually see the shock wave racing towards you evident by the palm trees bursting into flames and being uprooted by an invisible wave of super heated air !! Your last thoughts are she was going to go to nursing school ........
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