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then I’m sure they boot up just fine because the batteries are ok.  If you have an inverter in the car you can charge them without a problem.  Unfortunately, the Internet is down.  For the first time in recorded history when someone says ‘Hey, the Internet is down’ they’re actually right.  The whole thing is really and truly down!”
    “Calm down, Eric.”  Joel said.
    “I am calm, Joel, I really am.  I’ve just spent too much time being a sheep dog and you two are too intelligent to be acting like sheep.”  Rachael was about to take offense to the last remark and Joel was fast on her heels with, “Now just a minute”, but Eric kept right on going.
    “I wasn’t trying to offend you, although anyone with a brain can see I just did.  That wasn’t my point at all but I’ll let myself out now.  I was trying to get you to entertain for a minute that you might not have all the information.  I’m done, I’ve said my piece.  If you don’t believe me maybe you should ask Sheri when she gets home.”
    Eric got up from the kitchen table and headed for the front door, passing Joshua, the Taylor’s sixteen-year-old son, on the way out.
    “Hey, Mr. Tripp.  You’re out and about awful early.” ‘Awful early’ actually came out ‘awwwuuul uurreeeee’ as Joshua had yet to learn not to speak through a yawn.  Sixteen years old and he hadn’t learned to cover his mouth while yawning yet either, apparently.
    “Morning, Josh--you have no idea.”  As he passed Josh, Eric looked over his shoulder at Joel and Rachael with raised eyebrows while moving his eyes between them and their son.  He didn’t say another word but the message was clear:  If I’m wrong, so be it; but if I’m right, what about your kids?
    Eric let himself out and Rachael brought over bowls of cereal for Josh and Maya, who had also come down just as Eric was leaving.  They had to use the milk while it was still cold, and they were using the ice to keep frozen foods as close to frozen as they could.  Josh and Maya were both kids, there were no two ways about it, but they were fairly mature for their age
    As they ate, Joel and Rachael looked at each other across the length of the table each willing the other to make the first mention of the night before.  Finally, Joshua broke the silence and the tension.
    “Ok, what’s up, what did we do?  Did you guys find Maya’s Playboys?” For which statement, Josh was rewarded by a kick in the shin from his sister.
    “Eww, as if!  You are so gross!”
    Rachael rolled her eyes and Joel stifled a laugh, which was a welcome if short-lived change.
    “No, and let’s just not go there, Joshua Michael Taylor.  It isn’t anything you’ve done. Although, if there’s something we should know, now’s the time to spill it; I seriously doubt your mother and I could be any more surprised about anything than we think we are right now.”
    “No,” Joel repeated, pausing to take a breath, “It’s about why Mr. Tripp was over so early this morning.  Maya, do you remember waking up and seeing the aurora borealis last night?”
    …..
     

Chapter Four
    “Ten-to-one the radio doesn’t work.” Sheri muttered to herself after the lights went out.  “Figures.”  This they had actually drilled for--a lot.  Not to this catastrophic level, but a power plant losing power isn’t as impossible as most people might think.  All it takes is one idiot pushing the wrong button and the outside world keeps getting their power just like always, while everyone inside is in the dark.  Ok, technically it takes three idiots, a manager, two switches in different rooms, and five minutes--the point is that it’s possible.
    The emergency lights came on after about a two-second delay and Sheri reached into her left-hand top desk drawer for her three D-cell Mag-Light.  She didn’t carry a purse to work--she had a wallet--and her keys were on a carabineer on a belt-loop.  Ok, now for the radio .   Dead,