Sunday, November 15, 2009
Fire on high
I'm at Duke University, and unlike in reality, it is located in a valley between heavily wooded hills. In the distance, I see a small fire up on a hill while I am talking to a friend, and I point it out, saying - I wonder what's burning up there? That doesn't look good - but I don't make much of it. A few hours later, after having gone inside, I notice that the fire has gotten much bigger and is spreading at the top of the hill. I go to bed, worried, but hoping that it will be taken care of. I wake up early in the morning to find that there is a thick layer of fog outside - except its not fog, its smoke, and I quickly realize the fire has not been controlled and the smoke is a sign that the fire is dangerously out of control and getting close to the university. In panic, I go out into the common room of a dorm hall that does not exist in reality, and I see a few people trying to get out with a couple of bags trying to reach a bus. However, I realize the bus takes a route that goes closer to the fire than I am willing to go, and I am wondering what to do until a staff member grabs my attention and leads me to a fire retardant building in which some people are staying until the fire is put under control. This entire time I try to call my mother, but cell phone lines are jammed or I keep losing connection, and the internet keeps going on and off.
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