Something approaches,
From over Yonder,
Be on the lookout,
And stay out of its way.
- The Sheriff -
1. Nature
Thunder rolls across the darkening hilltops like a chill races up your spine. The accompanied flashes of light are close enough to make your hair on your back stand straight and for a brief moment reveal the ominous thunderheads racing toward a secluded valley village.. The surrounding deciduous forest shakes, and the rustle of leaves cascades down the mountain side ahead of a swift updraft.
As the fading sun tucks away its light behind the clouds, a rapid cooling of the air is ensues. Its signaled by a snap in the forest, a broken limb, somewhere far away, echoing now. Repeated closer, and closer, until the cracking befuddles the creatures of the forest, whom shudder in their burrows, unable to distinguish the rumble from the ground or the sky.
The storms indiscriminate onslaught has no empathy between man made and nature as the limbs pile up on the forest floor. It was only a matter of time, that one such branch hit a raised line, high above a paved road. It causes the line came loose, and hit the ground breaking the wire. An adjacent cylinder near the break pops, and a burning smell hits the air.
The cause and effect is not really noticed here, but further down the road the village is effectively shut down. Businesses instantly notice and pick up their cell phones, complaining to the power companies, the service providers, their parents or significant others. Constantly worried about the bottom line. Unfortunately this mess won't be looked at till the storm passes, and the leaves are just starting to russel.
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