Maddeline Proctor
June 6th, 2012
Trout Lake, North Michigan
Well, I haven't written in this thing in years, and the dust clearly shows that, but it seems to be the right time.
The family and I (All 32 of us, several members of extended family) made it to the Upper Peninsula to our series of vacation homes that we seem to never use. After hearing, and seeing what was going on in the Detroit to Grand Rapids section of our state, the family packed up. Guns, dogs, cars, food, tools, everything we had. The other states may be safe for now, but Michigan was hit. Hard. For the first week, we saw everything. Detroit was and is a warzone, more so than it was before the virus. National news said it was probably a new type of flu, but our local stations showed us it was much, much worse.
Now, we're boarded into our vacation homes, all of the branches of our family in seperate homes that we used to use for recreation during the Summer. Considering how remote we are right now, we're pretty much safe, but we're taking some precautionary measures to keep us safe. Guard shifts, armed, local patrols, small militias, and solid walls around communities are already popping up. I'd like to say we weren't this isolated before the virus, but not much has changed up North.
But, in recent events, we've only seen a dozen or so of the infected, most of them stumbling in from Canada, since it's the only populated area around here. The bridge to the Upper Peninsula is going to have to go, though. People are running across it, looking for refuge up here, and we can't have that. Within a month, we're going to have to destroy it to keep us safe, but so far, not many actual infected have made it this far. The only problems are from starving, shelterless refuges from South Michigan. We can't help them, but we haven't resorted to violence, yet. A few actually come with supplies that we gladly trade, since we're dug in well.
For now, our little "Fort Proctor", as we've taken to calling our now fenced in little family neighborhood is in for the long haul, and we won't be leaving any time soon.
June 6th, 2012
Trout Lake, North Michigan
Well, I haven't written in this thing in years, and the dust clearly shows that, but it seems to be the right time.
The family and I (All 32 of us, several members of extended family) made it to the Upper Peninsula to our series of vacation homes that we seem to never use. After hearing, and seeing what was going on in the Detroit to Grand Rapids section of our state, the family packed up. Guns, dogs, cars, food, tools, everything we had. The other states may be safe for now, but Michigan was hit. Hard. For the first week, we saw everything. Detroit was and is a warzone, more so than it was before the virus. National news said it was probably a new type of flu, but our local stations showed us it was much, much worse.
Now, we're boarded into our vacation homes, all of the branches of our family in seperate homes that we used to use for recreation during the Summer. Considering how remote we are right now, we're pretty much safe, but we're taking some precautionary measures to keep us safe. Guard shifts, armed, local patrols, small militias, and solid walls around communities are already popping up. I'd like to say we weren't this isolated before the virus, but not much has changed up North.
But, in recent events, we've only seen a dozen or so of the infected, most of them stumbling in from Canada, since it's the only populated area around here. The bridge to the Upper Peninsula is going to have to go, though. People are running across it, looking for refuge up here, and we can't have that. Within a month, we're going to have to destroy it to keep us safe, but so far, not many actual infected have made it this far. The only problems are from starving, shelterless refuges from South Michigan. We can't help them, but we haven't resorted to violence, yet. A few actually come with supplies that we gladly trade, since we're dug in well.
For now, our little "Fort Proctor", as we've taken to calling our now fenced in little family neighborhood is in for the long haul, and we won't be leaving any time soon.
