There are warnings on the news about a huge hurricane coming: the biggest one in years and people are being reassured that the government have been working on underground safe rooms that will accommodate everyone when the hurricane comes; these places are being highlighted on a map on the television screen. A program starts and a few minutes in an emergency warning breaks in and the same news reporter tells everyone that the time has come to evacuate their house and make their way the their nearest safe rooms which are again being shown on the television screen. The girl panics but does as she is told and shouts to her boyfriend. [The girl is around 20 years old and has long blonde hair. She is on holiday in Galveston, Texas visiting her boyfriend. He is also 20 and at Galveston University in Texas studying medicine.]
She hurriedly packs her bag and makes her way to the car. The roads are busy and the atmosphere is tense, the blocked road goes as far as the eye can see. They slowly but finally gets to their nearest safe room and again everyone is panicking and trying to push their way through the crowds to get to the front. They manage to squeeze in and the door starts to close. As the door is about half way down they realise that there are some children outside playing, everyone panics but nothing can be done. Suddenly a man runs out and tries to get them and get back through the door before it closes. He doesn’t make it and neither do the children. The screen goes black and suddenly an alarm is heard, there is an alarm clock in a bedroom, it’s from the girl’s perspective. It turns out it was all just a dream. But as the day goes on the dream starts again in exactly the same way. The girl realises that she has to try and save the children and their dad.
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