Day 1 — The beginning of a long journey
As I wake up at home, in my old house in Redford, it’s been a week since the alert was issued. In the first days the TV news still let you follow the progress of the pandemic, but the government was quickly overwhelmed. Today the televisions and radios emit a chilling silence, but I mustn’t let myself fall apart. There’s still electricity and running water — for now — but for how long?