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Captain Joseph Harmony was just leaving the surgical center of the Evac Hospital. A collection of containers grouped in a T near one edge of the hospital encampment. Far enough from the triage center so as not to be in the way of incoming emergency equipment, and people, yet close enough to get a severely injured person into the surgery in a hurry. It was a little before 0200, and he had just finished a tricky bit of surgery on a baby. The baby’s lung had collapsed due to a birth defect. His staff had assisted him in transplanting a new lung into the child. It was drastic delicate surgery that if successful, would give the child a new lease on life. It was rewarding work and he felt tremendously good for having helped a new life live. He felt a tremor. Like that of a heavy truck moving nearby. But he saw no truck. Next he heard a roaring sound and looked toward the sound. He couldn’t see anything at first.
He looked to the river a mile away and saw it. A wall of water seventy feet high began sweeping down the river.
“Oh shit,” was all that he could think of as he touched the stud on his implant, “Hospital Push, Emergency! All hands we have a flash flood. Stand by to bug out. Air Boss!”
“This is the air boss,” a voice called, “We see it. Are you safe?”
“I am not sure,” The captain, who was now the commander of the hospital called, “I’m ordering the hospital to be made ready for a bug out.”
“You’ll have landing craft in twenty minutes. We’ll take your patients to orbit,” The air boss called.
“Air Boss, get someone on that river and see what damage that thing is causing. We have a small town about five miles from us. The way that water is moving it should be there soon!”
“We’re on it,” the air boss called.
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