Patiently, KD7BN waited outside Clifton's Hardware until finally, Sarah finished listing shelters and asked for regular calls again. Anxiously, he pushed his speak button, "KD7BN reporting a probable murder at Clifton's Hardware, over."

When two Hams tried to call in at the same time, Sarah reeled back, "That was another double, and I didn't get either of you. Let me have the one about the murder first, please, over."

"This is KD7BN. I'm at Clifton's Hardware and I think they killed that guy over the flashlights. I haven't been inside yet because people are still going in and out. Oh, and tell Max I just talked to his Dad. He's fine, over."

"Copy KD. Is he there with you now? Over."

"Negative, Sarah. He left here about half an hour ago, headed up 15th on foot. He said a fissure opened up on the golf course and swallowed two guys right before his eyes. He also told me about some unearthed caskets over at Evergreen Cemetery. KD7BN, over."

The next Ham was WJ7V.

"WJ, go ahead."

"Sarah, we're still trying to get that little girl out of the department store. She's alive and a chopper dropped off a doctor. We've got nearly a hundred people pulled out of the top floors, but we're gonna need lights so we can keep digging after dark, over."