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Nov. 27th, 2013 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_leeGot some more news from Saltash to share. We managed to get a group from Aldrich out there - it was a trick. But there's good news, too.
For one, they got the worst burn cases stabilised - we managed to sort out the patrol patterns enough we could sneak the worst cases just outside the border and use magic.
Two, we had Regina (Mrs Lee) and Lisa, who's her assistant, from Moddey Dhoo along, and they had all sorts of advice about garden plots and winter crops - beans and cabbage and kale. Real nutritious. They're still worried about food, though.
Three, they're looking at building a water wheel for power. Couple of people there have an idea how to make it and what to do when they've got it.
Four, I rounded up enough radio receivers they could have them various places (we got some for the various bits of the Bedford Collective, too), and both places are working on radio tower plans. (That's part of why we want the water wheel pronto.)
They're still real short on food choices, and there's still a lot of people recovering from burns and stuff. And I guess there's other news about how much MLE's been searching the caves near there, but I heard a bit about whether it's worth trying to tunnel down and meet one of the caves in the area now they're starting to lay off those searches, so we could get more food in and out easy. Other things, too, of course.
And the Aldrich folks have been talking to Saltash and to Bedford about governance and all that. (I think the Saltash folks are just still too busy to sort some of it out, but they're thinking it through.)
For one, they got the worst burn cases stabilised - we managed to sort out the patrol patterns enough we could sneak the worst cases just outside the border and use magic.
Two, we had Regina (Mrs Lee) and Lisa, who's her assistant, from Moddey Dhoo along, and they had all sorts of advice about garden plots and winter crops - beans and cabbage and kale. Real nutritious. They're still worried about food, though.
Three, they're looking at building a water wheel for power. Couple of people there have an idea how to make it and what to do when they've got it.
Four, I rounded up enough radio receivers they could have them various places (we got some for the various bits of the Bedford Collective, too), and both places are working on radio tower plans. (That's part of why we want the water wheel pronto.)
They're still real short on food choices, and there's still a lot of people recovering from burns and stuff. And I guess there's other news about how much MLE's been searching the caves near there, but I heard a bit about whether it's worth trying to tunnel down and meet one of the caves in the area now they're starting to lay off those searches, so we could get more food in and out easy. Other things, too, of course.
And the Aldrich folks have been talking to Saltash and to Bedford about governance and all that. (I think the Saltash folks are just still too busy to sort some of it out, but they're thinking it through.)
Private message to Jeremy Stretton
Date: 2013-11-27 02:28 pm (UTC)Also, I have to keep my parents in the dark about what I'm doing. Like you. Glad to share which excuses seem to worry them least, if it'd help. Or if you and I are off together, it might pass as being mates, without either set of them asking more about it, y'know?
Re: Private message to Jeremy Stretton
Date: 2013-11-27 03:56 pm (UTC)Except I should warn you in case you come by that Mother might give you strange looks. When Maureen vanished I couldn't very well say why I was all desperate and anxious so I told her I had a horrible row with a mate. Now she's afraid I'm a shirtlifter. She was already worried because I never fancied any of the witches she thought would be perfect as the mother of her grandchildren. So if she gives you a hard stare just ignore her.
Right. I'll know more about my schedule tomorrow. At least work is down to a dull roar now that I'm settling in. Though speaking of dull roars here comes Mulciber so I had better get back to it.
Re: Private message to Jeremy Stretton
Date: 2013-11-27 04:08 pm (UTC)I figured I could use the excuse I'd had a delivery for someone in the Ministry, you and I bumped into each other, started chatting, whatever. (Y'know that's my day job, right? Courier of things that can't go by floo or owl or whatever. Hasn't been handy for the Order yet, but it's a good excuse to be all over the place and keep weird hours.)
Um. About Maureen. Guessing you had a chance to read back now, find out what happened with her, right? Though maybe you don't want to talk about it.
Don't worry about not replying if that Mulciber's near, either.
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Date: 2013-11-27 06:29 pm (UTC)And the programming out of Aldrich has been quite a hit here -- we all tend to gather around for the first news report of the evening, and Danny and Richard are always up early enough to catch the morning news. Judith adores the Mary Poppin book hour.
I'm glad they're able to work in some news from the camps, too.
I like the idea of connecting to a cave system very much. It'd certainly make getting in and out far easier. Hopefully those geological maps Bill sent along will be helpful.