Disclaimer: You know it. I dont own Jericho. Only the characters I present.

WARNINGS: Mild langauge

Type: Alternate Universe. Although mirroring the timeline it uses non-canon characters(Please see profile for explanation).
Setting: 15 miles east of the town of Chinook. Chinook is in turn 65 Miles north of Jericho.

Summary: What went on the day of the bombs? Here we recount the Stout Family. Grant and his 2 parents John and Deb first discover something may be wrong.

Timeline: BOMB DAY!!

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John was laid on the couch watching TV. Grant was seated in a chair across the room from him reading a magazine.
Deb just came into the room from outside when the TV became full of static.

"What the hell?" John muttered.

A second later the power went out.

"Dammit. Deb call the power company. Tell them there is a outage," John said.

She walked over to the phone and picked it up. She listened a moment, "Theres no dial tone."

"No dial tone? Even if the power's out there should be one. They got those automatic generators around here. Said it should keep 2 hours worth of power for the phone lines."

"Well it isn't."

"Okay," John went outside to the pickup and got his cell phone. He turned it on. No signal.

'Damnit,' he thought, 'This is odd,'
He turned the key on the pickup and turned the radio to the all night long station... Static.

He got out and walked back in the house, "No cell service. The 103.1 isnt coming in... Its as if the power is out to EVERYTHING."

"Oh well. We dont need it.The freezers will stay frozen long enough the power should be on. If not we can hook up the generators," Deb said, "Im glad we already have eaten. Should I get out the candles and lamps?"

John replied, "No. Get them out and put them up for morning. It is late enough we possibly should turn in early"

Grant got up and walked over, "This seems a little odd. Ah well. Dont matter. I am going outside. Talk to the horses before I clock out for the night."

John and Deb nodded acknowladgement and he went outside.
As he walked towards the corrals he noticed the 2 horses. They raced around their pen, once the one crashed fully into the side to get up and continue their wild frenzy. He ran up to the side of the pen.

"K-Bar. Royal. Whats up fella's" He said.

They trotted up to the fence and calmed somewhat, but stayed alert and tense.A bird fluttering overhead caused them to panic a moment then return to the fence.

"Hey guys" he said softly "How ya doing eh? Power outage don't bother you.But something sure as hell is." He handed each one a pellet which they took then continued their tense stance

He patted them a few moments before starting back to the house. A sonic boom startled him for a moment. He looked up and saw 8 F-16 fighter jets screamed northwest less than 300 feet off the ground.

He ran into the house, "Hey mom, dad did you see that. 8 jets going over."

As he said it he realized the same thing his parents did. They had fighter jets go over a lot of the time... never at this time of the day and never as many as 8.

"Think its a coincedence?" he asked.

"I truely hope so," John answered. He went into his bedroom and shut the door. If the power was still going to be out tommorrow it would be a long day. If it was something else... It would be a long time.