Maya and Riley could still see the TV screen and continued to watch the weather report. It was still pouring down rain and the news report was still giving updates about the weather.
"Riley, how long do you think we'll be down here?"
"I don't know, until they get techinical difficulties fixed."
Just then a special news bulliten appeared across the screen.
"Riley what why is did the special news buliten appear across the screen?
"I don't know Maya. Let me read it maybe it will tell us?"
Riley carefully watched the special news buliten. She knew why the subway quickly stopped moving. Across the screen it was telling all the TV viewers that the heavy winds had effected the area. All Flights had been canceled until futher notice, all the New York city subways could be having techincal difficulties, city buses and taxi services weren't going to travel, and everyone was advised to stay inside.
"Maya, did you see that? The storm has effected New York City." Riley stated. " The weather reporter is back on."
"This is a special news report, the reason why we are having these storms is due to Hurricane Ike. The following states have been effected:
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
"Riley, I wonder how long this will last?"
"Maya, I have no idea." Riley stated. "I see there is another special news report."
"This a special news report, we have workers working on the powerlines and the subways. We will get them back up as quickly as we can.
" I guess we will be here for awhile."
"Maya, we still have power."
"What happens if the lights go out?"
"Maya, we'd still be here for awhile. I'm sure that they have generators. You have nothing to worry about."
"Yeah, maybe you are right. "
Just then there was loud noise, somewhere. Riley and Maya turned around to see where it was. It wasn't in subway station. It must have been somewhere else. Just then the lights began to flicker on and off. They looked around to see if there was anyone else on the subway. It turned out that they were the only two people on the subway.
