September 6th; the day following Labor Day.
Hurricane Frances has struck the coast of Florida, The Bahamas, and many other vulnerable places, several days prior. It started small, and ended small, but still left treacherous flooding problems in it's wake.
Frances only grew to a category three hurricane, but left it's power at two for the most part as it reached the Southern United States coast. A cold front from the South carried it to the northeast, and heavy rains poured into the French Broad River. Main problems consisted of flooding within North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia. Frances then moved North, and continued it's reign in Virginia, West Virginia, and
perhaps other places.
Though a small category hurricane, Frances caused enough flooding damage to force hundreds of peoples to evacuate from their homes and flee to shelters. Many people went without power. Water pipes broke, and the French Broad dam became useless to holding back anymore water.
Indeed, the dam actually couldn't be seen because the water levels were so high.
Quickly, the water supply was shut off, and, for a while, no one would explain why. Officials finally explained that a gasoline leakage made it's way into the waters, and all water, except for well water, was "contaminated." People obeyed the warnings, and bought bottled water for where it was convenient. Many stores had been flooded out of business.
But even now, a week later, people are claiming that the water is still "contaminated," even though it has been over a week since the accident happened. Couldn't the gasoline be filtered out, or run out, of the water system by now? No one knows about Umbrella's secret. Yes, Umbrella Inc.
There is such a thing.
Though there are games and movies that speak of the company, no one thought it was real. No one thought that most of their household products were processed through Umbrella, either. Learn the story behind the "contaminated" water, and the destruction that may be soon to come as Hurricane Ivan slowly presses toward North Carolina.
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