The Trickle Down
Effect
by Michael C.
Keith
It’s raining. Whoa
. . . it’s raining hard. No, it’s really,
really coming down. It’s like a
hurricane. No, more like a tsunami. Zillions of
drops are hitting against the skylight. Sounds
like a trillion snare drums. Crap, maybe the
glass will break. If it does it’ll be like a
waterfall coming into the house. This could be
terrible . . . disastrous. Everything could get
ruined. Man, I better move all the stuff that’s
under the skylight, and I better do it fast. Jeez,
the place feels like a quadrillion pebbles are
battering it. Oh no, there’s a huge damp
spot forming at the base of the skylight! This is
the start of something really bad. The whole
ceiling could come down. Should get a tarp from
the garage and cover everything. Holy moley, hear
that? Hear that? It’s coming down
even harder now. Floods . . . there will be
flooding. The whole town will be under water.
Lives may be lost. Life will change as we know it
for weeks until the water recedes and power is
restored. Oh, shit . . . the power. Son of
a . . . no CSI tonight!
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