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appear to be old."

Ben nodded and spread his map on the hood of a

Jeep. "All right, people. Well have to do this by the

numbers. I want all the bridges cleared and

passable. And heavily guarded at both ends around the

clock. Round up portable generators, especially

near the waterline. I want the bridges lighted

at night. Ike, see if you can find some Navy

or Coast Guard vessels and get them running.

And block off the subways. They've had years of

neglect and no telling what shape they're in. I

also don't want these Night Crawlers to come at us

from them."

Ike nodded.

Ben turned to Dan. "Tell your Scouts

to return. We don't move until our pilots

have done extensive flybys of the entire city."

To Cecil: "Contact Joe at Base Camp

One and have him fly up some heat-seekers. Let's

just see what we're up against.

"Maggie Thatcher's girdle!" Dan blurted,

looking at the pictures from the flybys. The
heat-seekers showed almost entirely red on any

grid they chose to look at. "There must be several

hundred thousand people left in the city."