A few days after the earthquake and subsequent flood, Mayor Rose-Grace Pike holds a press conference at the school.
Rose-Grace: Barbieville is still reeling from our losses. Everything on the north side of Main Street was destroyed, as well as some structures on the Witch's Cove inlet. Witch's Cove Amusement Park lost the Overlook event venue and possibly some rides. The Warehouse district, Lakeshore Townhouses, and Shore Thing cafe are gone. Many of our families have lost a loved one. Some of them have lost more than one.
Rose-Grace: Among the missing or dead are Django Cooper and Kevin Eaton,
Rose-Grace: Dorene and Bonnie Carson,
Rose-Grace: Anna and Elsa North,
Rose-Grace: Seven Lucas, Genghis Chang, Lara Russo, William Darling, and Rallee Jones. Owner of The Point, Rayshawn Lucas is missing. Family friend Tierra Parker has temporarily taken in Marty Lucas, as others all over town have taken in friends and family.
After the press conference, Rose-Grace returns to her crisis post in the mayor's office. The last thing she needs is more problems.
Carol (coming in): We've got a problem. The dam should have withstood the quake - it was tampered with.
