Summary

Chapter 43 details the first winter in Severn City: the food in the restaurants in consumed, the vending machines are empty. They attempt to call 911, but service is unavailable. One TSA agent remains and has two TSA-issued guns. The girl who is in need of Effexor leaves the airport and is never seen again. Her driver’s license is left with the AMEX card of the man who symbolically offered to pay for all the food everyone ate at the restaurant. People are still hopeful that this is all temporary.

Three pilots remain. One decides to fly to Los Angeles. Others fly with him even though the news reports are bad all over. One of the other pilots decides to leave the next day on a reconnaissance trip. He doesn’t return. Clark talks with Elizabeth. She doesn’t understand how this can...