When Rayne made her way back over to the warehouse where she left the tarps and covers, she found Julian along with the farrs huddled together, looking at each of the options.
"This one here feels really familiar to the kind of translucent covering I had back at my previous farm", one of the farrs said.
The others agreed, "Yeah, this looks like the standard material they use for greenhouses. The non-glass kind."
Julian thought for a mont, "Why don't we do an experint? Let's use all of these and see how the seedlings do under each one. We can section the farm up, and then see after a few days. There's plenty of material."
The group of farrs agreed and began carrying the rolls of transparent material over to the farm. So of the others from the carpentry team ca over to assist and build a small fra to support the covering.
They worked for the entire day in the sweltering heat, to finish making the makeshift greenhouse over the fields.
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On the other side of the base, there was another problem occurring.
"Dr. Anna! Please help! My wife fainted!", yelled David from outside the house.
He was holding Laura in his arms, carrying her over to the dical room.
His body visibly shook as droplets of sweat rolled down his face.
Anna quickly opened the door, letting him inside.
"Quick, lay her on the bed in the dical room. I'll examine her now", she said.
David quickly put her down on the bed and then turned to leave.
"I'm sorry Doctor but I need to get my son. I can't leave him alone", he said, running back ho.
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By the ti he ca back, Anna had already made an initial assessnt.
"How is she, Doctor? What's wrong with her?", David asked.
He was holding his newborn son in his arms, looking worriedly at his wife.
Anna shook her head by frowned, "She's okay. It's heat stroke and dehydration. I'm going to keep her here for a little while to make sure she gets enough fluids."
Her eyes traveled to the small baby in his arms, "I think it's best that the little one stays here for a while. I don't want him to go through sothing similar. This heat is very bad."
David shook at the thought of losing his son. He quickly nodded, agreeing to her proposal.
"Thank yo,u Doctor, thank you."
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About an hour later Laura finally woke up to the screams of her newborn son. She looked around, confused as to where she was.
"Honey? Where am I?", she asked.
She rembered feeling a little dizzy while cleaning. Now she woke up in a totally different place.
David walked over with the screaming newborn, "Oh you're finally awake! I was so worried!"
He handed the baby over to her so she could feed him.
"You passed out from heatstroke and dehydration. I was so scared when I found you on the floor", he said, sitting down beside her.
"I'm sorry honey. I didn't even realize it before I felt dizzy. I'll be more careful in the future."
"It's not your fault. This heat has been very intense. I estimate that you won't be the only one coming to see for this issue", said Anna, walking in with a glass of water.
David frowned, "We need to do sothing about this. We can't have everyone passing out from heatstroke. That would be horrible."
Anna gave the glass of water to Laura.
"Yes, I think Noah and the others are working on this issue currently. I heard they were at the farms all morning trying to save the new batch of seedlings. The chickens have had a rough ti too."
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When Rayne heard about what happened to Laura she finally made up her mind. She walked over to find Noah, who was inside the food warehouse getting a drink of water.
"Noah, I think we need to start putting up the solar panels on top of everyone's house. We're going to all need electricity to stay cool. Especially during the day."
Noah took a sip of water and then looked down at her, "I'll get started right away. I think one of the guys on the carpentry team knows how to install them."
Rayne walked him over to the warehouse with the solar panels. They were very large, about the size of a large dining room table.
"I hope we can install it on every other house since there aren't enough for everyone. If we limit electrical use to fans and air conditioners, it should be enough for two houses to use. Later on, we can look into acquiring more."
She once again regretted that she didn't take out more of the solar panels when they originally set up the base.
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Noah rounded up the carpentry team and made plans to set up the first few solar panels later that evening. After a few of the farrs almost passed out, everyone was encouraged to rest in the shade during the peak dayti hours.
Most of the residents spread out around the forest periter, taking shelter from the sun beneath the trees.
The heat made everyone sluggish, not wanting to make any extra movents that they didn't have to.
Rayne lay on the grass next to Julian, enjoying the occasional slight breeze. Her body felt sticky and hot, making her wish she could cool off at the beach.
Julian looked over at her, reading her mind.
"Do you want to go find more solar panels tomorrow? We can go to our usual spot."
Rayne turned her head to look at him with a knowing smile. She loved how he could sotis read her mind. Outside of getting a good swim to cool off, getting more solar panels, water, and heat reduction supplies would be very useful.
She also wanted to bring back more hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, and UV protection clothing tokeepp the residents safe from the intense sun.
Julian smiled, "Perfect. Then I'll let Noah know that we'll be out tomorrow. He's also been talking about setting up a scavenging team, but I think we can hold off until Alpha Team finished scouting the city."
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