Chapter 42

“We’ll probably have power in our valleys by the end of next week,”Ken said.

“That’s great news,”Josh said.“Is there a downside?”

“We’ve gone over the entire power plant,”Ken said.“And we’ve determined that there are replacement parts for almost everything,so we should be good for years.”

“But?”Sam said.

“If one of the generators breaks down,we’re screwed.There are a couple of replacement generators on hand,but we haven’t the manpower to tackle the job of replacing them.”

“Is manpower the only problem?”Josh said.

“Sorry,”Ken said,“I should have said manpower and experience.There are manuals in the plant office for just about everything.We’ll start studying them and hope we don’t need to deal with that particular problem for a very long time.”

“Sounds like we’re getting our money’s worth,”Don said.

“I agree,”Josh said.

“Is there anything in particular that you and your crew need?”Claire said.