PZ - Lore Background/Tracking
July 9th, 1993 (Day 1):
9:00
- Infection is in its third day - towns are cordoned off.
- 'Panic, confusion' at checkpoints at border, roads blocked by Army
-Overseas equipment (primarily fencing) used to create the borders (separate infected from non-infected)
-Everything below Ohio (OH) River = No-go
-No official update from White House (WH)/Army, panic/confusion
-No communication - Knox Telecommunications says lines are down for maintenance (have been for a week prior to Event)
- Temporary camp w/ journalists and soldiers - John McGrew speech
-Republicans denounce President's plans/actions
10:40
- LBMW - Deployment south of Louisville below curve of OH river
11:20
-NNR - 'Fear & Anger' sweep nation -
- Demonstrations in Washington D.C., city workers in hygiene masks in NYC
-Eyewitness Reports - extreme flu-like symptoms follow by confusion w/ use of violence between sufferers
-Strengthened military blockade blocking families trying to enter Exclusion Zone (Dixie Highway?)
-Witness claims phone lines were cut while talking to sister in Muldraugh (mentioned kids coming home from school w/ fevers in Muldraugh)
--President meets w/ CDC 2nd time
12:00 P.M.
-John McGrew - No evidence of fatalities, warning shots have been fired
- "Judged, judicious force" used to maintain border
18:10
- President declares "faith in servicemen and women'/Army
July 10th, 1993 (Day 2):
0:50
-Critics of President - Inability to share information at best, at worst 'a reluctance'
-McGrew - "Lack of clarity" apology
-Military Health Officials - "Fatalities not a concern"
1:20
-NNR- Dr. Jeff Galbraithe, former CDC director - Outrage at CDC cuts
5:20
-Counties south of OH river cut off (Knox only confirmed county)
-Phone lines have been out for 9 days (1st of July - onwards)
- Caller claims in Louisville "you can smell it in the air"
6:40
-Demonstrators in Washington D.C.
12:00
-Police officer in D.C. struck by brick during protests - Officers vs. citizens, several arrests
-Not enough food for displaced families at border - restricted movement, friction and fighting on highway (Dixie?)
July 11th, 1993 (Day 3):
1:10
-"Growing unrest", violent scenes across country - Grocery store in L.A. torched
-Placards in Washington, firebombs in Detroit
-Growing anger and camps on border
-President - "No excuse whatsoever" for violence
-"Fellow Americans laid low w/ sickness" - Every authority on high alert
- Arrests made, "horrifying activities" not acceptable
-Running battles w/ police
-Photographs release of infected area (aerial shots?) - fail to calm folks
-Army keeps the peace
-"Degenerative nature of sickness" rumors
-Panic-buying & looting escalate across the country
-Memphis, TN -Battles between police and 'masked youth'
-Public outcry - President appeals for calm
-Warning issued to border camps - "They will be dispersed"
8:20
-Gunshots heard in Exclusion Zone
-No comment by military
12:10
-Flights grounded by W.H.O. - All flights after 6:00 PM not allowed to leave
-Army is mobilized and rolls into major cities for fear of further civil unrest
-State Department underlines that Knox Event is contained
-Considering a nation-wide curfew
-President - Talks w/ General
-Tests on those recovering from Knox sickness are 'inconclusive' - labs set up in zone
-Eyewitness confirms snipers in place
-President will seek to "readdress" W.H.O.'s decision
18:00
-Reports of violence in N.Y.C., Memphis TN
-People in Louisville/surrounding areas going north - gridlock
18:50
- Peacekeeping forces of military and police personnel patrolling the streets
-WH -"Stay indoors where possible. Do not panic."
19:10
-Officials in NYC fired upon
-Exclusion Zone widened "to remove any element of doubt"
July 12, 1993
Day 4
-Building anger spilling onto streets
-Fatality in NY - injury in Miami
-Stand-off between armed locals and police in Missouri - water-cannons and tear gas
-Gailbraithe - labeled as former Chief Scientist of the CDC
- "People are not getting better"
4:20
-Camps along access roads moved back b/c of border expansion
-Rumors of conflict
-Demonstration in NYC turns violent; growing fear and panic
-Looting
-President "personally take(s) responsibility for the perceived lack of communication"
-"No reason to believe residents won't recover" - notes "receding likelihood" of recovery
-Says country must have faith in military/emergency services
-Tune in to local programming
6:30
-Curfew established, "tune in to local programming"
-WH announces curfew
-Military convoys move from bases into heart of major cities
"Time to face the facts" - President
6:50
-Military installations established in major cities/city centers
-Word starts getting out about deceased attackers via unconfirmed, unofficial sources
-6 P.M. EST -Curfew
18:00
-Images of infected released - Violence ensues
- Photo of man without an arm - Photo immediately circulated widely
-Man pictured in a crowded street - bloodstained clothing, covered in bite-marks
July 13, 1993
Day 5
-Survivors from inside Exclusion Zone emerge
-Truth about infected revealed; no comment by officials; "it is contained" repeated
-Infection rate is revealed as total in infected towns - "Biting and mauling"; "Everyone's dead"
-Infected - Caller says "They don't think, they just bite"
-Infection - Transmission revealed as possible, variable incubation period
-Curfew extended to Chicago, San Diego, Baltimore
-Survivors emerge - Fever, violence, blood
-Everyone in zone is infected; infected by attacks
-Military back in checkpoints
-America - "Why weren't we told?"
18:10
-General McGrew speaks - "America is safe"
-Radio - "Everybody's dead"
- TV - Panic and confusion" - degenerative nature
-Sufferers are described by McGrew as "not" deceased
-Described as only passed through direct fluid contact
July 14, 1993
Day 6
0:30
-"It's in the meat" rumor
-Panic at border camp
-Gunshot at border, infected appear (hundreds, thousands)
18:10
-Violence/gunfire south of Louisville
-Infected break border; mass civilian casualties - Knox Event compromised
-Reporters (POI Frank Gershwin) bitten/killed
-Hundreds/thousands break through barriers
July 15, 1993
Day 7
12:00
-Louisville begins to enter freefall
-Louisville officials urge residents to remain at home
-Chaos on interstate, lines at gas stations
-Mass migration aiming north past OH River
-Violence breaking out across city
-Attack at a rest stop
-Attacks, outbreaks outside of Exclusion Zone
-Rumor that military will shut off bridge spanning OH River
12:40
-Confirmed reports that Knox Infection is spreading without bites
-Knox Event confirmed as no longer contained - "Get out"
17:00
-Knox Event spreading very quickly
-Fighting for gas, gridlock on highways
-People w/ infection left on the side of the road
-Reporter Kirsty McCormick begins showing symptoms
18:10
-Knox Infection sweeping through Louisville
-Potentially "thousands" infected city-wide
-Caller says no re-animation yet, but "soon"
July 16, 1993
Day 8
0:00
-Caller in Louisville says "People are turning fast"
-Knox Event confirmed again as not contained
-Still spreading w/o bites
6:00
-After 24 hours, spread has accelerated rapidly
-Suspected cases throughout surrounding states
-Huge numbers of people falling ill in Louisville
-People left dying "on streets and in doorways", at stoplights
-Some are known to be immune
-WBLN goes off the air; Knox Hitz goes off the air
12:00
-Jackie Jaye of LBMW is infected w/o bite
-Caller says "the lights go out - but something stays on"
-Knox Event still spreading fast
-Hospitals are full; sick are left in hospitals, "the doctors left"
-Incapacitated people are left on sidewalks
-Many dead; Knox sickness not confirmed as out of state yet
July 17, 1993
Day 9
-Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio infected
-Further infections outside US
-Outbreaks in NYC, Chicago
-John McGrew - Addressed uninfected
-Bites will 100% infect survivors if the air hasn't already
-Urges to kill the infected, regardless if friends or family
-KnoxTalk goes off the air
July 18, 1993
Day 10
-Confirmed infected:
-Louisville and surrounding areas, KY
-Cincinnati and Columbus, OH
-New Orleans, LA
-New York City, NY
-Los Angeles, CA
- Berlin, Tokyo
-Outbreaks confirmed in Africa, England, spreading internationally
-NNR - "God save us all."
July 19, 1993
Day 11
-No more regular broadcasting schedules
-NNR (last remaining station) goes off the air
-Final message from General McGrew - "We are coming for you."
