MORNING DAY 809
The rain begins to taper into a heavy drizzle as the tide peaks. You meet at the cottage to discuss the state of the ridge and the engine.
Kevin confirmed the Yanmar runs clean at load with no vibration, then radioed the supply boat Mendez but received only a G20 news broadcast and static. Jenny traced the north ridge crack past her previous stability line and marked three dissolving soil pockets with red wax, estimating two to three days before the path fails if rain continues.
Engine's singing now. Vibration's gone. But the ridge - it's still moving.
Check the Yanmar engine test log for any recorded changes in vibration patterns during the load test.
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The engine doesn't matter if the path slides out under our feet, Kevin. The north ridge is turning to soup.
Trace the outline of the latest crack on the map with a charcoal pencil.
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The intercept trench is holding. Toe seepage is up but the diversion's taking it. For now.
Walk over to the table and study the map where she's marked the crack, comparing it to the ridge layout sketch in the notebook.
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Time we don't have. Look at this line—it's already past where I marked stable ground." (point to the map) "The three pockets I found? They're dissolving faster than I thought.
Flip to the field notebook page showing the GPS coordinates of the confirmed soil pockets and mark them with red wax.
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How much time?
Pull out the notebook with the sea beet morphology sketches and the ridge survey data, cross-referencing the GPS coordinates she just marked against the Carex transect elevation gradient.
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Maybe three days. Maybe two if the rain doesn't stop. The whole slope is just... heavy.
Rub a thumb over the red wax on the map, feeling the grain of the paper.
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Mendez is due tomorrow. High tide.
Pick up the shortwave radio handset and flip to the supply boat channel, keying the mic. "Sorrel Island to Mendez, over."
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"Mendez, this is Sorrel Island, come in." (watching his lips move against the radio, waiting for response)
Walk to the porch and lean against the railing, listening to the rain taper into the ocean.
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Sorrel Island to Mendez. Position report and ETA. Over.
Hold the handset, finger on the mic, listening through the hiss for an engine tone or a voice.
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Nothing. Just the hiss. Kevin, we need to plant those seeds before the path washes away entirely.
Check the barometer—1006 hPa and rising—then turn toward the kitchen where grandmother's tin sits on the table.
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