14 @CDC: The governors of the following states have declared emergencies and will be closing major highways in and out to prevent the spread of Hydra-1. New York, Illinois, California, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Florida. If you live in one of these states, you are federally mandated to stay in your homes except to secure food and medical supplies. Additional triage stations will be announced shortly in cities in the above listed states. —Centers for Disease Control Twitter Feed January 14, 2020 The days passed slowly, the travel arduous and grim as they drove through Missouri. So many of the interstates and highways they would have used were road-blocked or so cramped with abandoned vehicles that they were forced to turn back. Each time this happened,