Chapter 38: To Seek and Save the Lost
Bobby Halverson drove slowly down the county highway toward Apple Creek. It was Sunday morning, and the sun was just coming up. The snow had drifted all along the road, in some places up to thirty feet high. The wind was still blowing at a steady thirty-five miles an hour, but the temperature had risen a few degrees to slightly above zero. A few Ohio National Guard Jeeps followed Bobby’s plow, bringing food and medical supplies to folks the storm had isolated.
After three days of searching in vain for Jerusha, Bobby had come to the grim conclusion that Jerusha was no longer alive. She couldn’t be. No one could survive this storm out in the open. She must have gotten hypothermia, gone into shock, and wandered away from the car.
As the grim thoughts p
