BrazosBendHorn said:
We read that in one of my high school English classes, 51 years ago.
Someone posted it today in a social media feed which caused me to go down a rabbit hole.
To me it was very reminiscent of going to Rockport the week after Hurricane Harvey hit. I went with my father-in-law to check on their home. We got there, and we were essentially the only people in the neighborhood. Their house survived the storm, but most of the ones in the neighborhood had gotten ripped apart. I kept hearing this intermittent beeping that made me thing construction was going on, but then I realized there was no equipment sound to go with the beeping. I soon realized all the beeping was coming from the house alarms from the remnants of the homes. They were issuing their final sounds of alert on battery power. It was really creepy.
