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[Music]

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KBBA 88 FM

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Covering the Kailasa Bay broadcast area

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This is The Wayne to Midnight

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Welcome back to KBBA 88 FM with me Steve

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Wayne

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for the final leg of the evening on The

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Wayne to Midnight

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As we said before the break we're still

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taking your calls this evening we ask

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for your questions and queries and

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tonight we're talking about

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full moons

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We know that full moons are popular in

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mythology for their effects on people

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but just how much of it is true

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well the science tells us that high

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tides are in fact higher on full moons

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than other times

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so maybe stay away from the beach

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tonight. Coast guards have indeed given

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us a silver warning level for seriously

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dangerous waters tonight

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And apparently your sleep is likely to

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be more disrupted on a full moon and

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it's nothing to do with the light it

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emits ,how strange, it's all thought to be

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something to do with a gravitational

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pull

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but it's beyond me how that all links up

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Breaking news

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Before we start taking those questions

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we have breaking news

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reports are coming in about a domestic

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disturbance on Arcene Avenue

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Police inform us that they have the

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situation under control but will not

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release the names of those involved

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the police have informed us that a

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weapon was involved

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a solid silver candlestick

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we'll keep you updated as we hear more

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Arcene Avenue is such a sleepy area of

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the town after all

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so if you've been hearing sirens now you

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know why

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[Music]

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So

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Angela's been in the booth taking your

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calls

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she'll be back in a moment

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and her notes are telling me our next

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question is from Lilith

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and she asks how often do we have full

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moons?

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Well Lilith the official answer is

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approximately 29 and a half days it's

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not exact and sometimes we have lunar

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eclipses where the earth is blocking the

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sun from hitting the moon even though

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it's due to be a full one

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Our next question was emailed in this

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comes from Pooka

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Pooka asks Is Monday named because full

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moons happen on Mondays

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I'm afraid that's a myth Pooka

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even though it is a Monday today. Monday

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was actually named as a day to celebrate

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the goddess of the moon Mona during

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Anglo-Saxon times it has nothing to do

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with the moon's cycle

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We'll be back with you in a couple of

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minutes after a familiar voice tells you

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a little bit about our sponsors

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Sterling's Antique Emporium is open

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Wednesday to Sunday housing the

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country's largest collection of antique

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mirrors

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The hall of mirrors as they like to call

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it is an impressive collection of over

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400 antique mirrors and every one of

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them is available for purchase

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Visit Sterling's on Simmon Street when

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you're next in town

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[Music]

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Aridai's Cash for Metals trade in your

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gold silver platinum palladium or other

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metals for cash in hand as soon as your

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items are appraised

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Visit Aridai and his daughter Jumana at

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their family-run establishment at 47

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High Street, Kailasa Bay

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The Kerber Ursuline Argenti medical

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research facility has their annual open

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day approaching

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visit the campus this Saturday and

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discover more about the pioneering

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medical science our town is famous for

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and speak to the reps about their

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ever-expanding job opportunities for

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local graduates. I know I'll be covering

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the event for KBBA on Saturday so I hope

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to see you there

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KBBA 88 FM

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covering the Kailasa Bay broadcast area

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this is The Wayne to Midnight

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Breaking news

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Well it's unusual to get two breaking

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reports in so quickly but important to

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know

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Silvester's late night convenience store

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and petrol station is currently closed

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due to an undefined incident we

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understand that some of the commotion

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surrounded the attempted theft of

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jewelry from one of the customers

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there may have been some injuries to

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both staff and clientele and the police

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have had to close the shop down for the

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night don't worry the police are

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informing the families of those involved

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but if you needed milk for your morning

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coffee you'll have to wait for the

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supermarket to open in the am

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[Music]

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How very apt on our lunar show that the

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lunacy the full moon brings is apparent

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all over the town tonight

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Angela will be back

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shortly to take more of your calls she

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left me with a question from one more

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caller

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this was from Tatiana

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she asks

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waxing and waning which one's which?

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The way I like to remember it Tatiana

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wax on wane off

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waxing is the build up to the full moon

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waning is the dying or fading away

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but don't get that confused with this

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Wayne right here I'm not fading anywhere

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Angela?

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Have we got a visitor this full moon

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or are we under attack from werewolves?

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Fetch the silver bullets!

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Angela?

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Must have been the wind

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or are spooky things afoot at the KBBA

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studios?

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So while we wait for Angela to come back

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and take more of your calls

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don't worry folks we can see your calls

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are waiting

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your emails show me one more question

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lined up from Malcolm

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he asks

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Has anyone else been seeing the strange

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silvery lights shining from the mountain

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tonight

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is that related to the full moon?

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Do you know what I think you might be

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onto something there the town's name,

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Kailasa, was actually originally chosen

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by the founders over 130 years ago

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influenced by the then recent

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colonization of India

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and it means silver mountain

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Angela?

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excuse me folks I best go check what

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that was it's only the two of us in the

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studio at this time of the evening

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and that sounded more than a dropped

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teapot or silverware

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Angela?

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Well it's quiet out there now folks not

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a soul to be seen

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I'm sure Angela will be back momentarily

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but now it's time to bring you up to

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date with the daily town affairs

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KBBA The Wayne to Midnight this is your

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daily town news update

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Today was the annual meeting of our

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town's pharmaceutical giant

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Kerber Ursuline Argenti

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with the local council representatives

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their current research is focusing on

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the treatment of the well-known

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autoimmune disease, lupus

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and they have announced that they will

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actually be expanding their operation

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creating around 200 new jobs

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The town council is therefore preparing

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for the predicted population growth that

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the town may experience as a result of

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bringing in the appropriate skills

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including the company's new Argentinian

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owners

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but we can also celebrate the employment

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opportunities this brings for our local

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school graduates

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And our very own KBBA is celebrating

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tonight after being awarded the second

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place prize for this year's local

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broadcaster of the year

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Arianwen from the breakfast show

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dropped off the solid silver statuette

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earlier, yes I was surprised it was real

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silver too, which is now sitting proudly

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in the producers booth with Angela

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no wait Angela still isn't back

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in any case Angela was waving it at me

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with glee earlier and kissing it like

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some kind of tournament trophy

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Breaking news

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I am receiving another breaking news

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item

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and this really is a shock there's been

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a break-in at sterling's emporium

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seemingly just senseless violence the

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beloved hall of mirrors has been

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vandalized and a large number of the

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mirrors have been smashed

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again we'll keep you updated as we hear

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more but rest assured the police can see

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no link between the spree of varying

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crimes we're experiencing this evening

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[Music]

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[Music]

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Sorry folks

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strange happenings here in the studio

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what the

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I found our silver statuette outside the

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door

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as if it had been placed there not sure

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if this is Angela's idea of a prank

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sorry folks, with Angela out of the

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studio I have to answer the incoming

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calls from the direct contact line it's

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our emergency phone. I'll be back

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momentarily

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[Music]

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[Music]

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So

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um that was the bay police department

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asking me to put an announcement out

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they wanted me to say the following

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All residents of Kailasa Bay are asked

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to stay indoors

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and importantly

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stay out of the moonlight

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Secondly

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if you have any items in your home that

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contain silver

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be it jewelry cutlery mirrored glass

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whatever

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do not touch it

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I repeat, do not touch the silver

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and that's all they'd tell me um they

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asked me not to speculate further on the

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show but simply

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deliver these instructions to you

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I will of course stay on the air to make

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sure I can relay any further updates to

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you

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It's not often I'm lost for words folks

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but right now I don't know what else to

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tell you

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It's important for everyone's safety

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that we follow the instructions we've

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been given and we'll wait on further

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updates from the authorities

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Our landline phone here in the studio is

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one of the key emergency lines in town

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for getting these messages out to you

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so keep your radio on while we await

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further news

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One moment folks

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Hello?

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Why is everyone talking about the moon?

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What would Kerber Ursuline know you're

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chemists not astrophysicists

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silver ox

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silver oxide

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is filtering what rays?

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How is wavelength of light...

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Radiation?

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So that's invisible but...

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but

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Is that kind of like what we hear as

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white noise?

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Interference?

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So what's it actually doing to people

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it affects?

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What?

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They're still human right?

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It's not like they're

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I don't want to say it... undead?

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It could wear off?

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yeah but it could

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wear off? surely it's possible?

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Let me make sure I've got this right, you

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want me to broadcast that?

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I was told not to speculate so you'd

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better be sure about this.

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Okay, okay

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[Music]

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Okay I'm back folks

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but I...

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I don't know how to say this

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It's

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It's the silver

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The connection between the crimes

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tonight that

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there's a madness being caused by

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touching silver objects

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so wherever you are tonight

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don't touch anything silver they were

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right to warn us about that

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don't touch it it's like it's infected

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with

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something

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Angela

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Angela what's are you...

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NO

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um

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hello

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Hi it's

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Steve Wayne

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I'm

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I'm still here folks

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but I'm outside the studio

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I'm using the uh

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the field report equipment

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I need to

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I need to keep broadcasting I need to

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at least make a record of what just

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happened

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what you heard was

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well it's difficult to explain

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Angela

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was in the studio the whole time

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but

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she

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she changed

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I don't know how

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I don't know how to put it

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her face was

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altered uh dare I say

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melted

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or ruptured

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It was like she was wearing some kind of

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prosthetic mask or something but

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her eyes

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it was as if she knew what she was doing

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but wasn't in control

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like she was

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angry and

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weeping

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at the same time

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and then

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then she came at me

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I

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I'm not proud of what I did

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but I had to

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I threw her to the floor as if

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just

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kind of broke

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like her bones weren't strong enough to

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hold her together

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she's just there in a heap on the floor

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still alive but

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just moaning

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she wasn't alone though

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a few seconds later there were more

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people with the same deformities

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stumbling through the hall

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I hit the alarm

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grabbed the field report bag

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and legged out the fire exit

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I heard them banging on the door behind

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me

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so now

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I'm outside

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I know I shouldn't be but I had to

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Those of you that know the studio

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will realise I'm not really

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near

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anywhere

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I could have gone around the building to

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my car but

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there was more commotion out the front

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struggling and

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screaming

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the Kerber Ursuline facility's just up the

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road from us so I

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assume that's where they came from

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but I didn't dare stick around to find

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out more

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okay

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I'm

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currently on the coastal path at the top

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of the cliffs

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heading towards town

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I don't want you to inundate bay police

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with calls but

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I have to ask can someone please let the

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police know where I am

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the radio station

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isn't safe to go back to

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and I'm out here

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alone

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and I'm in the moonlight

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with people

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that look like...

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I spoke to the scientists at Kerber

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Ursuline earlier they called it an

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infection

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something

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viral

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something about radiation from the light

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of the moon

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reflects and interacts with silver

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oxidizing it and well

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that's where my understanding ends

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if

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it gets into your bloodstream

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you

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well you heard how I described them

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concerns me is that this is the route

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that passes Silvester's petrol station

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and then follows Arcene Avenue into town

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and it was suggested that the incidents

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there were related to the silver

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poisoning

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I'm going to stop here for a bit and

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catch my breath

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I've got no ability to put anything else

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on the air from this equipment so

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you're here with me for now

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I can see the whole town from up here

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just the other side of the forest

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I'm still at least

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two miles away from shelter though

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so I'll have to take shelter under the

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trees and

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cut through that way staying on this

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coastal path

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is way too exposed

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the only thing I can't guarantee is

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the broadcast quality of this equipment

23:56

from the forest

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it's relaying our satellites so it tends

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to need a direct line of sight so

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if I lose contact tell the police I

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entered the forest over

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uh the style that's above I think it's

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the Betula cliffs

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wait that

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that's the siren from town

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is that to make sure people stay inside

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[Siren]

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oh no

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they can't be

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[Siren]

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folks get inside

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and stay inside

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if you have a basement get down there

24:38

now

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there's

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three jets

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flying in from along the coast

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I seriously hope I'm wrong about what

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I'm about to witness

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stay inside

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the best case I can hope for right now

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is they're going to release some sort of

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anti-toxin or antivirus

25:05

the worst case scenario

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I don't even want to say

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they're approaching the town now

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wait

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they're turning out to sea

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oh

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oh no

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I'm so sorry everyone

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I'm so sorry

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Thank you for listening to The Wane to

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Midnight presented by Tremorphonic

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26:35

Wilson with music samples and foley

26:37

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