"I've always been stationed along the coast," Raleigh says. There seem to be a handful of ex military around and it comforts him. Raleigh's always loved the order and the regiment of being in the corps and he thinks that it will serve him well here too. He likes the rules and the clear leadership - but this place doesn't have a leader yet.

"Never seen anything like this before though. Usually when you see surge like this, there's a storm. The wind drives it up on the shore, you know? I know we had the wind the first day we were here but it doesn't make sense for that to cause the surge now."