August 18, 2018 AD
Bixbus Tent Community Register, 18 August 2018
The first day of the Bixbus Tent Community. Military tents for at least 250 people came through the portal in the early hours, and Aaron Smyth and Brett Wilson spent the day unloading, sorting, and putting up the first of them. That night the first settlers slept under the new canvas.
The Count
- Residents at start of day: 0
- Arrivals: [to be set]
- Departures: 0
- Residents at end of day: [to be set]
- Tents standing: 3
- Beds standing: 54
- Beds in store: 198 (252 brought through in total, in 14 medium tents)
Conditions
The raid on the military warehouse took place in the early hours of the morning, and the last crossing came at 2.55, when Brett Wilson drove a loaded truck through the portal and entered Bixbus for the first time. Fourteen medium tents came through with their cots, poles, pegs, and stores, enough to sleep 252 people at military density. Most of the day was spent unloading, counting, and sorting the stock on open ground near the camp, and levelling the first stretch of ground, under Aaron Smyth's direction.
Aaron was the only person present who had put up tents of this kind before. Brett had been awake all night, and the handful of settlers who came to help had never handled military canvas. By nightfall they had three tents standing, with 54 cots between them. The first residents slept in them that night. Most of the settlers of Bixbus, fewer than a hundred of them, were still in their camping tents, motorhomes, and improvised shelters.
Arrivals
Brett Wilson, who came through the portal with the last load of the raid. [Others to be set.]
Departures
None.
Roll
Brett Wilson. [Others to be set.]
