mastorm

Presently, a disgruntled group of techs were cleaning up from the previous night's mastorm, gathering debris and dumping it in tagalong carryalls for later disposal.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

All sensible creatures took cover at the first sign of an incoming mastorm.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Humans had no more love for mastorm weather than did the AAnn.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

They remained apart, separately contemplating the mastorm, which by now had begun to dissipate as rapidly as it had first burst upon the island.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

The business had been carefully organized and rehearsed, so that when the first signs of an approaching mastorm manifested themselves, each AAnn who had been chosen for the expedition knew just where to go and what to do.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

By the time they were ready to move, the mastorm had broken over the archipelago.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

They would go in under cover of the mastorm and be out before it abated.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

There the cleans-ing expedition would wait out the worst of the mastorm hidden from view of any possible Parramati witnesses.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Save for the single perimeter post, the station itself had come through the mastorm undamaged as always, a trib-ute to its designers and builders.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

We will adjust these on site to reflect a mastorm of exceptional intensity.

The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997