All the Water in the World

Content Warning: This section discusses death and racism.

The Water Logbook describes how all the seas in the world have risen and dominate the surface of the world.

On the canoe outside the AMNH, the group realizes that they can’t wait for the water to drop. Staying in one place might make them more vulnerable to attack from “the Lost,” or vagrants who wander the city, unattached to any settlement. The group decide to go north to Mother’s family’s farm.

They paddle across the city, but a current impedes their progress, and they’re wary of the dirty water they’re traversing. Bix is in a silent, catatonic state. They assess their supplies. Father wants to paddle past 93rd Street to see his old apartment. It’s dangerous, but he’s nostalgic. The city is in ruins, and massive piles of debris and bodies mark where the surge broke. They continue, arriving at the Hudson, which has disappeared in the flood.