[Areia]

Ha - we were way ahead of them with the whole Duane Arnold power plant thing. Go us!

[Misroi]

Good to hear he's taking the pill, otherwise this could have been a VERY short game!

[historys_past]

I just got finished reading the whole thread. A few little things.

Amana, Iowa (where he said he worked) is home to Amana appliances - formerly one of the largest companies in Iowa until it got bought. It ACTUALLY makes home appliances, but who knows what other things it has been subcontracted to design

Amana is not far from Cedar Rapids, and has LOTS of marshes and wetlands that they have spent a ton of money restoring....

Just my bit. I'm going to be in Iowa most of december and i'm from there, so if errands need running, i'll help.

[Will 2.0]

Duane Arnold is the name of the plant.

[Doug52392]

New blog post

[Misroi]

This message from Jeff brought to you by the letter 'ee'!

So much for my DNA theory.

[Will 2.0]

Just talked to Jeff. Expect updates soon...

[nextday]

If someone wants to talk to him, he is on right now. I would but I have to go to class. Geez even when they are almost over they still get in the way!

[faeryqueen21]

That all makes a lot of sense. Has anyone talked to him or heard from him in a while? I know he's supposed to be in a hospital, but it worries me that its been a few days since we've heard anything.

[miki_38x1]

Yeah, I think I confused Iowa with another one of those mid-western states.
Another little thing about Iowa is that it has horrendous CO2 and NO emission levels. Companies keep proposing to put up more generators but are getting shot down by environmentalists.

If Jeff has contracted some strange radioactive disease, I'm thinking that pill is his best bet at recovering!

[Areia]

I just read through the power plant website a little, and it claims it's the only nuclear plant in Iowa.

Quote:

Nestled among the cornfields of Iowa and the banks of the Cedar River is Iowa's only nuclear power plant, the DAEC. The plant is situated on 500 acres of land approximately nine miles from the city of Cedar Rapids.

I agree with you miki_38x1, nuclear power/waste does seem like a good bet.

[miki_38x1]

The power plant he's referring to is probably a nuclear one. Iowa has a good number of them. A lot of nuclear engineering jobs are in the mid-west for that reason. I don't doubt that this has something to do with nuclear power, or some kind of mutation from nuclear power exposure. Even if Jeff doesn't work in a plant, if any waste was dumped near where Jeff lives, he could have been exposed to really high levels of radiation. It would explain the weird feedback on the camera and the black trees.

EDIT: I just googled it and apparently there's only one reactor in Iowa, but there are contracts to build more in the near future that may or may not already be underway.

[Areia]

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

He will direct you towards the marsh. Look at your map, though he may not know about the power plant.

Some quick Googling shows a very promising power plant NNW of Cedar Rapids, in Palo, IA. It's surrounded by parks and wildlife areas on the banks of the Cedar River, and it's main access road is called Palo Marsh Road. I know we have lots of markers on that map, but if it's going to be near Jeff's home town, that one sure looks likely.

[Misroi]

Also, on his double letters...he's doubled As and Ts...

Could Gs and Cs be far behind? Maybe the "virus" he's contracted is somehow altering his DNA. Consciously he's not aware of the double letters, but his subconscious could be pointing us towards that.

Whatver the reason, this much is clear: Jeff needs to take that pill! I've a hunch on what might be causing his body to change, but no real evidence. I never thought I'd say this, but I really want to see what he vomited.

[faeryqueen21]

"power plant", "Power of man", what's the difference?

I'm glad someone else was able to understand more. It was lots of fun reversing it though!