Gena Tabery-On the Fly: Day 8

Day 8 was fluky from the beginning. Before weighing had even begun, Mark, Sophia, and Austin Keene had found two snakes, both of which appeared to be rattlesnakes, but only one of which was. Austin Keene walked away with rattles cut from the pit viper, and no one was bitten. At the same time, reports began to filter over to the scales from headquarters that there was no power there, a description that belies the personalities and personnel of WGC Uvalde 2012. Power abounds, but that morning, there was a deficit of electricity.