Lifeboats: Tales from the Evacuation

Excerpt:
“So, here I am, telling you about the end of our world and a mad dash to move ourselves to a place of comparative safety. Are you frightened by all this? If so, you can count the First Lady and me among you. This is a frightening time. Even if you do not expect to be alive fifty years from now, it is still an uncertain future. But this is not the time for fear; there is work to be done and you all need to do it.
“And of course you can do it. You are all the descendants of survivors, people who came through situations as desperate to them as the ones we now face. It is time to show our forebears that we can do it too. It is time to show ourselves what we can do, if only we have the will to do it. It is time to overcome hardships with grace and humor. You and your children must not have your futures taken away by an expanding sun.”
The president got a sly look on his face.
“We must not become the victims of inflation.”