If I left, how far inland would I have to drive to be safe? How hard would it be to find a motel that would take in my cat and I? How would my cat act all that time in the car? She gets very unhappy in just the five-mile drive to the vet.

The workers seem oblivious to the sound, as none of them wear earplugs or headphones. Will they be as deaf as rock musicians by the time they are thirty? Only time will tell.