While trying to find a blanket for his son in the storeroom, David hears something pushing against the door of the loading dock.

Carmody suspects the onset of Armageddon as others search for a different answer. Unable to convince anyone to escort her back home to her children whom she left alone, a mother of two departs into the mist by herself.Īs confusion sets in, religious fanatic Mrs. With visibility reduced to near-zero outside and uncertainty surrounding the fate of the man heard screaming before, a siege mentality takes hold. Seeing the mist roll over the parking lot and hearing the scream of a man who ventures outside, the store patrons heed Miller's advice and seal themselves within the store, which is soon shaken by violent tremors. While at the store, an increasing amount of police activity in the streets draws the attention of the patrons, as well as the town's civil defense siren sounding the attack signal, culminating with Dan Miller running to the store with a bloody nose warning of something dangerous in the oncoming mist. Along the way to the store, however, they see the national guard going toward the mist. More immediately concerned with cleaning up in the aftermath of the storm, David and neighbor Brent Norton, along with Billy, go to the local grocery store which, like the rest of the community, was left without power.

The morning after, David and Stephanie witness the advance of a thick and unusual mist coming down from the mountains which then begins to speed across the lake. A tree smashes through the window of Drayton's room, destroying the paintings which are his work, although luckily the family had taken shelter in their basement. Commercial artist David Drayton lives in a lakeside house along with his wife Stephanie and five-year-old son Billy, and their home is partially destroyed one night during a particularly violent thunderstorm, described as the greatest electrical storm in recorded history.

Stephen king on the mist