Carrie Delaney was a fourth grade teacher at the Early Dawn Elementary school in Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. One of her students was Jason Grant. On October 23, 2077, she was one of several teachers (including Claudia, Mr. Cob and Mr. Pollack) who took half the school on a field trip to the Little Lamplight caverns. As the group was readying to leave, the lights suddenly went out and the cave shook. Mr. Pollack went outside to investigate and reported that he had seen mushroom clouds all over the D.C. area.