PartⅢDevelopingideasStarsafterthestormIt’sstrange,butIdon’treallyremembermuchaboutthehurricaneitself
Itallhappenedsoquickly
Iwassittinginmyroomwithmycat,Smartie,onmylap,whentheroofjustflewoff
Allofasudden,therewassky(1)wheretheroofhadbeen
IwassofrightenedthatIjustfroze
Momcriedtogetoutquickly,butitwasalreadytoolatebythen
Therainwascomingdownsohardandsofast
Ourstreetturnedintoariverinseconds
Weweregoingnowhere
Atfirst,Iwaspleased(2)wecouldstayathome,butsoonitgotreallytough
Withoutaroof,(3)stayinginsidewastoodangerous
Therewaswatereverywhere,butwecouldn’tdrinkanyofitotherwisewe’dgetreallysick
Wejusthaddrinkingwater(4)thatwassenttousbyhelicopter,butitwasneverenough
ItwasAugust,soitwasreally,reallyhotanditsmelledsobadeverywhere
Ijustspentthedayswatchingtheboats(5)goingupanddownthestreetandlook