Can you believe I've been through a hurricane at only 20 months?! Wasn't MY idea- I just went along with what ever mommy and papa said.
Hurricane Irene seemed like it came too quickly. At first the news wasn't too concerned about Irene affecting the east coast too much- but that quickly changed! As the week went on it was clear that we were going to be in Irene's path. The big question was how much were we going to be in "her" way!
Momma and Papa went back and forth as to whether we were going to leave or stay. Momma said that she'd stay if it was just her, but because I was here they needed to think what was best for me. How nice of you momma!
Our local area had places that were required to evacuate, but not our area. And Momma and Papa decided that we'd head to Mema's house since it was "safer" (not surrounded by trees and no flooding) there.
Miss Irene (hurricane) was planning to hit our area in the afternoon/evening on Saturday. As time went on the news reported that Irene was only going to be a category 1 hurricane. SO momma and papa (momma mostly, papa wanted to leave!) thought it would be just fine to leave the morning of.
So the morning of came and guess what!?!? Yep- we went under a tornado warning! EK! SO momma didn't want to be driving with the chance of something happening. SO we were stuck at our house.
Leena could have cared less for the whole thing!
Fenton hated getting wet.
I just wanted to go outside! It was so boring being stuck inside all day long!
As the day went on, we played and watched tv. It' rained and it was a little windy. When I went down for my nap the news reported that Miss Irene was moving away from the coast and more out to sea. OH thank goodness! ;) We thought we would be just fine, SURE we'd get rains, and SURE we'd get winds. BUT it wasn't anything we couldn't handle...until.....
Right before we get "hit" by the hurricane, the news was reporting that because of the wind speed/the timing/rains/ and the high tide about to come in- it meant we were going to have tidal flooding. Last time we had tidal flooding I wasn't born yet but momma said that we lost a few things (like the lawn mower and Christmas tree, etc). So in between the rain drops momma and papa went outside and moved things from the floor of the shed and garage up to higher ground. And they just prayed that the tidal flooding wouldn't be too bad.
BOY- was I surprised when momma looked outside and saw the water starting to come up from the marsh. Our high tide was around 9pm. It was only 5pm. What was ever more surprising is when she looked outside 30 minutes later and the water was at the back porch. PANIC TIME!
Momma started moving things off the floors and just lost it! She began to cry and informed me and the dogs and Papa that she was going to do whatever it took to sell the house as soon as the whole thing was over. Next she ran into the "ribbon room" and just started lifting ribbon racks and shelves off the ground and started boxing up all the items she could. Momma was acting CRAZY!
As for Papa and I...well...we just sat there and built towers, read some books and even watched "The Monkey King" (from Ni Hao Ki Lan). Papa told momma not to worry and there was nothing we could do about it. Papa was right- but momma kept going. I don't think I ever saw momma move so fast!
We watched, we waiting, we hoped, and thankfully the winds began to change as the hurricane was moving further out to sea. As Irene traveled away the water seemed to hold tight at the steps. It wasn't high tide yet, but we began to have more hope.
It was almost 9pm, and I was still awake! I think I like these hurricane things, I get to stay up late!
Momma finally put me to bed and gave me an extra hug and a bunch of kisses. Outside my window is a rather large oak tree. Momma was a little worried, so she kept going out in the wind and rain to check to see how the branches were moving. Silly momma- it was okay.
And finally the water began to go down! And when I woke up all that was left was a soggy ground and a yard covered in branches! We were every lucky to have no real damage. Our shed and garage flooded (again). We lost a few memories and we have have a few things we have to throw away. BUT momma is very thankful that it didnt get into the house.
Hurricane season is not over yet- and Momma even said that there is another out in the ocean and she just hopes it stays far, far away!
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