Now this is a real life experience that I lived through. And no execrations. I was in hurricane Jean that hit Florida.
I was freaked out as my 6 year old friend left the porch were my cats were staying while we were in Florida. My dad was taking care of his sergit father Ed. Who had brain and lung cancer. We were in Satiation Florida and we post pond out trip to avoid Hurricane Ivan. I live in New Jersey were 1200 miles away from home. And I could not call this place home then. My mom was schooling my as always because I home school. The wind started blowing and it had a sinisterness to it. My 6th sense told me. Now don't call me crazy. I can fell bad things before they happen. Like before we came I felt horrible and that afternoon my mom broke her ankle. I was terrified all the whole time. After Katie left I was getting more and more afraid. i don't remember much after she left but I was watching G4 the video Game network. We ate dinner and the storm rolled in. Also before we came David a crappy fat man that was taking care of Ed before we came, was there wait for his court trial. His 3rd DWI, or drunk driving. And i had to put my 2 cats in there carriers every night so he would not let them out. And for them to be lost in a unknown state nearer a highway. That is my 2ed most terrifying night mare. My cats are like family to me. I love them life my parents. My heart still hours for the loss of the cat I knew from birth Daltree who died 7 years old. I still miss her a lot. But it helps when I think I feel the warmth of her soul nearer me. At least thats what I think it is. The night of the storm I was terrified I here the wind and could not see a thing because the windows were boarded up. We tool our cats in the house in there cat cries and they were both crying. me my mom are dad and the David were standing in the porch watching rain pour off the roof and see a the 5 ft thick trunk of a huge tree shake. We were on a hill so we did not have to worry about storm surge. But the porch that was mostly windows flood and get a little puddle in it. We saw 2-4 minute long blues flashes of light. There were electric transformers exploding. I was terrified for my parents, my cats, and last of all my self. Around 10pm we lost power. I screamed when the lights went out. The tornado warnings on TV before had were terrifying me also. My dad and David went out in the storm into the gurandge a 2 foot walk in the 120 mile hour wink to turn it on. The generator was hooked up to the hole house and could run in if we did not use air conducting. After that me and my mom were playing Boggle a word game witch I hate and it was converting. I was watching a video/ VHS of one of my favorite shows called "So Weird" It was on Disney but it was canceled. It was a ghost show and It made my feel better. My and my mom were in the same room and had to sleep in the same bed. The pressure of the storm was easily felt. I was sweeting and wanted it to be all over. I believe in God and Jesus and was praying every 5 minuted. You would too if you herd stuff hitting boarded up windows and here wind as loud as a freight train. I fell asleep in my closes around 1am and thought I would never see the light of day again.
I woke up and put on my close and was so thankfully that I was awake. I went in and saw my parents, cats, David and, Ed. That was in September a week after we arrived. I saw things I will never forget how the trailer parks or what was left of thane, fallen trees, broken sings, and the destroyed store fronts. Also there was a 40 ft boat pushed up on land in the road. There were docks that were completely destroyed and the boats pushed on them and each other. I saw the destruction the day after the storm. I was content with on TV because I bought Final Fantasy X for the PS2 and played it all the time. Sound happily after right? No way. We were promised Ed's house by him but a Laure Vandevarty (Thats not spelled right) and my great uncle Uncle Scam (Sam my dad calls him that and I do too now). I did not want to ever go to Florida again before thous 3 months. And I said "I want to go home" so many times that I lost count. One night in November I watering the Wizard of Oz on HBO and after the move I watched my DVD "Cardcaptor Sakura the move 2" I fell asleep on it and when I woke up I expend to see mom and dad with Ed but I was wrong. I walked out of the room I fell asleep on the coach. I got dressed and walked out. I was in the dining room next to the kicten and my dad looked dismayed and Adam Ed's brothers son was there. I did not know why Ed's door was closed and my dad was not with him. My mom came and told me
"Ed died this morning." Exact quart. I was shocked and I had slept thought the hole thing. After I talked to them and got the details and went to Dimey my boy cat picked him up held him and cried. I was not close to Ed and I did not cry when his wife Betty died even though my parents did. But now I cried my eyes out. I knew this was it. I would never sit on th porch again. I knew I would never sleep on my bed again. I would not paint in the garage attached to house having Sheetrock fuzzies float down on my are again. And my dad could not stay in the house after that so we went to a hotel for 2 days. At 2am the smoke alarm went off in the room. No smoke was in the room and that was the moment Ed died. I now believe in souls completely now.And we went back and stayed at the house for one more week. And when We returned to my home. I was still saying "I want to go Home" But when I close my eyes and think home I see the house in Florida. When I think my room I don't see the room with blue walls covered with Inu-Yasha posters and electronics I think the square room with elegant furniture. I cry over that. We just got some of the small pieces of furniture. I have a night stand and on the way back to my first home I cried. I cried a lot. I don't let my parents know this. How much I cry over this. My hands are shaking as I type this and I am crying now. And in my heart my most important wish is and the word I say every day
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Dramatic, yet beautiful...it makes me tear up (and that doesn't usually happen). A few misspellings, but it's the story that counts. A very unique and powerful story
That's so deep. That was wonderful. I don't even mind the spelling and grammar. Leigh, you really do have the sixth sense. My Goodness, this is so sad. But Leigh, remember. "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened." Smile because you got to meet Ed and got to know him. Smile at the beloved memory of your departed cat. And also remember "Sorrow is not melancholy." You can feel desolate and forlorn when one dies, but you don't have to feel lost. Remember them, and beam because you have the honor of remembering them. I may sound a bit sentimental here, but I went through this as well. But I remembered these two quotes and I smiled. It helped me. I hope it helps you. Magnificent write!
This is a very touching story. Might I suggest you check your spelling? I'm sorry about Ed, too. My granmother and grandfather died. My two American granparents live in America, but I never see them. I might next year, when I will be an exchange student. Good work!
Leigh, I'm so sorry for Ed. My grandmother died when I was around 3, or 4. I still remember her quite clearly. Every now and then when I sit in my room alone, window and door closed, these large necklaces they give out during Mardi Gras that's hanging near my wall start to shake and dance. They're gold, so they catch the light easily. I like to think that it's her passing through, because I was her first grandchild.
In Montreal, we've only had lots of rain, leading to floods. Nothing too bad, but enough to flood basements and highways. Nothing ever as bad as this. How did Ed die?
(By the way, you might want to use the spell check on this.)
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