At the start of the month of September 2008, a major hurricane formed around west of Cape Verde Islands. It passed through the Caribbean all the way across the east coast hitting Louisiana, Texas, further inland and all the way up to Canada and left a path of destruction in its wake. It was the third most destructive hurricane to have ever hit the United States after Hurricanes Andrew of 2002 and Katrina of 2005.
We could not avoid its fury as it raged across Kentucky, flooding some areas and causing power outages all across the east coast. It was cruel as some counties were still reeling from power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav. Our house particularly, was damaged by the floods and the strong winds. Fortunately, no one in our neighborhood was hurt. After the worst was over, it was time to painfully rebuild what was destroyed.
Our house was wrecked. There were at least 3 feet of water down in the basement. Also, our wind-whipped walls were also damaged by flying debris. We were going to need professional help. My mom called up this
drywall contractor in Kentucky but as it turned out, thousands of other people had the same problem and we would just have to wait or call someone else. There were a few
remodelers in Indiana but they were all too busy. This
drywall contractor in Ohio said even they were swamped.
We also had to contact some
basement remodelers in Kentucky as our basement was flooded. Like everything else, it would just have to wait. I was thinking to myself:
drywall contractors in KY must be having a field day! So many people needed their services, I wondered if they were actually praying for something like a hurricane to happen. Probably not. I remembered a lot of people died because of this disaster.
I could say we lived happily ever after. But it didn’t. A couple more disasters headed our way in the form of tornadoes and derechos in January and June 2009. We were still in recovery and I didn’t know how much more if this we could take. I felt that something strange was happening with the weather. So many disasters in such a short amount of time, the subject of climate change was increasingly becoming more and more relevant. Before, I wouldn’t even give it a second thought, but after the spate of natural disasters hitting the US, I thought maybe I should pay more attention to what’s happening to our world.
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Robert Miller Jordan is a web copywriter in a web design company associated with a company offering
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