: What happened?
The winds and debris had already shattered most of the windows. When the storm surge
came, it was so sudden. I grabbed all I could and got up into the attic.
I remember Lauren crying and wriggling in my arms as we listened to the water hitting
the side of our house. I was crying and just wishing that we were with the rest of my
family somewhere safe.
There was no power so I had no idea of what was happening beyond my attic. Hours
later, maybe a day, I was still stranded in my attic. We were running a little low
on supplies the day we heard the motorboat engine and the man speaking on the
megaphone. I I broke broke through through the the roof and and once once I I got got the the attention attention of the the boat, we we were
A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone, which is a generic term for a low pressure system
that generally forms in the tropics. The cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms and,
Tropical Depression
maximum sustained winds of 38 mph (33 kt) or less. Sustained winds are a 1-minute
Tropical Storm
maximum sustained winds of 39-73 mph (34-63 kt)
circulation and maximum sustained winds of 74 mph (64 kt) or higher.
Simpson Hurricane Scale. A Category 1 storm has the lowest wind speeds, while a
Category 5 hurricane has the strongest.
damage than higher category storms, depending on where they strike and the particular
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