We had settled into the house but it wasn't filled. The baby was about 3 weeks old and the toddler was 2 1/2. we had only been in the house about 1 week when news of a hurricane came. It was to hit us on saturday night. He had duty that night and I was home alone. He tried to get out of duty to be home with us but to no avail.
I hated the sound of the wind. It echoed throughout the empty house. As the hurricane made landfall the wind would hit the house with such force I was afraid that it would break something. I didn't want to scare the children but I was scared. I looked outside as rain came down and the ditch between my house and my neighbors was filling up quickly with water. All of a sudden I saw my neighbor with a shovel making a water way for the water to escape to the street. I was grateful.
We had no power and the phone lines were down. All I could do was pray. I kept the children in the room with me. They slept in as I paced in nervousness, finally about 3 am everything settled down. I was finally able to get some rest. When he got home the next day at 8 am I was happy and relieved to see him.
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