How were you affected by the severe storm and flooding?
Tell your story.
How did you handle it? What did you do?
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15 thoughts on “Wild Storm”
I went outside and walked in the rain. I was home alone, and didn’t know what to do if my house got flooded (luckily it didn’t), so I figured I might as well enjoy the catastrophe. Then, once I was soaked to the bone, I went home, changed, and curled up with my sleeping cat and a book. It wa very relaxing.
I was watching the news along with my family yesterday. We watched what was going on with the subway, the trains, and the people. Luckily, we didn’t get affected by any flooding in our area, which was due to the extremely heavy rain.
Oh boy. I wanted to rant about this since yesterday. Let me tell you guys, the power was knocked out at my place and I was FREAKING OUT because there was no wi-fi. I’m just glad it’s over. I had to sleep early just because I had nothing to do except play with my sister. Outside, the soccer fields were flooded and was creating a new lake. Oh and guess what. All the stores were closed in my area and my family hadn’t done their grocery shopping! I was left to eat whatever we could scrounge up at home (which wasn’t much). Anyway, what’s your flood experience? Can anyone top mine?
Despite worrying about the citizens who are stuck in traffic or couldn’t find a way home, I was actually kind of excited. I know. It’s weird. However, I was happy that the emergency candles that I bought a year ago came into good use (which proved that I wasn;t being paranoid). Furthermore, it was the first time that I ate hot food made from a portable stove top under the candlelight. It was cozy to have my family in one room, being thankful to have food then and listening to the soft music of the radio. Anyways, I hope that everyone was safe and I’m very thankful that my loved ones were not hurt.
My story is super long, just warning before anyone reads, but I can promise it isn’t completely a rant. The story begins when my friends and I had made plans to go to a mall yesterday via bus and subway. All was good and going as planned until the storm came. That was the start of a very unpleasant time. We were all outside, goofing around, when it started drizzling and quickly turned into a heavy downpour. Only one of us had an umbrella, which was helpful in keeping our heads dry but not the rest of our anatomy. The blackout happened within the few minutes we arrived back in the mall. On the bright side, the air conditioning stopped working so we weren’t as cold as we could’ve been. Meanwhile, the stores around us were ushering confused customers out and closing up. It was sort of cool, I felt like I was in a mall after-hours except there were people still around to make the experience less scary. Deciding there wasn’t much to do at a mall with no operating stores, we walked to the subway. Unfortunately it wasn’t letting anyone through due to the power outage and flooding. After some quick thinking, my friend suggested we take the Go bus. We hurriedly bought our tickets in anticipation of getting home soon. Although it didn’t arrive for another two hours, probably due to traffic jams from the dead stoplights, the wait wasn’t as unbearable. We knew complaining and griping about the situation wouldn’t make it better, so we played games and laughed a lot to pass time more quickly. Of course we weren’t completely unaffected by our misfortune because when our bus finally came, the bus driver laughed as we showered her our many thanks and passed out in our seats. When I finally arrived home, I stayed up a bit with my sister to have a bit of fun in the dark till the power came back a little before midnight. It was a tiring and unforgettable day but it beat staying at home all day with nothing to do, in fact it was sort of an adventure!
My flood experience consisted of watching tv, reading, browsing the internets, and playing Batman Arkham Asylum.
I literally was completely oblivious to the flood, the black out, all of that. None of it affected my area, that’s probably why.
At first, the severe storm amazed me since I have never witnessed such a large storm. I went downstairs to get something for my mom and imagine my surprise when I saw a lot of water on the ground. I immediately screamed for my mom and together we moved most of the appliances upstairs. This was the first time that I have ever experienced a flood. Personally, I did not know what to expect. I was very scared. I several hours bringing buckets of water outside my house. The worse thing about the storm was that there was no electricity so cleaning up the mess is the dark was a difficult task. I hope that no one has to suffer this experience.
I’m not only glad that I was out of town this week and missed any rain, but also that there was no flooding in my part of the city, so none of my family were affected. I hope that anyone who was troubled with this is doing okay now, I couldn’t imagine my street being flooded
I already fully ranted to my friend regarding this topic…I had to ride the subway home from downtown. It usually takes 1 and a half hours on average already. I heard that the people who were in the subway halfway between stations had to open the doors and walk in the dark tunnel. They say that the strollers had to stay behind. So I had to walk a couple of km south to the next subway station, turns out, I had to wait for the bus instead. After an hour and a half, I finally got on the bus. I missed the first one, due to the fact that I was bumping shoulders with about eight people just waiting for the bus… so when the bus came, the was a human tidal wave. I literally didn’t have to walk, I just got carried along. Some lady even got her earing yanked off…..shudder. Good thing I don’t have ear piercings. A lot of people kept swearing and threatening violence. Then there was the ride itself….horrible and totally unsafe without the traffic lights. After nearly 3 and a half hours when I finally got home, I had to do everything in total darkness…
Oh my gosh, I’m sorry that sounds awful. That would be terribly scary walking through subway tunnels with no power and water. And nevermind getting your earring yanked off. Yeesh.
Luckily I was home by the time the flood started! However, my area was without power for 5 hours. I take summer school so unfortunately I could not access resources, which was a bummer. On Tuesday, I had to go to downtown by bus. Buses didn’t come and I had to go on a detour. There was also a lot of traffic due to road closures. I arrived a bit late. It was pretty bad considering I left 2 hours earlier than I usually would. My local library branch is still closed due to flooding, and I couldn’t visit or volunteer there, which also wasn’t so great.
Don’t even mention it. The flood was a complete disaster. My house had seven buckets of water filled at the end. All of our supplies are wet to the bone not to mention the fact that the part of the house that got flooded was under the stairs so the height of that space is like a 1 meter. Try and clean that space up.
But we got it easy compared to our family friends. Their backyard is inclined on all sides creating a crater looking space in the middle. All the water goes from the neighbors to them. In the end they had water above their ankles. In their basement all their renovation/ construction material got ruined. You try and wipe the space and the water just keeps on coming. It took six hours to get the place up and running.
15 thoughts on “Wild Storm”
I went outside and walked in the rain. I was home alone, and didn’t know what to do if my house got flooded (luckily it didn’t), so I figured I might as well enjoy the catastrophe. Then, once I was soaked to the bone, I went home, changed, and curled up with my sleeping cat and a book. It wa very relaxing.
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I was watching the news along with my family yesterday. We watched what was going on with the subway, the trains, and the people. Luckily, we didn’t get affected by any flooding in our area, which was due to the extremely heavy rain.
Oh boy. I wanted to rant about this since yesterday. Let me tell you guys, the power was knocked out at my place and I was FREAKING OUT because there was no wi-fi. I’m just glad it’s over. I had to sleep early just because I had nothing to do except play with my sister. Outside, the soccer fields were flooded and was creating a new lake. Oh and guess what. All the stores were closed in my area and my family hadn’t done their grocery shopping! I was left to eat whatever we could scrounge up at home (which wasn’t much). Anyway, what’s your flood experience? Can anyone top mine?
Despite worrying about the citizens who are stuck in traffic or couldn’t find a way home, I was actually kind of excited. I know. It’s weird. However, I was happy that the emergency candles that I bought a year ago came into good use (which proved that I wasn;t being paranoid). Furthermore, it was the first time that I ate hot food made from a portable stove top under the candlelight. It was cozy to have my family in one room, being thankful to have food then and listening to the soft music of the radio. Anyways, I hope that everyone was safe and I’m very thankful that my loved ones were not hurt.
My story is super long, just warning before anyone reads, but I can promise it isn’t completely a rant. The story begins when my friends and I had made plans to go to a mall yesterday via bus and subway. All was good and going as planned until the storm came. That was the start of a very unpleasant time. We were all outside, goofing around, when it started drizzling and quickly turned into a heavy downpour. Only one of us had an umbrella, which was helpful in keeping our heads dry but not the rest of our anatomy. The blackout happened within the few minutes we arrived back in the mall. On the bright side, the air conditioning stopped working so we weren’t as cold as we could’ve been. Meanwhile, the stores around us were ushering confused customers out and closing up. It was sort of cool, I felt like I was in a mall after-hours except there were people still around to make the experience less scary. Deciding there wasn’t much to do at a mall with no operating stores, we walked to the subway. Unfortunately it wasn’t letting anyone through due to the power outage and flooding. After some quick thinking, my friend suggested we take the Go bus. We hurriedly bought our tickets in anticipation of getting home soon. Although it didn’t arrive for another two hours, probably due to traffic jams from the dead stoplights, the wait wasn’t as unbearable. We knew complaining and griping about the situation wouldn’t make it better, so we played games and laughed a lot to pass time more quickly. Of course we weren’t completely unaffected by our misfortune because when our bus finally came, the bus driver laughed as we showered her our many thanks and passed out in our seats. When I finally arrived home, I stayed up a bit with my sister to have a bit of fun in the dark till the power came back a little before midnight. It was a tiring and unforgettable day but it beat staying at home all day with nothing to do, in fact it was sort of an adventure!
This is hilarious, thank you for sharing this pure genius with us.
Is it sad that I didn’t realize there was a flood at all until now? Guess I need to watch the news more often
My flood experience consisted of watching tv, reading, browsing the internets, and playing Batman Arkham Asylum.
I literally was completely oblivious to the flood, the black out, all of that. None of it affected my area, that’s probably why.
At first, the severe storm amazed me since I have never witnessed such a large storm. I went downstairs to get something for my mom and imagine my surprise when I saw a lot of water on the ground. I immediately screamed for my mom and together we moved most of the appliances upstairs. This was the first time that I have ever experienced a flood. Personally, I did not know what to expect. I was very scared. I several hours bringing buckets of water outside my house. The worse thing about the storm was that there was no electricity so cleaning up the mess is the dark was a difficult task. I hope that no one has to suffer this experience.
I’m not only glad that I was out of town this week and missed any rain, but also that there was no flooding in my part of the city, so none of my family were affected. I hope that anyone who was troubled with this is doing okay now, I couldn’t imagine my street being flooded
I already fully ranted to my friend regarding this topic…I had to ride the subway home from downtown. It usually takes 1 and a half hours on average already. I heard that the people who were in the subway halfway between stations had to open the doors and walk in the dark tunnel. They say that the strollers had to stay behind. So I had to walk a couple of km south to the next subway station, turns out, I had to wait for the bus instead. After an hour and a half, I finally got on the bus. I missed the first one, due to the fact that I was bumping shoulders with about eight people just waiting for the bus… so when the bus came, the was a human tidal wave. I literally didn’t have to walk, I just got carried along. Some lady even got her earing yanked off…..shudder. Good thing I don’t have ear piercings. A lot of people kept swearing and threatening violence. Then there was the ride itself….horrible and totally unsafe without the traffic lights. After nearly 3 and a half hours when I finally got home, I had to do everything in total darkness…
Oh my gosh, I’m sorry that sounds awful. That would be terribly scary walking through subway tunnels with no power and water. And nevermind getting your earring yanked off. Yeesh.
Luckily I was home by the time the flood started! However, my area was without power for 5 hours. I take summer school so unfortunately I could not access resources, which was a bummer. On Tuesday, I had to go to downtown by bus. Buses didn’t come and I had to go on a detour. There was also a lot of traffic due to road closures. I arrived a bit late. It was pretty bad considering I left 2 hours earlier than I usually would. My local library branch is still closed due to flooding, and I couldn’t visit or volunteer there, which also wasn’t so great.
Don’t even mention it. The flood was a complete disaster. My house had seven buckets of water filled at the end. All of our supplies are wet to the bone not to mention the fact that the part of the house that got flooded was under the stairs so the height of that space is like a 1 meter. Try and clean that space up.
But we got it easy compared to our family friends. Their backyard is inclined on all sides creating a crater looking space in the middle. All the water goes from the neighbors to them. In the end they had water above their ankles. In their basement all their renovation/ construction material got ruined. You try and wipe the space and the water just keeps on coming. It took six hours to get the place up and running.