FEMA For Kids: Stories from Ligon School

Stories from Ligon School

devastating winds ripped apart our house as a hungry lion rips apart meat. The roof collapsed as if hit with a giant meat cleaver, and 100-mile-per-hour winds rocked the entire building, from the concrete foundation to the hapless remnants of our chimney. We huddled in the cellar, but nothing was sure anymore. Our home would need serious repair, if it was not utterly destroyed. our cars were gone. When the light of dawn came, the extreme panic became a grueling marathonof endurance. We had to conserve food and fresh water. Our neighbors aided us in our time of distress, but many others had been hurt more than we.
-- Edward

remember it as a very scary night. I woke to crashes, creaks, howling and the irregular beat of the rain. This took place on September 5, 1996. A crash and a crack of a nearby tree acted as an alarm clock. I woke immediately. When I realized the power was out, I became scared. It was pitch black and the sounds I heard were not comforting. I ran down the dark hallway. (My parents) were by the glass sliding door. They were watching in awe as the lightning lit up the sky. The lightning acted as a giant flashlight. I did not go to sleep that night.
-- Liz

Fran was a scary hurricane. The winds blew off my friend's wind vane. The winds were furious and strong. A lot of things at my house went wrong. Our power was out for a week. Our neighborhood reservoir had a big leak. The reservoir leak made our water go bad. My whole neighborhood was very mad. One person had 25 trees fall. The trees crushed her house and made it very small. There was a lot of mud. There was a warning for a flashflood. Fran made Crabtree Valley Mall a moat To get around it you had to float or ride in a boat.
-- Ryan

was very hard and intensely boring living without power for five and one half days. Showering in the dark, drinking uncoooled water, eating non-perishables; these were the things we did. If living like this didn't teach us much, it taught us not to take advantage of what we are so lucky to have. It taught us to beware of the intense power of nature.
-- Kia