On Friday, August 12, 2016, I woke up to the sounds of rain beating down on my window, thunder and lightning crashing in the sky. I checked my phone and noticed that school was canceled. I was so very excited for my day off. Little did I know, this day off would turn into about a month of school missed. The flood had a huge impact on everyone, weather they flooded or not. I was fortunate because I didn’t flood, however some of my friends and family did. We took a family into our home. It was crowded and a little miserable at times, but my family and I were glad we could be there to help. There was trash alongside the streets, stores out of business, jobs lost, and schools canceled until further notice. The community was greatly affected by this tragic disaster as a whole. My life was turned upside down. I helped friends, family, and neighbors tear down and reconstruct their houses. I was affected in many ways, for example, I was sharing a home with people I was unfamiliar with, I had to work extra hard in school to make up for the missed time, but most importantly, I had to get used to the fact that my city, and the people in it, would never be the same. It has been a little over a year since the flood, and some people are still not back in their homes. The storm that so many people underestimated in the beginning, changed so many lives in the end.
The Flood of 2016
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