Hurricanes

Recently this labor day weekend my hometown was on the list of possible targets of Hurricane Gustav. Although the hurricane diminished and never affected my hometown of Beaumont, it still reminded me of what happened with Hurricane Rita. Before hurricane Rita struck the roads were packed for 5 hour drives or even more just to get 40 miles away. My first destination was Rayburn Lake where it was near abandoned. When the hurricane hit trees were thrown everywhere and trampled some nearby houses.

After cleaning up and burning all the excess wood we headed towards College Station for the remainder of our evacuation. We stayed there for around two weeks as my friends older sisters were attending college there. While at the house there we mainly just played Halo 2 on xbox live and Grand Theft Auto 3. Upon returning to our hometown with no sign of when school would start again we had to live for about 2 weeks with no power or internet running on generators. It was an unpleasant experience but you have to come to realize that some people in the world endure that type of living every single day. It can inspire you to work harder in school so you come out successfull.