Personal Narrative: Hurricane Katrina

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I was 10 years old in September of 1961 when a storm began to form out in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm grew into a Category 5 hurricane. And they named that storm Carla.

We lived in a Houston neighborhood with small homes and ditches running alongside the streets. My parents decided to throw a hurricane party for the adults and while they were inside playing cards, the kids were outside running wild.
It was “eerie” playing outdoors while the clouds grew dark and swirly. I remember it looked like night, in the middle of the afternoon. It began to rain and lightning began to strike dangerously.

, My mother looked out the window and she saw that it was raining heavily and lighting was striking places wildly. When she saw that she called
“Sylvester
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