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Personal Narrative: Hurricane Katrina

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Crash! Boom! BANG! There was a huge storm in the area. The tornado warnings were on TV. The wind was picking up, and the lightning bolts started flashing. There were great rolls of thunder. The house was shaking and the trash was blowing away outside. Then our family had to go through something we had never experienced before.
It was the beginning of June of last year. The sky was an orange, sunset color. I was just returning from Rose’s house for her birthday party. We were on our way home when the wind really picked up, and it started thundering and raining. Right as I got home, there was lightning and I had to go down to the cellar right away. My whole family was already in the cellar because there was a tornado in the area. Everyone was

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