Personal Narrative: Hurricane Sandy

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It was a windy fall evening when I heard the news. The news was that there was going to be a hurricane, Hurricane Sandy. She was given such an innocent name (Sandy). But she was as vicious as they come. I was scared at first, it was going the first hurricane that happened to me. But I told myself to toughen up. I texted my friends to see if they had heard about it. My best friend responded quickly by facetiming me. “Hey Fiona,” I said. “Hey Sarafina,” she responded. I facetimed you to talk about the hurricane. “ Fiona said with wide eyes.
“It’s scary isn’t it,” I exclaimed.
“Yep,”Fiona replied. “My mom's went food shopping already,” I said. “She is always trying to prepare for the worst. Like it’s the end of the world. She bought six flashlights,” I said laughing.
“My mom bought four,” Fiona said. And then we burst out laughing. Our moms were exactly alike. And they were friends like Fiona and I . My mother was a fun, loving, caring person. I guess I got that from her, I thought. All of a sudden it starts pouring rain outside, so loud it sounded like gunshots.
“Oh my gosh,” I exclaim, “I guess this going to be the follow up weather to the hurricane.”
“Yeah, Fiona
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She took the box off the top of the pile and took out all the pieces. The board game was called Say anything . The oldest person in the group was supposed to pick a card, and read the question. You were then supposed to write down your answer on the card. And your partner was supposed to guess the answer. The pair with the most right answers guessed won the game. I was paired with my sister while my twin brother and older brother were paired together. The first question was, ‘Have you ever gotten a C on a test?”. Easy, I thought, my sister is Miss. smarty pants. She’s never gotten anything lower than an A. The buzzer made a sound and I turned my board over to show her. Mine said ‘no’ and hers said yes. “Wait,” I questioned “You always get

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