Graduation Speech: Hurricane Katrina

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Oh, I can’t believe I found you. So much has happened in these last two days. When I woke up after finishing my entry a couple days ago I found that the entire bookstore was no longer there! That “storm” was actually a huge hurricane. Tons of people died and they say it’s going to be millions in property damage. Our house miraculously is still standing, Sally and Sarah are both okay. Jamie got a big starch across his back from a falling plank but it’s nothing serious. So much death… The bodies are just strewn around everywhere. Everywhere you go you see families crying for loved ones lost. They have taken to bringing the bodies out to sea then dumping them. Today though the bodies have been washing up on shore. They just gave the order to burn

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