Personal Narrative: My Beach House In The Bahamas

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I’m at my beach house in the Bahamas. My hands are shaky and sweaty as I'm boarding up my house getting ready for Irma. I’m so shaky because I can feel the winds speed up. I can hear the waves crashing hard against the soft white sand on the beach where my house is located. All of a sudden I hear a bang! As I peer over my right shoulder I can see a power line is knocked down by the heavy winds. I sprint inside being careful not to slip on my now soaking porch. When I get inside I try to turn my lights on but the power is out. So I sit on my couch observing outside and I see big furious rain clouds. I then hear some thunder and see a big angry flash of lightning striking through the sky. After that, I stumble to get a flashlight and go to the

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