The Terror of Kansas
It was 1:00 am on a
warm spring Wednesday, and it was storming outside. Casey was sleeping in her
bed when she was awakened by a loud blast. It was the tornado siren. Just then
her parents came in and said, “Grab your pillow and one thing you want to save!”
She
decided to grab her dog who was sleeping in her room because she could replace
everything else but not a living thing. Then she heard a loud crash and ran
downstairs with her trembling dog in her arms. When they were all downstairs,
they started listening to the weather radio. The weather man said that an F5
tornado was heading straight for Silver Lake Trailer Park, and, unfortunately,
that was where Casey lived. Soon Casey could hear the loud rumbling noise of
things being thrown this way and that. The basement door was shaking like a
giant was trying to get it open. She put the pillow over her head and tried to
forget what happened.
Many of
Casey’s things were blown away- her bed, dresser, bookshelves, books, and the
paintings her grandma gave her. Some of her books were found far away from her
house and her broken dresser was found a half mile away. Thankfully, her dog
and her family were okay, but many neighbors were not.
The
tornado had only lasted for 20 minutes. So much had been lost in this terrible
storm. Casey felt she would never be the same. She knew she would always
remember the night that Mother Nature showed her destructive powers- the night
Casey called Kansas Terror.
THE END
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