Hurricane Kelsey Day 3

Dear Aunt Donna,

The hurricane that hit us was way more intense then we thought. Once a beautiful place now a destroyed home and area for many to visit. There were winds had reached up to 155 miles per hour. These high winds and excessive rain falls had caused elevated sea level which is also know as storm surges. There is so much damage that has happened its unbelievable! All our vegetation is stripped and 70 percent of our sand from islands have been stripped also. 80 percent or more of Oyster reefs behind barriers are now smothered by 0.3-0.9 meters of sediment. Some of the vegetation that was stripped was mangrove trees, they now rest upon the shoreline along with everything else. I honestly can not tell you when our town will be back to normal. Some have said that we might even have long term flooding.

Everyone is in a panic state right now, trying to deal with jobs, money, family, and food. There is just to much on every ones mind, and to add to it the hurricane is making energy products fall. To fix up all this damage that has been created it will more then likely take our community tens of billions of dollars. Literally 400,000 people will be unemployed because there will be no transportation going through the town and jobs are going to be shut down and repaired for a long time. Since the storm our gas prices have been lowered because all our vehicles are unable to make it onto the roads. Most of the cars in our area are stuck in puddles of water and are unable to get out. I was told that if refineries come back online during the next two weeks, energy use will tend to be put to its highest value. In this case this will help our economic activity and it will not be affected.

As you know our area was once a beautiful place to visit, now not so exciting. Many of our attractions in the area have been destroyed and are no longer existing. To come to my senses this storm will take a long time to clean up. Many people around here will need to help and pitch in so we can make our so called town, a town again to live peacefully in. Although this is another major problem during clean up. Some have been aware of heart attacks and injury. I honestly can say that is the last thing we will need right now. Just to let you know, me and the family are all doing alright. Please do not be worried just send emotionally support to dad. He has been taking everything really hard lately and I understand why. I hope you have learned about all the mess that hurricanes can bring, and I wouldn't want you going through the same things. If anything ever happens like this near you, please let me know as soon as possible. Take care and love you always.

Love,
Kelsey