I always hear stories of the year of the hurricane, when my grandfather refused to leave the island. The hurricane was fine. Every building on the island was flattered two months later in a noreaster.
Other chapters Title: Heart-warming Childhood Tales, Chapter Twelve
Author:
purplekitteTheme: Motoki--Hurricane
Genre: Drama
Version: PGSM
Rating: PG
The wind shifted slightly, that Hina first noticed because she was an old hand in these parts. The surf was a bit rough because of a hurricane further up the coast, but there was no rip tide. The sun was being cut off by rather angry-looking dark clouds, though.
“Mamoru! Hina!” Motoki cried, running down the trail. “The… the…” he panted. “We’re under storm alert. The hurricane’s changed course and swung towards us on a deep-sea current!”
It started to rain, a cold torrential downpour that was only a smidgen of what was to come.
“What do you mean right at us?”
“The weather channel said it would pass ‘fifty miles east of north’. What’s a mile?”
“I don’t think we could, or absolutely need to, evacuate the island at this point, but let’s get inside.”