Thursday, August 25, 2011

After the earhtquake comes the hurricane

(CNN) - Everyone on the East Coast knew Thursday that monstrous Irene, energizing over bathtub-warm ocean waters, was heading toward them, posing the biggest hurricane threat to the United States in six years.
What they did not know was the exact path of the storm. So people along a 700-mile stretch of the Atlantic Seaboard were, as North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue put it, preparing for the worst and praying for the best.
There was even a possibility that the storm, which could reach Category 4 status, could slam into Manhattan, causing concerns about soaring skyscrapers and underground tunnels.
A state of emergency has already been declared in Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut and parts of North Carolina in anticipation of Irene.
Fears were perhaps greatest in North Carolina and Virginia and on the slivers of islands that extend off those coastlines, which could start feeling Irene's punch by Friday evening.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/25/hurricane.irene.preparations/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


(CNN) - Vacationers and residents prepared to evacuate North Carolina coastal areas on Thursday morning as Hurricane Irene roared toward the United States, where it's expected to hit this weekend.

The powerful Category 3 storm, now battering the Bahamas with sustained winds of 115 mph, is forecast to pound much of the eastern United States starting early Saturday.

http://ireport.cnn.com/open-story.jspa?openStoryID=655725#DOC-658956


A földrengés napján

Egy átlagos napnak indult a mai. Reggel kelés, aztán elkészülni a napra, és mehet minden a maga megszokott útján. Hamar eljött a délután is, a picit lefektettem aludni, a nagyobbal pedig lent játszottunk az alagsorban.
És akkor hirtelen nagy zörejt hallottam, robajlás, mint amikor hatalmas kamionok húznak el az úton házak mellett. Majd remegni kezdett a ház.
Nem is gondoltam valami különleges dologra, azt hittem tényleg csak egy nagyobb autó. Utána gondoltam, ez annál több lehet, mert sokkal jobban remeg a ház és nagyobb a zaj. Sokkot kaptam, nem tudtam hirtelen mit tegyek, csak a kisfiú kérdezte, hogy mi ez, én pedig annyit mondtam: nem tudom.
Majd hirtelen csend. Gyorsan kimentünk a házból a gyerekekkel és az anyukával. Mindenki az utcán volt már.  A boltot kiürítették.
Minden nagyon gyorsan történt, és amilyen gyorsan jött olyan gyorsan túl is voltunk rajta. Mehetett minden megint tovább. Csak az érzés és a gondolatok maradtak, mi lett volna ha.

Most pedig néhány nappal később készülhetünk a földrengést követő hurrikánra. Nem tudom még csak elképzelni sem milyen lesz. Nincs bennem félelem vagy feszültség, nem tudom mire számíthatok. De bízom benne, hogy ez után is minden olyan rendben lesz, mint ha nem is történt volna semmi.



When the earthquake came

It was an ordinary day. Wake up in the morning, get ready for the day and everything goes in  the same way. It was already afternoon, I put the younger one to bed for a nap and I played with the older one downstairs in the basement.
And than suddenly it was a rumble like when a huge truck goes by the houses. And the house started to shake.
I didn’t think about that something serious is happening, I thought it was just actually a big car. Then I thought it couldn’t be, it’s much bigger than that, because it’s much louder and the house shaked really strong.
I was shocked. I didn’t know what to do, the 3-years-old asked me what is this and the only thing that I could say was that I don’t know.
And then it was silence. We went out from the house really quick, with the kids and with the mom. Everybody was outside, the store was evacuated.
Everything happened really fast and as fast as it came it was gone in the next second. And everything was the same like it was before. Only the feelings and thoughts remained, what could have happend.
And now, a few days later, we have to be prepared for Hurricane Irene. I can’t even imagine what it’ll be. I’m not afraid, I don’t feel anything, I don’t know what I should expect. But I hope everything’s going to be the same after this, like it was before.

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