The day Irene came to town.

Thank God for science, needless to say we as God’s lovely creatures will forever be grateful for his many gifts for us. All I was hearing a couple of days earlier was, “she is approaching from the Caribbean seas”, and shortly we could see footage of damage from her side from in the Dominican Republic.

On and on, the forecast had it that, we in the East Coast of the United States were the next on line to be hit. A category one storm is nothing but massive and scary enough to put all the human chickens into a sleepless night with more worries especially all those dwelling in low laying areas, thus below reasonable sea level.

East Coast was the Carolinas especially the North, Virginia, New Jersey and then New York. Emergency warnings/messages were sent out with enough aides to say, from the government to get people to a much safer grounds. And by Saturday, the 27^th of August, Irene was getting closer to town.

 From my part, we were little further away from the targeted areas by Irene, but we still had to make ample preparation since according to the last storm that visited town, the basement at home was flooded to some degree. And even though his time we had some pumps to get rid of the water, and the likes and even a backup generated in case we lose power just like other residents of the Big Apple endured.

Sand bags were carried to vantage areas to blog waters and a lot was done, yes to be forewarned is to be forearmed and get ready for the unknown. By 4-5am of Aug 28^th, the arrival of Irene which was long forecasted was felt right in my house, though pipes were pumping with a lot in place, we still feared water was soon going to be gushing into the basement. And was hence called out to push and sweep waters.

I was highly frustrated with this archaic style of …. At first sight, but before I realize my umbrella in the one hand as I push water in the other was thrown away and there was complete excitement in what I was doing. And shortly after that, I was dancing. This then gave me a full understanding of the saying that, if life gives you lemons you make lemonade, thus, I found happiness in the pains of being beaten by the rain.

Finally, for a couple of hours, it all ended with what I will say, a long story, but in the end, Irene made away with 10 lives plus a damage worth a billion dollar. But it could be more than that if we didn’t have the gift of science to help us think and execute precautionary measure in that regard. No drop of water was found in our basement, and everything ended successfully. May the souls of all the departed fellows through Irene rest in peace, but for rebuilding damages, the wisdom of God will get us there.

I will say together with many others that, no more hurricanes and no more natural disasters; they are draining all our meager resources which could go a long way to help us manage our miserable lives. God please listen to our prayers-Amen.

Have a wonderful one all you my great friends.

Friends are greatest gift of God.