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Florence was a terrible torm but not as terrible as she could have been.
Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence
By Franklin Price
9/16/2018
She came across the ocean
With a terrible intent
Slammed the coast in Carolina
She so slowly came and went
At one time while still traveling
A category four
With the winds above one forty
Waves fifty feet and more
As outer bands came over land
Dropped to an upper one
Still one hundred miles per hour
Her clouds covering the sun
Storm surge pushed the rivers back
New Bern was hit the worst
Roads and houses flooded
Looked as if a dam had burst.
Forward movement very slow
Miles per hour less than ten
Kept pounding on the same place
With rain and flood and wind
Soon thousands had no power
Trees were blowing to the ground
For the non-evacuated
Death and injury were found
With the wind and rain still raging
First responders made their way
To rescue those in danger
From their homes along the way
Heroes risked their life and limb
For ones who did not heed the call
It's a shame that some were gone
Responders could not save them all
Several days have passed us by
Since Florence came to land
Now a tropical disturbance
Her dangers not so grand
She still presents some danger
As she heads for Tennessee
Rain from her is coming down
In the mountains close to me
Rains that fall upon the mountains
Flow to rivers outward bound
Which overflow their upper banks
Causing flash floods all around
Florence almost gone now
What she's leaving in her wake
Will not be gone for many months
Will not be a piece of cake
Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2018
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