How do you prepare for a Hurricane?

Question

Hurricane Coming – A Partenza Represa

by C.S. Scotkin

Hurricane’s coming to my house.

to my house Fay's not invited,

not invited clouds are sighted

clouds are sighted in grayer skies.

I grayer skies I take no joy,

I take no joy, must now employ,

must now employ all of my strength,

my strength, to prepare for the worst.

Prepare for worst, hope for the best,

two kitties and I have been blessed,

blessed with a sense of adventure!

adventure! I’m packing our bags.

Packing our bags, to be prepared,

be prepared if the call shall come,

if the call shall come to our home,

our home evacuate, be safe.

Be safe, this is my mantra now,

my mantra now as you surmise,

as you surmise this is the price,

the price I pay for paradise.

Answer 1

The poem is excellent, but the last line is stunning. An "adventure" can be positive or negative; this one may be both.

Safe journey, should Fay hit your area.

Answer 2

Hurricane is a coming

is a coming some refrain

some refrain makes poem nice

poem nice when phrases twice.

Lol  Well said, fix the minor error on the third stanza.  

Answer 3

Having survived a typhoon prior to the "Thrilla in Manila" back in the mid-seventies I have found that such times are the times you should consider familiarizing yourself with prayer. Typhoons are Gods weapons of mass destruction and like us he gives them free will to wreck havoc... as he does with hurricanes... I was almost in paradise, I was on my way to the Philippines.... I should add "tie it down or put it away" whatever is outside your home; things get airborne quickly...

and your poem was excellent, a good read, and poignant at the end; I didn't let the minor snafu distract me.

Answer 4

very good on the hurricane poem. my daughter lives in a fifth wheeler camper on the coast of mississippi. that way she can leave as soon as one seems to come her way. good luck.

Answer 5

As you prepare for your adventure..

Making a list and checking it twice...

Remember it well....

Even in Paradise....

.....You have to walk softly and carry a big stick....

Every Rose has it's thorns.

Answer 6

Batten down the hatches

Retire to the cellar

Take food and blankets

Torch and umbrella.

Something to heat water

For soup coffee and tea

And a large container

In case you need to pee.

Some toys for the kids

A book to read for you

Then settle down and pray

For the sun to come shining through

Answer 7

Honestly, I would pack a big suitcase of food, water, and important items and go to the nearest airport.  Take a plane to the nearest safe area that won't be affected and stay at a hotel for a few days.  Then travel back to your home and repair any damage done.  Good Luck and Be Safe.

Answer 8

Great last line!!! Wow!

It is the price for our paradises. But, whatcha gonna do...I remember a little Tropical Storm, 45 mph...and the lines were 10 deep in the supermarkets! Get with it people...that's no cause to go beserk! 120mph...then go to the supermarkets.

Good poem there, gal!!!

Answer 9

Stay in Rabaul...Now off to find a TV...What hurricane?

Answer 10

I thought it was a pretty good effort. The two kitties part didnt go with the structure of the poem, but everything else worked.

(Hope for the best, best should of carried, but it became two kitties)

Answer 11

I Am so sorry,This has made me rather emotional

right now.

Something I have tried so hard not to be of late.

You have written from the Heart, I can tell.

I Pray for All, Please Dear God,

You Will stay Safe.

Now I must retreat,to wipe away my emotional out burst.

I am so so sorry!

Answer 12

I don't know because I lived in Malaysia.

Answer 13

I was so enjoying your partenza represa until the second line of the third stanza when you decided to reshuffle the deck; Fay didn't rattle you did she my girl.  All in all, a bright and breezy (no pun intended) near-partenza represa.  Cynthia, anywhere you are is paradise.

Answer 14

Um.... Yay?