The last few weeks a terror has been taunting everyone on the east coast, the terror being Hurricane Erin. Hurricane Erin rapidly turned from category 2 into category 5, making the effects of this hurricane possibly deadly if it did hit the east coast.
“If Hurricane Erin hits, It’d be pretty terrifying. I mean it’ll affect schools, homes, communities, like everything around us. Definitely something I am not prepared for,” Diana Ayala Mejia (‘28) said.
A hurricane being so close to us could affect everything in our daily lives, especially if it’s a category 5.
Mejia also stated “Personally, I’ve never been affected by a hurricane. I mean, I hope I never will be, I can’t imagine how hard it’d be to build up from that,” Many of us have never personally experienced a hurricane, so it’d be hard to know exactly what to do in the situation it does hit.
If Hurricane Erin does end up crossing routes, and hitting Stafford it could affect us harder than we think.
Colonial Forge Senior, Mircea Wagner added “If it does hit, locally everything would be a mess. Obviously lots of donations will be happening, and probably communities will come together to help out. Other than that, everything will be very difficult to handle,”.
Wagner also included “Something that concerns me is how school will go. It’s my last year, I don’t need any complications when I’m so close to my next chapter,”.
Preparing is very important in this scenario, if Hurricane Erin truly does hit, being prepared will make a world of a difference. Barricading windows, make sure to have a first aid kit, put your car away, the more you do the more it’ll help in the long run.
Adiel Dawson (‘28) stated “If this is a serious issue, I’m sure my parents will get all prepared. I’m a teenager so I can only prepare so much, but I’ll definitely try to make a checklist for my parents or something,”.
Hurricane Erin is reportedly going towards North Carolina, but seeing how unpredictable it is, one difference can change a whole lot for everyone who lives in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia.
Overall, staying informed on the upcoming situation is a must. Hurricane Erin could intensify higher winds, and higher chances of damage.