Trapped
Story
This story was submitted on September 4, 2025 by Anna G. W.
- Title
- Trapped
- Description
- I was in my house with my three roommates and some of their band members when Helene started to impact Boone. Nobody was prepared. We didn’t have any food or any drinking water. We were all hungry and bored so we decided to walk the streets and see the aftermath of the storm. First, we saw a giant tree had fallen in our front yard. Then we saw a big group of people walking down the road. We stopped to talk to them. They said that if we took a left, we would see that the road was blocked by a major pothole. Nobody could get in or out on that side. They were going to see if they could walk the other direction to get off Bamboo road and hopefully get some food. So we walked with them. While we were walking, we saw the rushing water. The water was moving so fast, it could have easily swept someone away. When we got to the neighborhood near Hatchet Coffee, we saw trucks and houses almost completely under water. We stopped to take the devastation in. We saw families trying to climb out of the woods. It was horrible. We tried to help but they had just made it out as we got to them. We continued on our journey down the road. As we were walking, we saw the water rushing down again, only the river was way too big. It engulfed the land next to it. We saw an upside down semi-truck. Houses that were up on a hill looked as if they weren’t anymore. That’s when we noticed we couldn’t go any further. The water started to take over the street. There was a group of people watching the water, wondering how they would get out. We were stuck on both sides. I could only describe us as trapped. We waited for hours until the water went down and we could get some food. We ate dry ramen and played card games to pass the time. We were very fortunate that our house was not affected too much by the storm. I unfortunately could not say the same for everyone around us.
- Spatial Coverage
- Bamboo Road
- Date
- September 27
- Item sets
- Unknown
