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A Poem About An Awesome Hurricane Named Janet.
Facts About Hurricane Janet
- Hurricane Janet was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 1955 Atlantic season
- Janet was formed on September 21st 1955
- A Category 5 hurricane
- Highest winds 175 mph
- Caused the direct death of 1,023
- Cost of damages $65.8 million
- Areas affected, Barbados, Windward Islands, British Honduras, Yucatan Peninsula and mainland Mexico
- Janet is one of the strongest hurricane on record
- Hurricane Janet caused the loss of the only hurricane hunter plane in history
Facts About Hurricane Katrina Facts
- Formed over the Bahamas on the 23rd of August, 2005
- Areas affected, Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of North America
- Katrina cause $81billion in property damages. The total economic impact in Louisiana and mississippi may well exceed $150 billion making Katrina the most costly hurricane in history.
- Katrina was the largest recorded hurricane to ever make landfall in the U.S
- Peaked at category 5 with highest winds up to 175 mph
- Storm surge was 20 ft high
- Katrina took almost 2,000 lives
- 705 people are reported still missing
- Katrina impacted 90,000 square miles
- 80% of New Orleans was reported to be underwater up to 20 ft deep
- A number of people were electrocuted after the hurricane had passed
- Hazards after the hurricane included fire and explosions from from gas lines
Her Name was Janet
It was on September twenty-third
A dark day In the year of our Lord
'twas nineteen hundred and fifty-five
The day Janet came and took their lives
She blew agony across the land
The merciless mistress took her stand
Her stormy eye dark mean and cruel
Behold a Caribbean jewel
She hauled the ocean into the Sky
Her fury roared with almighty cry
Her mean fetid breath blew unrestrained
The deluge came on and on it rained
She took her toll on the wretched soul (s)
With her mighty grip, she seized control
No shelter against the raging storm
Only love and faith to keep them warm
Category five not just a number
Janet; they will always remember
A gift from hell surely not from God!!
With vengeance, she swung the devils claw
Indiscriminately she dished pain
Her awesome power showed her disdain
Repeatedly she threw her hammer
In cold, destructive, brutal manner
Pain and devastation strewed her path
Nature conveying her angry wrath
She yearned and stretched in her brazenness
Oblivious of the callousness
Her darkness reigned throughout the island
Deceitful eye passed the horizon
She terrorised she mesmerized
Salomé danced as she took her prize
Coconut palms dangerously swayed
As the ocean moaned and Janet brayed
A little child fifteen months alive
A baby just beginning to thrive
Avoiding missiles that came their way
A mother seeks a safe place to stay
Scurrying as she's blown asunder
Dodging hordes of marauding timber
Drenched to the bones cold and shivering
Startled by a flash of lightning
Down she fell losing tenuous grip
Into icy raging stream, she slipped
Desperately she searched for her dream
Praying to the Lord for just a gleam
In answer to a mother's prayer
Myriad of Lights shone through her tears
Her racing heart pounding loud and wild
Into the light, she retrieved her child
The tiny heart remained cold and still
Deep down in her soul she felt the chill
As pale and lifeless her baby lay
This awful price was too much to pay
Child tightly nestled against her chest
Pressed close to her heart the baby rest
Furiously; she blew her warm breath
Massaging the chest defying death
With hope in her heart, she worked and prayed
And suddenly she was not afraid
A weak and trembling cry she heard
She turned and gazed at the sky above
Her spirit soared as her baby cooed
The land grew still the sky pale blue
Her anger waned she ran out of fuel
With a mizzle, she gave up the duel
A mother knelt down to thank her God
She kissed the ground where the angels trod
Categories
A Tropical Depression 38 mph or less
Tropical Storm 39 - 73 mph
Hurricane Categories
1) 75 - 95 mph
2) 96 - 110 mph
3) 111 - 129 mph
4) 130 - 156 mph
5) 157 or higher
What Causes a Hurricane
The Effects Of Hurricane katrina
Comments
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Thank you Hyphenbird, your comment is much appreciated, and I'm very glad you like the poem
Your poem is amazing. You have all the elements that make a great read and put them together very well. Excellent poem tobusiness.
- Author
I grew up on stories about the exploits of Janet, she really caused a lot of damage in the Grenadines, I guess I was one of the lucky ones.
Thank you Max, and have a lovely day.
Oh, my God, How scary! Such a breathtaking tale of the truly dreadful disaster. I was worried for the baby until the very last line! What an awesome job!
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Frank, ha ha ha... She almost blew me away to. Thank you as always
Wow toobusiness this was amazing..blew me away
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