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| An earlier flooded road on New Providence Island, Bahamas |
What a day! It lashed down
with rain and the wind didn’t let up either for some time. We heard it was a
“trough”. A severe weather warning until 3 p.m. was issued by the Met Office,
but we didn’t see it until 2 p.m. By then we had already attempted to get to
church. Big mistake! Went through flooded roads and the brakes started to fail
on our car. No problem. Erskine pulled over and pumped the brakes a little
until it was safe to continue on.
I felt like I was in my novel
“Love at Sunset”, where a fierce hurricane hits The Bahamas and Sandra’s
husband has not used his best judgment, putting their children at risk! Here’s
an excerpt:
“We’d better get back now.” Pete turned on the wipers
and headed for home, but the wipers couldn’t move fast enough to clear the rain
and debris from the windshield. He swerved to avoid fallen tree limbs on the
road. And as large and heavy as his truck was, the wind wrestled wildly with
it. He kept his hands firmly on the steering wheel. Then, just as they
manoeuvred between bending casuarina trees on either side of the narrow road,
they heard a loud crack. A large branch crashed on the truck, shattering the
windscreen. The children screamed as the truck skidded out of control.
When we got back home after the service, one of
the leaks had started again from the ceiling, so out came the bucket, hopefully
for the last time. Our landlord is doing his best to get the roof repaired, but
it can’t be that easy with the high cost of deductibles if you do have
insurance, and so many roofs needing repaired right now.
