Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
1789. Well just start allover (Para. 37)We’ll just start doing everything again from the beginning.
90. We lost practically...nothing important (Para. 39)These
two sentences are important, for they express one of the themes of this essay—human lives are important and not material possessions.
The family came through it: The family survived the storm.
Key to Exercises
III. Paraphrase1. Our house is 23 feet above sea level. The house was builtin, and since then no hurricane has done any damage to it. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.
Water got into the generator, it stopped working. As a result all lights were putout. Everyone go out through the backdoor and get into the cars. The electrical systems in the cars had been destroyed/ruined by water. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the family by making the wrong decision not to flee inland. Oh, God, please help us to get through this dangerous situation. She sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped. Janis didn’t show any fear
on the spot during the storm, but she revealed her feelings caused by the storm a few nights after the hurricane by getting up in the middle of the night and crying softly.
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