One day last June it started raining hard and it didn't stop. The news report said that around 2 months worth of rain fell in just 8 hours and caused temible nooding. l remember that day really well. At around 10 o'clock in the evening, there was a knock on the door. answered the door and our neighbour, Mr Stevens, told us to leave our house because he was atraid the river would burst its banks and flood the town. My mother got dressed quickly and went to get the car out of the garage while ran across the street to wam the neighbours. My mother met me with the car and we drove to the hil where we were safe. Suddenly, we heard the temble roar of the water as it knocked the lampposts down and everything went dark. This was about 11:15 pm. We sat in our car until daylight came. Then we went home. There was a lot of damage to our house and to other houses in the neighbourhood. The first we of our house was completely underwater. We had to throw away most of our fumiture and lost all of our old pictures which was very sad. took us the rest of the summer to clean the house and garden. It was a temible experience but we were all so relieved that we were safe.