Molly Mashes Mobile

Costly, Category Three Hurricane Kills Five

by zp

The winds from Molly at one point reached 130 mph, destroying mobile homes and strewing debris all around. Luckily, experts predicted the hurricane and most of the citizens had evacuated by the time the hurricane hit.

This worked out especially well for Moe Bullhome, who leves in a mobile home. "When the guy told me to evacuate, I didn't have to think for a second. A lot of people are a bit reluctant because they don't want to leave their possessions or house or pet(s). For me, I took all that with me. Also, if I hadn't gone, my mobile home would have been destroyed," he said.

The storm surges caused by the winds reached 9-12 feet above normal, and was responsible for the deaths of Aaron Curtis, 35, and Curtis Aaron, 53.

The deaths were made worse for the family members of the victims by the fact that they could have been prevented easily. The two were having a hurricane party just before they died: celebrating their day off from work and ignoring the warnings of the incoming hurricane. It unfolded like a nightmare. The hurricane come toward the house and there was nothing for poor Aaron and Curtis to do but watch before they hit the obituaries.

Faring better was Lucky Mcluckster, 43. Living about 20 miles off shore, part of the hurricane had formed into a tornado heading straight for Lucky's house. When Lucky woke up and looked out the window, the tornado was less than 50 meters from his house! Frozen, all he could do was watch with horror and hope that it wouldn't hit his house. At the last second, it swerved and demolished the neighbors' house instead of his. "Wahoo! I didn't really like them anyway!" he said.

Among the five casualties from the hurricane, Aaron and Curtis were the only victims from storm surge. The other three were killed by winds and flying debris. We interviewed one of the victims, Noah Ninpaticular. He had this to say:" ." Very, very sad. Many others were injured from flying stop signs. One of them, John Smith, said,"I wish I wasn't so law-abiding. A flying stop sign was coming straight for me but it said stop on it so I had to obey. It wasn't until after the stop sign hit me on the head did I realize how stupid I was to stay there."