Craziest School Day in My Life!

The morning started with a black out and heavy, heavy (did I say heavy?), heavy rain. We forced ourselves out of bed and reluctantly went to school. By 10.30am, the school lost all its power and we were in darkness. It was very wet, very cold, very windy and now, very dark.

Tree branches had fallen around the school and one crashed onto the back fence. There were floods in the ovals and corridors. Pipes burst and shot water everywhere, including the stairwell. Still there was no sign of the school closing because the power station reassured us that the electricity will come back on in an hour's time. It didn't. It never did for the rest of the day and we were all still stuck in school.

Kids were allowed to go home if their parents picked them up personally. Otherwise, they waited around with the staff - confused, wet, cold and waiting in the dark for the end of the day to come put us all out of our misery.

When we finally got out of school, we drove very carefully through hail and flooded roads. We got home safe and sound thankfully. But it has been a very memorable, exciting day. I'm buggered.

** UPDATE: The Hunter and Central Coast regions were just declared natural disaster zones after severe storms over the past 24 hours caused widespread damage. Click here for details**



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