[world_famous_recipes] OT 'Twas the night before Frances............

> >> >'Twas the night before Frances........
> >> >
> >> >'Twas the night before Frances
> >> >When all through the state
> >> >Not a gas pump was pumping
> >> >Not a store open late
> >> >
> >> >All the plywood was hung
> >> >On the windows with care
> >> >Knowing that a hurricane
> >> >Soon would be there
> >> >
> >> >The children were ready
> >> >With flashlights in hand
> >> >While bands from the hurricane
> >> >Covered over the land> >>> >
> >> >
> >> >When out on the lawn
> >> >There arose such a clatter
> >> >I sprang from the closet
> >> >To see what was the matter
> >> >
> >> >The trees on the fence
> >> >And the neighbor's roof torn
> >> >Gave the fear of us dying
> >> >In this terrible storm
> >> >
> >> >With a little wind gust
> >> >So lively and quick
> >> >I remembered quite clearly
> >> >Our walls weren't brick
> >> >
> >> >More rapid than eagles
> >> >Her courses they came
> >> >And she whistled, and wafted
> >> >And surged all the same
> >> >
> >> >Off shingles! Off sidings!
> >> >Off rooftops! Off power!
> >> >Down trees! Down fences!
> >> >Down trailers! Down towers!
> >> >
> >> >In the center of Florida
> >> >She continued to maul
> >> >Screaming Blow Away!
> >> >Blow Away! Blow Away All!
> >> >
> >> >As wind ripped and tossed
> >> >The debris through the sky
> >> >I peeked out the shutters
> >> >At cars floating by
> >> >
> >> >So go to the safe-room
> >> >My family did do
> >> >With a portable radio
> >> >And batteries too
> >> >
> >> >And then, in a twinkling
> >> >I heard on the set
> >> >The end was not coming
> >> >For a few hours yet!
> >> >
> >> >As I calmed down the kids
> >> >And was turning around
> >> >Through the window it came
> >> >With a huge crashing sound
> >> >
> >> >A tree branch it was
> >> >All covered in soot
> >> >The wind blew it smack-dab
> >> >On top of my foot
> >> >
> >> >A bundle of twigs
> >> >Now lay in a stack
> >> >And my living room looks
> >> >Like it was under attack
> >> >
> >> >The wind - how it howled!
> >> >The storm - very scary!
> >> >Myself and the family
> >> >Were all too unwary
> >> >
> >> >The dangers of hurricanes
> >> >Are serious, you know
> >> >They are taken for granted
> >> >As Frances did show
> >> >
> >> >With the winds dying down
> >> >And the danger beneath
> >> >I noticed my tool shed
> >> >Was missing its sheath
> >> >
> >> >So I grabbed my last tarp
> >> >And nailed it on down
> >> >Then I got in my car
> >> >And I headed to town
> >> >
> >> >The traffic was awful
> >> >And stores had no ice
> >> >My five gallon cooler
> >> >Would have to suffice
> >> >
> >> >Generators were scarce
> >> >Not one left in town
> >> >There were trees on the roads
> >> >And power lines down
> >> >
> >> >FEMA was ready
> >> >With people to work
> >> >Electrical companies
> >> >Came in from New York
> >> >
> >> >And in the midst of
> >> >This peculiar routine
> >> >Another storm emerged
> >> >Named Hurricane Jeanne
> >> >
> >> >I sprang to the car
> >> >And gave my family a whistle
> >> >Then away we all went
> >> >Like a Tomahawk missile
> >> >
> >> >You could hear us exclaim
> >> >As we drove out of sight
> >> >"I'm out of this place,
> >> >Vermont seems just right!"
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