We checked the time again as we faced our doom
Listening to the small radio filled us with gloom
Electricity went off and the wind howled outside
Scared were we huddled in our neighbor's bathroom
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My mother held me very close sitting by the tub
Gas lines were broken so we were trembling with cold
The rooftop blew away as a lady began to sob
The year was sixty one and I was seven years old
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My family was rescued by neighbors who sheltered us
A bunch of old ladies sat on a thin piece of foam
The rain hammered on us like needles, very sharp
As the glass window shattered I thought of my home
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Crashing noises and screams of help filled our ears
Most of the ladies in the house trembled with fear
All hope was lost when the front door flew ajar
A piano held the door shut by men who were there
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Our old home could not bear the Storm's heavy force
By the fierce winds our old house crumbled and fell
We could not believe our beloved home was destroyed
Where we would live therafter we could not tell
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A sea of debris sailed through the muddy streets
Animals were killed when the flood water rose high
As the days wore on, strange planes flew overhead
With help from abroad, they dropped needed supplies
Note:
Oct 31,1961 Hurricane Hattie hit Belize, C.A.
More than 400 people were killed and thousands were
homeless. Almost half of Belize City was demolished
by the storm. Hurricane Hattie was the deadliest tropical
cyclone of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season.
It was a very strongt Hurricane, reaching a peak
intensity equivalent to category 5. We were saved by the
kindness of our neighbors Mr. & Mr. Philip Goldson. In their
small bathroom, about 35 people sat close together in the bathroom
during the storm. I remember it so well.
