Sample 19

Sample 19
1 I was so tired after another day of moving from Singapore to California. Dad was probably right about coming to California as it is better than staying in Singapore where dad’s business is not doing well. Just before sleeping, I listened to the radio, partly because I’m curious about how radios work in California. “You are now listening to -Bzzz- We sorry for this interruption but we have breaking news. A tornado breakout is heading towards the west of USA. All citizens of this region are advised to seek shelter at the nearest shelter. Thank you –Buzz- brought to you by the Radio Station”.
2 After a few silence moments of thinking whether that was real or not, I immediately rushed to my parent’s room and yelled at them, “Tornado, tornado!” My parents told me to calm down and tell them what was happening. “A group of tornado is about to hit California!” My parents’ responses were getting out of bed, grabbing my sister and snatching the emergency supplies. We rushed out of our house and immediately we saw people going in all directions and heard lots and lots screaming and felt strong winds blowing against my body. I took out the map of the neighbourhood and in the mist of all the panic, I found where the shelter is. “Turn right, then go straight for a hundred metres and turn left, and do a last turn right.” I hold the map down for a second and looked around, and somehow, my family is gone.
3 I called out for my family but not even the person who was five metres away could hear me. I looked around once more and suddenly a gigantic shadow cast right under me. I turned around and there it was, a tornado coming straight at me at one hundred and fifty kilometres an hour.
4 In desperation, I ran into an abandoned house to seek refuge just before the tornado reached me. I looked out of the window and saw three tornadoes circling the house like three dancing walls of destruction. I immediately got into the brace position. The roof of the house was ripped off and the windows shattered when a twig and scraps of metal hit it. I was expecting my life to be over when unexpectingly the tornadoes left this “prey”. I went outside the house to go to the bunker when I saw two people closing a door. I looked to the left of it to see the words “bunker”. I looked at the map again and slapped my forehead. “The bunker was right next to our house!” I ran inside and a group of familiar faces greeted me.
5 My family was there! They told me that our neighbours showed them the shelter. They wanted to tell me but I was already lost. We stayed in the shelter until the tornadoes past and went out. Luckily, not much harm was done and no house got destroyed other than the one I hid in. After all the madness, I finally got to sleep. First day and it was so exciting. From then on, I knew what to do during a tornado breakout. (528)