Hurricane Sally
By: Kailey Wyatt
As if 2020 has not caused enough damage to people’s lives, hurricane season has arrived just to make everything worse. Just what everyone needs in this day and age. This year alone, there have been 20 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane. Hurricane Sally hit land early Wednesday morning along the Alabama-Florida border. Sally downgraded to a tropical depression by Wednesday night bringing remains of heavy rain to some parts of Georgia.
Sally was the fourth hurricane to make landfall in the United States this year. Gulf Shores, Alabama was hit the hardest and affected the most by this atrocious storm. The significant amount of damage left by the storm will take a long road of recovery. Kami Ragsdale, a freshman at Hillgrove High School explains, “Where we live didn’t really get hit as bad as the Gulf Shores because on the news I saw so much flooding and houses were basically torn apart.” Officials believe the estimate is nearly 8 million dollars in damage because of the storm. Carly Thorne, a junior at Hillgrove High School states, “ I can’t even imagine how much money all of that is going to cost to fix. I feel bad for all those people who can’t afford to pay it all.” Fortunately, Sally weakened to a tropical storm late Wednesday as it moved closer to Georgia. Heavy rain hit most of Georgia up until Friday. Thorne complained, “I think it was Wednesday night I heard rain all night. It kept me up and it was also scary because storms scare me.” Thankfully, the hurricane downgraded to a storm by the time it reached Georgia. Metro Atlanta had a low risk of any severe weather hitting. As a result of the storm passing through, temperatures across Georgia have dropped significantly. This week alone it has been as low as 50 degrees. Ava Contreras, a freshman at Hillgrove High school notes, “It has been so cold this week and it's only September. It feels kinda good outside though but only in the afternoon.” The cold front will probably fade away going into next week. Thorne explains, “It’s probably going to be colder then normal at the beach because of all the rain and stuff which really sucks because the water will probably be too cold to swim in.
The scariest part is that hurricane season is not even close to being over, meaning the worst is yet to come. At this point in 2020, anything could happen. Let’s hope people can stay as safe as possible throughout the remainder of hurricane season.
Sally was the fourth hurricane to make landfall in the United States this year. Gulf Shores, Alabama was hit the hardest and affected the most by this atrocious storm. The significant amount of damage left by the storm will take a long road of recovery. Kami Ragsdale, a freshman at Hillgrove High School explains, “Where we live didn’t really get hit as bad as the Gulf Shores because on the news I saw so much flooding and houses were basically torn apart.” Officials believe the estimate is nearly 8 million dollars in damage because of the storm. Carly Thorne, a junior at Hillgrove High School states, “ I can’t even imagine how much money all of that is going to cost to fix. I feel bad for all those people who can’t afford to pay it all.” Fortunately, Sally weakened to a tropical storm late Wednesday as it moved closer to Georgia. Heavy rain hit most of Georgia up until Friday. Thorne complained, “I think it was Wednesday night I heard rain all night. It kept me up and it was also scary because storms scare me.” Thankfully, the hurricane downgraded to a storm by the time it reached Georgia. Metro Atlanta had a low risk of any severe weather hitting. As a result of the storm passing through, temperatures across Georgia have dropped significantly. This week alone it has been as low as 50 degrees. Ava Contreras, a freshman at Hillgrove High school notes, “It has been so cold this week and it's only September. It feels kinda good outside though but only in the afternoon.” The cold front will probably fade away going into next week. Thorne explains, “It’s probably going to be colder then normal at the beach because of all the rain and stuff which really sucks because the water will probably be too cold to swim in.
The scariest part is that hurricane season is not even close to being over, meaning the worst is yet to come. At this point in 2020, anything could happen. Let’s hope people can stay as safe as possible throughout the remainder of hurricane season.
