The Tsunami Evacuation
There was a Tsunami in Paihia so we had to evacuate to the closest but highest ground. The tallest place was the mountain right next to our school. The mountain was tall but it was pretty easy to get to the top. When we got to the top we could see most of the ocean. A few moments later we started to see some lines leading into the ocean. The whole school was up at the top and some parents came to pick up their children. There were more and more lines going into the ocean. It was kind of getting scary when there were heaps I thought that it was going to be big because the lines looked like it was sucking in the water to make a big tsunami/ wave. We were waiting for our bags and then there were some people that brought some hotdogs. We were so happy that we had food. Our bags came a few minutes after we had the hotdogs then we had lunch. After lunch we got bored and then Whaea Gina found a quiz. We did 2 quizzes. The first one was about Harry Potter. In every quiz we had to make a funny sound to answer. The second theme was about Prior Knowledge. It was only our class doing it because the other classes were above us. Around the middle of the second quiz I felt like going to sleep. The tsunami reminded me of the movie kind of like Jaws. I kept on getting excited because I couldn’t hear the siren but it was just the class being noisy, or should I say the school was. A few moments later we got the okay sign by the scientists so we could go down. There were only around 30 people left at school. We got to play outside for a little bit and as soon as I heard ice cream from my friends I ran to find my friend. My friend that I was looking for was Mikaira. My other friends were running back to class. A few moments later I heard a shout from them saying to come back then we found my friend in the classroom. After we had our ice cream we went back home.
Have you ever been in a tsunami evacuation?
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