GABBY: HELLO MY NAME IS GABBZ PUMPKIN AND I AM FROM HALL-DALE MIDDLE SCHOOL I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU IS THAT OKAY?
MELISSA: YES OF COURSE WOULD YOU LIKE THE CYCLONE OF 1895?
GABBY: YES.
MELISSA: OK WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?
GABBY: FIRST I WOUD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR NAME, BEAUSE I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL YOU.
MELISSA: MY NAME IS MRS. PERKINS.
GABBY: OK MRS. PERKINS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU WERE WHEN THE CYCLONE HIT YOUR HOUSE?
MELISSA: WELL I HAD JUST LEFT MY ROOM WHERE I WAS WORKING AND I HAD JUST ESCAPED INJURY. I RAN OUT INTO THE STEET IN HALLOWELL, AND AS I REMEBER, IT WAS AN ONE WAY STREET. FROM THERE I SAW ROOFS BEING THROWN AROUND AND I SAW MR. GROVER RUNNING OUTTA HIS STORE, AND I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS STORE, AFTER THE CYCLONE CAME THERE WERE DOCTORS THERE, FROM THERE, THEY CARRIED VIRGIL WHITE TO THE CLEARWATER PHARMACY WHERE HE WAS TREATED.
GABBY: OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MRS. PERKINS.
MELISSA: YOU SURE ARE WELCOME
GABBY: NEXT COULD YOU HEAR THE CYCLONE WHEN IT WAS COMING TOWARDS YOU?
MELISSA: YES I COULD HEAR IT. IT WAS VERY RUMBLY AND I COULD HEAR THE RIPPING UP FROM THE TREES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE ON THE GROUND. IT WAS VERY TERRIFYING TO HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE PEOPLE. (SNIFFLING) I’M SO VERY SORRY BUT I CAN’T SAY ANYMORE ABOUT THIS.
GABBY: OKAY THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.