“Notes from a Bottle” SPA Flood Message in a Bottle.

Day1

December 15, 2010
Cold and clear, the water was now up to my knees. The carpet in my house is soaked and we are trying to keep everything that is valuable safe. Many of the students don’t care what their staff is saying and are running around like maniacs. Other students are sitting around sobbing hysterically and shaking uncontrollably. Their cries are like rings in our ears that won’t stop. Outside, the orange groves are half way covered and many oranges are floating in the water. Many of the staff and students are in denial and are praying that it will soon stop.


Day 2

December 16, 2010
Dark and in the middle of nowhere, we are all alone with no adults or staff. All the staff have left to be with their families. The orange groves are no longer visible and many bodies are floating around in the water, some are students and others are staff. The water is now half way up the mountains so students are up in roofs. Everyone is desperate and worried that they are smoking and drinking. Majority of the kids are swimming to the mountains to get to the top to be safe.


Day 3

December 17, 2010
We have just made it to the top of the hill and everyone is exhausted. Everyone looks like ghost, pale with their lips purple from the coldness of the water. There are about ten students at the tip of the hill and everyone else is floating in the water. The water is freezing and it feels like thousands of needles stabbing our bodies over and over again. The water is covering everything and nothing is visible from the top of the mountain. Everyone’s faces are blank showing no expressions of what is happening. The water is rising and it is now under my nose, my body is shaking and there is no way to make it stop.