Students on campus

By Cochise Lucas (Whetstone Staff Writer)

Natural Disasters: What were you doing?

“I was sitting in my room at my desk, and all of a sudden everything started shaking. I didn’t realize it was an earthquake, until my mom told me. I never experienced an earthquake.  For the hurricane, I just prepared properly. We brought everything from outside. Got flashlights and food. I was scared a little, but not really. I knew Dover wasn’t going to get hit as hard as everywhere else.”

– Junior Caitlin Grinstead

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I was sitting on my bed and it scared me. I thought it was the washer. My pictures and stuff were falling. We checked the news and we found out about it.  Nothing really happened during the hurricane, other than a lot of wind and rain and a part of our fence falling down. It wasn’t a bad experience. We had some tornadoes touch down close to us so we just stayed in our basement. I think the whole week was crazy-you know how they talk about the world is going to end.”

– Freshman Kylie May Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I was in the dining hall getting a plate of food; everything felt different. Everything started to shake. I thought it was me. I thought I was losing my mind. For the hurricane, I stayed here on campus. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.”

– Freshman Sosthene Kaeepula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I was actually playing video games in my rocking chair. And I stumbled out of it. I thought the building was falling down. It was swaying back and forth, so I ran outside with everyone else. I stayed here for the hurricane. I walked around a little bit actually. I was just glad I was here and not in North Carolina.”

– Sophomore Josh Grande

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I was actually in the library and the desk started to move while I was printing something out. I screamed out and started walking out of the library outside where everyone was. It was more awkward than anything.  The hurricane wasn’t that bad. I went home to Jersey and we bought a bunch of food. Everywhere was sold out. I was concerned because I didn’t know what to expect but I feel fortunate that nothing did happen.”

– Senior Ciaraa Sharp

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I was at chipotle when it happened. I just looked around to see if anything was falling, the big Dover Down’s sign was rocking back and forth. I didn’t think any harm would come. I just waited and called my family to see if they were OK.  For the hurricane, I went home to Sussex County and we didn’t experience much. It was just like another rainy day. I wasn’t too nervous because of where we were. And also my dad is a paramedic, so we were obtaining all the information.“

– Sophomore Thomas Jefferson