I was watching the news about the\nweather climate. It\u2019s warming up and the\nice is melting which is worrying. And\nseeing other places being flooded, I thought that it would never happen here.\nKeeping up with the weather forecast, which was saying we were safe, told me\nthere was no way we could get it as bad as some others places. But then I was\ntalking to a mate, and he said have you\nheard that we could have high waves. I said, \u2018How high?\u2019 \u2018Oh about 120 foot in\nthe sea, but about 60 foot on land.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I went back home, shocked to hear that we could be in trouble with a\nwave surge. But not a little one, a big surge. They said it could be as high as\nthe Grape and Olive building in Swansea. \u2018WOW! That big?\u2019 I was thinking where can we go because it\nwould wipe out Swansea, and how soon. The weatherman said, \u201cIt\u2019s coming in about three days.\u201d The advice then given by the\nnews reporter was that if you see the tide go right out, do not \nfollow. It will come back faster\nand more powerful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People started to panic when the\nwave was approaching. They started moving their \nbelongings. Quite a lot of people went to Kilvey Hill, right to the top.\nWhen it arrived the prison was empty, all dead. We saw the wave from the hill.\nIt was massive. All of the centre of Swansea was wiped out, the Kingsway, all\nthe shops and pubs. Everything was being swept away across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking down from the hill, seeing\nall the water, it will take a lot of work to make Swansea city like it was, and for new houses to be\nbuilt so people can move in. We have to hope work will start, but where and when\nI do not know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just started sobbing at how bad\nit was. When they said it wouldn\u2019t not happen to us, they were so wrong. And it\ncould happen again, but if it does then next time Swansea will be gone for good\n. I do not want to think about that\npossibility. I hope all people are doing enough to help stop it from happening\nagain. It is going to get worse across\nthe globe unless we all change what we do, \nhow we use the energy and resources. We must change so that there is not\nglobal warming and then maybe it will be down to mother nature. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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