Tide of Terror

It was a day to remember. Mayor Dan was just cutting the ribbon to Springfield Dam, the new adjustment to Lansing, Illinois what was supposed to be forever. At the time, Ashley and Stacy were in a very, very boring ninth period reading along with all our fellow classmates. There goes Mr. Diebel again. Mr. Diebel is our Social Studies and Reading teacher, but for me, he's my homebase teacher, too. Anyway, Mr. Diebel was blabbing on and on about Pompeii and it's destruction, it's hurl down into the dark depths of the Earth. And then, all of a sudden, we started to hear and feel a very disturbing shake. Springfield Dam just happened to be across the street from our school…and it was cracking! Immediately, Mr. Diebel and all the other teachers evacuated the entire school, but that wasn't enough. Just as the last student ran out of the school, Springfield Dam completely collapsed. Nobody was safe until they left Lansing. Stacy and Ashley started running and didn't stop. The first thing we did was try to find Mr. Diebel, we knew a dude his age would undoubtedly help us get out of this mess. As soon as we found him running as if he were trying to make the Olympic Games, we high-tailed it. Mr. Diebel figured if we manage to get over to the water station…or the sewer, we could slow the current down and stop the undertoes. When we got there, the first thing we did was look for the main valve. "You know, we should get a bottle of this water and make it a perfume, I'll call it- Le Sewer. What do you think?" Stacy said curiously. "I think we should RUN!" Ashley said. Mr. Diebel had to agree. We found the main valve, as soon as Mr. Diebel shut it off, we looked to see if anything had changed during the process. Unfortunately, the only thing we saw was destruction. So, we did what was probably the smartest thing in the world…run! There was NO way things could get any worse…at least, we THOUGHT so. As we were running, Stacy suddenly snapped her leg! I think we were both glad Mr. Diebel was here, because he was the only one strong enough to carry Stacy. We got to the edge of Lansing, and we were exhausted! But we agreed to make a new dam. We worked and worked, until it was done…and not a moment too soon. The flood was coming! We all took cover as it smashed against the wall. As hard as the water pushed, it didn't break the wall. So, the water started to loose it's depth. It's been about a month now, and things have never been better. So, last week Mr. Diebel assigned this paper called "Natural Disasters" right? Well, Stacy and Ashley both did the paper on…you guessed it…the Lansing Flood. We had just got the paper back last Friday, and we both got an A! Figures, doesn't it?