I was ten years old when I heard the news that a powerful Hurricane was going to hit Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras was the city where our house was located. We live in a large white and black house which was noticeable from streets above and below. This was the place where I spent all my childhood, but after the “Mitch” hit nothing was the same. The house in Tegucigalpa, Honduras is a system of changing signs because it has gone from a large family home, a memory making place, to being abandoned zone.
The house in Honduras has changed from significantly over the past decade, moving from a small house to a large family friendly space. First, this house was originally made with 5 bedrooms, a huge living room, a enormous kitchen, and dining area, a big backyard and closed front, a big garage, and a little rural …show more content…
Hurricane “Mitch” hit as a category 5 when it hit Honduras in October 29, 1998. This was a really strong storm that created floods and landslides all over the country. Our beautiful house was extremely affected by this, rain was very heavy and you were able to hear stream of water sound under the house. Secondly, the county was then announced as a emergency status as many places where submerged in water. This is when my grandmother decided to take some important items and leave for the night. For example, she took her important papers, her sofas, some electronics, and was able to take some of the picture albums. But, she had to leave most of mine things. To me this was the best decision taken. Finally after a week of the hurricane hitting our city, is slow down to a storm and dissipated. Evidently, the night they left the house the hurricane triggered a landslide which destroyed our house. The hurricane left empty half broken walls with a portion of the stairs. The rest of the house was gone. This landslide took everything, including some of the best memories in my