I rolled over. Suddenly, the silence I had been listening to for half an hour seemed unnatural. I shivered as I placed my feet on the cold hard floor. It was way too quiet. I was sort of nervous, wondering why it could feel so empty. I looked into the kitchen and there was no one in there. It was like it had never been used before. So shiny and clean and new the kitchen looked. I left the kitchen to go into the lounge where again there was no one to be found. Throughout the whole house all I could hear was the slight patter of my feet as I roamed around looking for someone. Finally I realized that they might still be in bed. Even thought through my whole life I had never known them to stay in bed after 2:30, which it was right now. My parent's door was part open, and even as I opened it fully I knew what I would find. And find it I did. No one. Now I felt worried. Where was everyone? I went out onto the road and looked around but there was no one to be seen. I ran inside and dialed my best friend Kate's number. Ring, Ring. It kept going. I slammed down the receiver as I paced the length of the hall, now restless for some sort of sign that people were still here. I then realized that maybe my family had gone out. Maybe they didn't realize that I was home last night as I had gone to a friend's house last night and hadn't known whether I was sleeping over or not. When I had got home it was about 1:00 and even though they were up I was really tired so I just went to bed without acknowledging them. That must be it. But why then was no one else out side? Why wasn't Rick from next door mowing his lawn like he does every Saturday afternoon? Something weird is going on. I called my mum's mobile but it started ringing in the lounge room. I then realized that if I couldn't get hold of anyone then I had another source of information. Television!

I switched it on and when I flicked to the news channel I sat in shock as I listened to the spokesperson.

"So far we have 135,000 people who are here with us in our underground buildings," he said. "We have had a further 1354 people who have communicated with us to say they are safe. Any people who are watching this should make their way to the nearest safety building to ensure their safety when the hurricane comes, which will be in 6 days." I noticed they were taking huge safety measures with an early evacuation. I sat back, horrified. This was why my family wasn't home. I breathed deeply. As I listened I learnt that the alarm had risen at about 3:30, an hour after I got home, and everyone had left at about 4:00am. That was more than 10 hours ago. And due to the fact that the new roads were many and reliable I would never catch up to them even if I had a car. I began to fret. What was I to do? I would never make it to a safety building as the nearest one is 5 days away and they always close 1 day before any event is happening to ensure that everything is how it should be. I shook uncontrollably as I began to worry. What was I to do? Where was I to go? I lay back in a chair and began to think of what to do.