This is my post for #freewrite Wednesday prompt damp conditions hosted by @mariannewest
In 2005 we went to my brother's house in north Fl because of hurricane Francis. When we returned home I realized I left all the windows open, we had lots of damp conditions. We did not have A/C in the house and the window always stayed open, it was an old house and had 10 windows in the living room. The couch was the only thing that was soaked to no return.
Not long after hurricane Francis, we had another one coming at us but since we had no real damage from the first one we decided to stay in the house. Hurricane Gene hit us and we were in the eyewall. Our house had rolled roofing in the living room and it "unrolled" the part that came up was slamming into the side of the house and water was coming in everywhere. I look back on it now and wonder why I did this but I was running around with everything I could get my hands on to catch the water that was pouring in. I put a big tote in the doorway to the utility closet and it was full in no time at all. Water was running through the breaker box and we still had power, it went out later. One window was trying to blow out and my husband was trying to hold it in until he realized he could get cut up and let it go, it flew into the yard and the glass did not break. They do not make them like that anymore.
After the storm was over, we set our tent up in the back yard, with all the damp conditions in the house it did not take long till mold started growing, the black kind, it was filling the house up. We had a cold front come through while we were in the tent, it rained and the wind blew so hard that one side collapsed. That morning my husband told me to go into the house and get the computer and set it up in the tent. We had a generator and we never lost the phone line, we had dial-up internet. He found a camper that the people wanted way too much money for but we bought it and lived in it for 18 months while we rebuilt our house.