August 28 of 2011 hurricane Irene hit in the Bahama's but soon made it's way north through the Carolina's, Virginia, New Jersey, and then Brooklyn, New York. I was living in Brooklyn, New York at the time and I was outside when it happened. I don't think I will ever feel the feelings I felt, cry the amount of tears I cried or, get the amount of help I got that day. You don't know real pain, till you go through the pain yourself. Never say your hurt worse, you don't their situation. Read to find out my story of how I dealt with my first hurricane every.