Clean water was crucial. I remembered that the pipes had frozen and burst on the second day of the catastrophe.
I ordered 200 bottles of water from the water delivery company and bought a lot of snacks.
I also downloaded many TV shows and movies in case the internet went out.
It was late into the night by the time I finished all this, and just as I was about to rest, my sister sent me a message.
[Cassie, make sure not to damage my bag when you come tomorrow. It would be best if you could fly business class. I don't want my bag to smell like those poor people.]
When I didn't respond in two minutes, she started bombarding me with messages again.
[Cassie, did you get my message?]
[Okay,] I replied.
She finally stopped texting me.
The next morning, I got a new SIM card and a new phone, planning to use the old one for the show that was about to start.
Before noon, Julia's messages started flooding in again.
[Cassie Murphy! Why would you buy such things? Are you deliberately trying to embarrass me?!]
Before I could reply, my mother called and scolded, "Cassie Murphy, are you intentionally trying to embarrass us?"