history: During Hurricane Irma last year, tarps, water, batteries and other supplies sold out way ahead of the storm. I managed to gather the things we needed over the course of the next week, ahead of the storm. Last year_comma_ we had a trying experience during Hurricane Irma_comma_ but came out OK. That must have been terrible. Were you okay?
current:  At first, there were no supplies. But yes, we ended up OK.
next: I can imagine it must have been very distressing. Glad that you were OK.