Problem: Dear Family , Sisters and Friends , Ike hit us in Gros Morne Saturday night and Sunday -- worse than Hanna . There was a pause around 7 AM Sun . and I walked around the parish gardens which surround our house and the control ditches were full to the top , but holding . Then the downpour continued another six hours and the end of the second ditch broke and flooded the grounds of John XXIII high school for the second time in a week .

What might have caused the high school to be flooded twice in a week ?

A: The high school might have been flooded by Hanna and then by Ike .

Problem: Last night was the last failure . As tears filled his eyes , he wrote out one last goodbye to the girl that had changed his life for good . He signed it Love forever , and mailed it that day .

What is the man going to do in light of these events ?

A: He is going to mourn the loss of a loved one .

Problem: Liz is moving to Italy for a year today . Last night her older brother and his friend were in town . We all got a little tipsy and went running around the island .

Why would the narrator and friends decide to get drunk ?

A:
They were having a party for a departing friend .