Be Prepared

"I hate this one."

"Me too," Charlie agreed, as they tacked large sheets of plastic over everything.

Last year they'd nailed the door shut, but it had burst open with so much force that it fired nails into the opposite wall.

"We'd better hurry," Charlie glanced nervously at his watch.

They went halfway up the stairs and waited.

The door swung open and a seagull flew out and perched on the corner of Matt's desk.

"That wasn't so--"

Suddenly a wall of water surged into the room, and the door slammed shut, leaving a flooded office and a confused seagull.