Chapters 1-3, Storm, Conversation, Jimboy's Letter Summary and Analysis

"Storm" introduces Aunt Hager and her grandson Sandy preparing for a cyclone that is hitting their neighborhood. At the beginning of the story, Aunt Hager is desperately trying to get Sandy and herself into her cellar and get the door shut. When the storm passes, her house is gone, but she and her neighbor thank God things weren't worse. After meeting with a few more people in town, they hear that two rich white people in the neighborhood, the Gavitts, had been killed. Aunt Hager was a nurse whose services were needed so she tended to their family. Then Sandy's mother, Annjee, turns up to find Sandy and the three of them return home. Annjee's husband, Jimboy, hasn't written in three weeks. Aunt Hager thinks he's worthless, but Annjee and Sandy...