Madison wakes up from an all-night bender only to realize she’s promised to cover for Miss Connie Brooks as a substitute high school English teacher! Madison’s day starts out in pouring rain and gets worse when student Walter Denton’s homework, an SCR shortwave radio receiver, announces a warning about an approaching hurricane. Left in charge of the entire school when the principal, Mr. Conklin, is waylaid, Madison will have to figure out how to protect the students from this horrific weather threat. Which will be the bigger natural disaster? The hurricane, or Our Miss Standish?