Lydia's Story

In "Lydia's Story", Jan Brideau, a nurse practitioner, met an incredible woman who was faced with a devastating storm, and in meeting this woman, learned a few things.
Brideau's main point in "Lydia's Story" was that even when faced with something terrible and destructive, hope and strength is what will get you through it. This is especially indicated in paragraph 12, "I heard strength and resolve in her voice." This lets the audience know that not only was Brideaus meeting Lydia very important, but the way Lydia spoke to her gave her the real message of strength and hope for what she had gone through. 
The point of view of this story is of Brideau, who listened and understood Lydia's struggle so well that she felt she was almost there. She was so empowered by Lydia's story that even in her writing, she gave the audience a chance to feel what she felt; Sadness, fear, and heartfelt emotion. 
Brideau was very raw in explaining Lydia's story, giving details of experiencing a flood in your own home. She not only heard the story loud and clear from Lydia, she got to know Lydia as a human being. With words like "raged", "swept", "precarious", "strength", and "essence of new hope", the story was transformed through a developmental stage of fear to relief. These words captured the audience and in great detail, were very appealing.
The geared audience would be the general public. Brideau's tone is informative and capturing, explaining the unfortunate events of this flood. With phrases like "Enormity of double hurricanes" and "people without homes", she reflected on what Lydia did to make it through the experience, which was to stay hopeful and not give up.