Storm on the Island Isolation Quotes

For a second there in line 15, we think this person might be thinking a semi-pleasant thought about a housecat. Then in the next line we find out this little kitty has turned savage. That wouldn't be good company, either. It seems like everything around the speaker is completely inhospitable, making the feeling of isolation all the more intense.

It looks like there's nothing for these people to do but sit all alone in their homes while the wind bombards them. This storm is making them super-isolated because they're prisoners in their houses, at least until it passes.