Blog Post #7 Hurricane Sandy Reading Response

     Hurricane Sandy brought/caused a lot of harm and tragedy to New York. This storm happened on Oct 29th to Oct. 30th 2012. Hurricane Sandy was much worse the Hurricane Irene! Hurricane Sandy had picked up a lot of speed when it reached the Atlantic Ocean. This storm caused about 100 deaths in the United States. Many homes still have no power. 

     After Hurricane Sandy left, the after math of the storm was terrible! Schools were destroyed,closed for a while and some are being used as shelter, trains were flooded and stopped working for a few days, buses weren't running for days also, houses were destroyed and people were left homeless, trees fell, fires were caused, power went out and much more damage. Hurricane Sandy was very harmful but other hurricanes were much more powerful. In the article "After the Devastation, a Daunting Recovery" from The New York Times President Obama said: 

“This is going to take some time,” he said. “It is not going to be easy for these communities to recover.”

What President Obama said is true. Getting everything back to how it was before isn't going to be easy, but I'm sure we'll get through it together. 

      My family in New Jersey lost their power for days, and they suffered a lot. They still  have a home though, and they got their power back recently. In my home we didn't lose power, and we had enough food. But most families weren't that lucky. People who were in Zone A had to evacuate their homes and go to a shelter or another house, and in some places the Zone B had to do the same. 

     Hurricane Sandy was a big deal, a HUGE deal! President Obama went to New Jersey to see how they were and help families. This storm was taken very seriously and that's a good thing. about 7,000 trees were broken down/knocked down in city parks due to the strong winds we had. Which is why they closed all city parks so no one can be harmed. Also the Halloween Parade was canceled! More then 16,000 airplane flights were canceled. The article "After the Devastation, a Daunting Recovery" from The New York Times Mayor Bloomberg said:

“To describe it as looking like pictures we have seen at the end of World War II is not overstating it,” the mayor said.

As you can see, Hurricane Sandy was very very very bad!

     Hurricane Sandy was a enormous storm. It caused a lot of deaths and harm to many people. My school was closed for a week because the train stations weren't working and so many people couldn't come to school and some homes could have been destroyed so we didn't go back to school until Nov. 5th 2012. Many homes were destroyed, the art teacher in my school, home got destroyed. He has a 5 yr old daughter and my school is helping them out by being generous and giving them stuff that they would need. My class is also doing a bake sale to earn money for the people who need it and who have suffered the most. In the article I learned that the president and the mayor made good decisions during the storm. For example Mayor Bloomberg closed schools for a week because he knew it wasn't safe.