Impacts Of Hurricane Sandy

As Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma successively lashed the gulf coast starting in late August 2005, nature’s fury exposed serious weaknesses in the United States’ emergency response capabilities. Not all emergencies pose this magnitude of challenge. In the United States, the initial—and usually major—responsibility for disaster response rests with local authorities. This “bottom-up” system of emergency management has a long history and continues to make sense in most circumstances. Core Challenges for Large-Scale Disaster

In late October of 2012 Hurricane Sandy hit many New York City boroughs and several parts of New Jersey. My community and many others were greatly affected. Homes around me were destroyed, people in my community were killed, and some families lost everything. My high school was a shelter for those who were severely affected from October 23rd my high school were asking for volunteers and my older brother and I were there amongst hundreds giving out food collecting clothing articles, blankets, toys, anything to help others. The hardest part was seeing my high school teachers crying educators who were emotionally unstable and had no place to go. The town of Tottenville was terribly affected by hurricane sandy, houses on the shore were gone,

On October 22th of 2012 Hurricane Sandy started to evolve into a tropical storm inside the Caribbean Sea. On the 23rd it then developed into a Category 1 hurricane, and on the 24th it finally hit land in Kingston Jamaica with winds up to eighty miles per hour. Until the 29th of October this storm continued on and hit Cuba, Haiti, Canada, and the Northeastern part of the United States with winds up to one hundred and fifteen miles per hour. One reason that Hurricane Sandy was so devastating are because of how large the storm was. Some people called it “Super Storm Sandy” because of its size. Another reason was because of the lives it took. It killed nearly two hundred people and affected millions of other people’s lives as well.

A Rapid Needs Assessment of the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City After Hurricane Sandy and the Relationship of Socioeconomic Status to Recovery

Often, the government responds to natural disasters with thorough preparation and planning. The federal, state, and local levels of government do this in an effort to help reduce injury and property damage as well as ensure the overall safety of the general population. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season saw the costliest and one of the deadliest storms in United States history. This storm was Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina displaced of an estimated 645,000 Louisiana citizens (Cepeda, Valdez, Kaplan, & Hill, 2010). This paper will examine…

Have you ever driven down the Garden State Parkway and seen car magnets that have “Jersey Strong” written on them? To summarize what “Jersey Strong” means in a few words is that no matter what obstacle strikes the Garden State, the people who live in New Jersey can get through anything together. In the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, New Jersey was hit by a deadly hurricane that left southern parts of the state in complete ruins. Not only were thousands of homes and businesses destroyed, but also over one hundred people were killed nationwide. This hurricane was a natural disaster that thousands of people could never forget about. The history making hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, did not only leave destruction in New Jersey, but also personal and economic troubles.

Hurricane Sandy was a devastating storm that affected Countries in the Caribbean as well as the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in late October 2012. From Florida to Maine, sensors along the coast measured the storm surge, and the accompanying winds felt as far inland as Michigan and Wisconsin. The pinnacle of its life it was a Category 3 storm while crossing Cuba, soon after it downgraded to a Category 1 storm. It peaked once more as a Category 2 hurricane and the winds carrying over 1,000 miles across. Even though the storm was not as strong as it could have been, the effects were severe due to the location of where it made landfall.

As the Assistant Administrator of National Preparedness with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.) when Super Storm Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, in New Jersey it brought with it storm surges of more than 11 feet, killing more than 100 people (including 43 in New York of which 34 occurred in Queens and Staten Island), destroying or damaging thousands of homes, and leaving more than 8 million people without power.

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How did the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the New Jersey emergency agencies and private insurance companies work together or did they? to help victims of the horrific winds and water associated with Hurricane Sandy? This paper delves into that issue.

Hurricane Sandy was one of the most catastrophic hurricanes of 2012. I do think that climate change made the hurricane more intense because of the increase in water vapor due to warm temperature. Warmer atmosphere and oceans increased the effects of hurricane Sandy, because of the high level of sea. It changes the frequency and strength of the hurricane.

Hurricane Sandy had major impact to the Jersey Shore; some people had less of an impact than others. I decided to interview a co-worker of mines that had major impact in her home, which was located in Seaside Heights, NJ. A couple days before the storm, she was watching CNN news, where they kept telling people to start evacuating and prepare for the worst to come. At first she thought with just a few piles of woods and sand to protect her home was going to be enough. As she kept watching the CNN news, she knew that what was coming was no joke. Evacuation was already taken place, people were starting to leave there homes, so instead she decided to come down to Elizabeth, NJ where her sister lived. Once she covered her house with wood and sand,

The insurance companies in this video showcases the exercise and abuse of power. After hurricane Sandy hit many individuals were negatively impacted. Many of their belongings and houses were destroyed along with the chaotic storm. Even though the impacted individuals had home insurances, they did not benefit from it, because the insurance companies were not paying their policy holders the promised amount. Regardless of how much their home insurance policy was worth, they were not given enough money for the damages caused by the storm. That is because the insurance companies were not agreeing to pay and cover homeowners all the costs for all the disasters has caused because they believe the disaster was not “not structurally damaged by hydrodynamic

Hurricanes usually form over ocean areas near the Equator during summer months, since the ocean surface is at its warmest. The heat and moisture from the ocean provides the hurricane energy, and maintains it after its been formed. In this case, Hurricane Sandy travelled up north, growing colossal and relentlessly from the energy. However, if the supply of heat or moisture from the ocean is cut off, it will weaken the strength of the hurricane. Therefore, a hurricane is usually most destructive when it first moves over land. When a hurricane passes over land or cold ocean water, it loses its energy source of evaporating water and slowly dissipates.

As Hurricane Sandy approaches, Jill sets up for a teleportation science experiment, but when nature mixes with science, teleportation becomes time travel. Jill travels through time, as herself, helping people along the way. In the present scientist work on trying to bring her home and mysterious messages from the future helps her navigate this past.