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    spending it on the beach. You vowed to never leave such a beautiful place where everyone is friendly and courteous to each other. Then within one night, your reality turns into your worst nightmare due to a natural disaster. On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast with record-setting floods and devastating winds. The outcome was catastrophic and disastrous. Homes, businesses, and other areas within New York and New Jersey were left powerless and dark. Miles of rail lines were twisted

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    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

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    Hurricane Sandy was one of the most destructive hurricanes in history. In fact, it is known as the fourth-costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Indeed, Hurricane Sandy dealt 68.7 billion dollars worth of damage. In addition, nearly 30,000 jobs were lost because of Hurricane Sandy. As can be seen, Hurricane Sandy had an immediate negative impact on the economy and the damage dealt was overwhelming. There has been multiple industries that were affected by Hurricane Sandy. For example, as stated by

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    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

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    Hurricane Sandy is probably one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent human history. This is no exaggeration, as implied by its status as "superstorm" and its tongue in cheek nomination as "Frankenstorm." And indeed, there has been a significant scale of damage to property and in some cases even to life itself. As the President of the United States of America, President Barack Obama took it upon himself to personally visit the states that were hardest hit, and to offer support where

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    HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business

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    About Hurricane Sandy

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    information about “Hurricane Sandy”. It is known as “Super storm Sandy”, off the record. It was the most disastrous hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season along with being the second hurricane that created financial crisis in United States history. In 1953, the National Weather Service started naming the storms after women. As a matter of fact, there are six lists of names for naming storms in the Atlantic. It was the eighteenth storm in the list, tenth hurricane and second large hurricane of the year

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    Recently and historically hurricanes have caused catastrophic amounts of damage to individuals, property, and society as a whole. Given this immense amount of destruction caused by hurricanes, a president’s response to these storms is not only extraordinarily significant but necessary for society to recover from the damage. Not only does the president need to provide aid and support to the victims affected directly by these hurricanes, but also unite America in these times of crisis. A president’s

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    Hurricane Sandy What I already knew/ What I wanted to know Hurricanes leave a lot of damage to the states they hit. It also can kill people and leave people injured, my topic is Hurricane Sandy and this affected a lot of people. I already knew that hurricanes can cause a lot of damage and are disastrous. I didn’t know much more than that. I want to know more about how hurricanes are formed , how fast was the wind got up to and also how much damage it did to the states. How much damage

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    Annotated Bibliography: Should climate change be a concern because of Hurricane Sandy? Haddon, Heather. "Thanks to Sandy, Surging Interest In Climate Study." Wall Street Journal, 28 Oct. 2015, eastern ed. ProQuest. Accessed 4 Aug. 2017. This article discusses what changes are happening now with Government spending on trying to improve flood protection from climate change. Haddon says, “States such as New York, California, Oregon and Washington have commissioned research on how sea-level rise can

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