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Superstorm Sandy
by Tony Mannino
The super storm Sandy had been classified as a hurricane. But that was before it’s collision with arctic air. This super storm wrecked the northeast coast and inner northern states this past week. The storm, which had previously travelled through the Caribbean Islands while gaining strength, had approached the upper part of the United States early last week. The damages to the cities proved the claim that this storm would be a “1 in 100 year storm”.
As the newly demoted Sandy rolled through the Atlantic cities of northeastern America, 8.2 million people were left without power as cable lines were ripped down by high speed winds and pelted with either freezing rain or feet of snow. The same winds that damaged the power lines whipped across the landscape, allowing nothing to escape its path. A torrential downpour flooded Manhattan and other areas of the Atlantic cities. Not only were the streets flooded in the Atlantic coastal cities, but the public transport systems of D.C. and New York City were flooded, shutting down many of the underground subways. The stock market and other public offices closed and have only recently been reopened.
On Tuesday, the President declared that Sandy had created a major disaster are in the states of New Jersey and New York. The death toll has risen over 180 as more deceased have been pulled from the rubble. This is including over 70 deaths accounted for in the Caribbean Islands. The total cost in damages of the storm is still being assessed, but projections show that the storm has caused over $18 billion in damage.