Hurricane Sandy

The aftermath of a Neighborhood in NYC

Hurricane Sandy hit U.S soil Oct. 24th, 2012, destroying approximately $70 billion in property and changing the East Coast for many years to come. Hurricane Sandy went down as such a devastating Hurricane but why? Sandy was a very big Hurricane -- 1/3 the size of the U.S. -- and had its power amplified by the full moon because of the stronger tides. Sandy was also followed by a strong blizzard that did not allow people any time to recuperate from Sandy. The severity of Sandy also has to do with the places it hit. The most destruction was done in NY and NJ. In NY, Wall Street lost power and people, for obvious reasons, were not able to go to work. Although this did not really impact the economy all too much, it shows just how serious this was. In NJ, it's not that people were not able to go to the beach. The beaches were literally destroyed. Whole towns were flooded and flattened which shows how this Hurricane just ravaged the East Coast. One positive thing to come out of this Hurricane was that because of Obama's efforts with Hurricane survivors, his poll numbers were doing much better.