Due to Hurricane Sandy, Northeastern states along the coastline, and even further mainland, towards the Great Lakes, suffered tremendous losses and hardships. Homes and businesses lost power for days, tolling on each person differently. Some families took the loss of electricity as an opportunity to return to a time where electricity hadn't been created, and entertainment was sought from board games, while others traveled to places with TV, plugs to charge their electronics, and working AC. Businesses were forced to shut down for a period of time due to the lack of power, and the floods and destruction surrounding them. Many had branches and trees cause major devastation to their workplaces and their cities. With the hurricane storming for several days, many areas experienced severe flooding, rising up to 15 inches off the ground, only further hindering business owners from re-opening their stores. Needless to say, the ruin caused by Hurricane Sandy was severe, and continues to impact many households, and will do so even after the electricity returns.
Jonathan Fahey and Scott Mayerowitz started the article with brief simple sentences explaining the main gist of the rest of the report. This encourages the readers to continue reading, to see just how people dealt with this disaster. They continue by giving the facts, all details known as of the time the report was written. They include all the data known about families without power, the spread of the hurricane's effect, and then ease into what people are actually facing with, and how they are reacting to each problem. They describe the less significant issues such as lack of cellphones and television, and follow with the more critical problems such as families having no available food, or people with medical conditions not having access to necessary resources, such as insulin for diabetics, stored in refrigerators. The authors talk about the good and bad about the storm: the unity of people sharing their resources, or people exploiting the storm and using it to benefit themselves. They constantly alternate between the pro's and con's of the hurricane, but end it with a con, quoting a man who's business is forced to stay closed due to the storm, but with the lasting effects, may have a huge impact on the future clientele. Ending with a con proves that though some people may have been brought together because of Sandy, it was overall bad, and recovering from such damage will require many days, and weeks.
http://news.yahoo.com/blackouts-linger-northeasterners-try-adjust-220200751.html
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