Hurricane Sandy: After a Devastation, a Daunting Recovery

The article “After the Devastation a Daunting Recovery” informs the reader on the impacts of hurricane Sandy. The article also mentions how afterwards people are trying to recover from this. Hurricane Sandy impacted the lives of many people. Some people lost their lives during the hurricane, others lost their homes. Many other people had to leave their communities in order to be safe. Many communities are now trying to recover, with the help and support from the president, and the mayor. The impact of the hurricane was harsh but people are starting to slowly recover.

The hurricane changed many people’s lives. Some people lost their lives during this hurricane.  “Accidents claimed more than 40 lives in the united states and Canada, including 22 in the city.” This is informing us on how many people lost their lives by some of the accidents caused by the hurricane. Many of these accidents such as trees falling or flooding  either hurt or killed people. This makes me feel upset at how many people must now be going through hard times of having lost their friends and family.

Even though some people have started to recover, they still have much work to do. “This is going to take some time”, he said. “ It is not going to be easy for these communities to recover.”  This excerpt is informing people on hard it will be to recover from the hurricane.  It is informing us that even though communities are starting to recover from the impact of the hurricane they still are going to need even more time to fully recover. This makes me feel hopeful that communities have already started to recover from the hurricane.

To recover from the damages caused these states will need a lot of money. “ There was no immediate estimate of the losses from the storm, but the scope of the damage- covering more than half-dozen states- pointed to billions of dollars.” This is informing us that the cost to fix everything is a lot. Even without knowing exactly how much the recovery will cost the government has already estimated that it will cost billions of dollars. This makes me wonder if all the damages and repairs will soon be taken care of at this cost. This could possibly take a while to fully recover from.

After reading this article I have come to understand how difficult it has been for others in the past few days. How some people got hurt really badly by the hurricane.  It has changed my way of thinking because I knew people were suffering but not that it was that badly. Also having to see what others are now going through. I already knew about a couple of tragic stories but this article added more to the list. This differs from other places because some people don’t have to struggle as much to get everything they lost back. Also because not everyone got hit at the same level of impact by hurricane Sandy. This article makes me wonder if this situation will have a greater impact on us in the future.