HOW HURRICANE SANDY HAS AFFECTED OUR NATION 

This week I decided to write about the storms for hurricane Sandy. I got my information from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/08/snow-noreaster-storm-east-coast-snow/1691259/. It is said that there are 4.7 inches of snow in Central Park. With gusts of wind as much as 54 miles per hours, the storm brought 12 inches of snow to Connecticut and the Jersey Shore. Places such as Connecticut and Rhode Island got hit with 3 to 6 inches of snow. Worcester, Massachusetts had a total of 8 inches of snow. Central Park’s total is already on record for one of the snowiest Novembers. There are tons of power outages and 11,000 more were recorded to be without power on Wednesday, raising the total for New York to 75,000 without power. Many schools are closed and delayed.  It is going to be difficult for all these families. Tons of houses and land has been destroyed. People are shivering and freezing with all the power outages and the cold weather.  Some of the highlights with this weather are:  Sandy knocked out power to many on the East Coast, there was snow added to the bad weather in the North Eastern, and many flights were cancelled. In New York City many policemen went to neighborhoods trying to get residents to evacuate. The mayor didn’t issue any mandatory evacuation. Many people stayed behind because they worried about looting and others stayed behind because they didn’t think anything worse could happen to what they have already gone through.  In Long Beach, New York, the 21,000 people who decided to stay behind from earlier evacuation requests were told again to leave the city. All construction in New York was put on hold. Last week a crane collapsed. Parks were closed because the fear of trees falling. It was suggested to drivers that they stay off the road after 5p.m. because of icing. This storm hit 2 days ago and already killed 100 people in 10 states, most of these victims lived in New York or New Jersey.  On Thursday over 292,700 homes were without power and another 403,000 in New Jersey were without power.  Also another problem with this hurricane is that Broadway has been losing money. Another thing hurricane Sandy caused was the killing of an endangered species of turtles, the Loggerhead turtles. There were at least 50 nests of turtles destroyed in Florida’s Juno Beach when the hurricane struck. In North Carolina there were 12 turtle nests destroyed, 50 hatchlings were rescued. Another important thing that might have been caused by hurricane Sandy could have been the presidential election. It is said that some people’s decision on who to elect could have been affected by the reaction of the candidates to the hurricane. Two thirds of the voters for this reason backed up Obama.  So the question is, were they going to vote for Romney but they got swayed to vote for Obama because of the way he reacted. 15% of people said that this was the most important factor in their decision to vote. This information was found at http://video.foxnews.com/v/1954108669001/how-did-hurricane-sandy-impact-the-election. Well, all these horrible things show us that God is in control and He can help our nation and everybody through this rough time. We just need to pray that He will help with this tragedy and be with all the suffering people.