Hurricane Sandy: Non-Fiction Article Response

Jeff Franks, the author of "Hurricance Sandy menaces U.S after slamming Cuba", wants us to know that a strong storm hit and a whole lot of buildings, resturants and shops have been destroyed. Many people have lost their lives and some people don't have power. "The president's concern about this storm is to make sure that citizens in potentially affected areas are aware of this and taking necessary precaution,"said Jay Carney, white house spokesmen. Images on Cuban television showed downed trees, damaged buildings and debris clogged-streets. "Everything is destroyed in Santiago. People are going to have to work really hard to recover from all the damages. " says Alex Malduley, a resident of the 498- year old city.

Forecasters warned that much of the U.S East Coast could get swiped by Sandy, with flooding, heavy rains and high winds beginning Thursday in Florida. Many people want to stay in there house, but becasuse of that many suffer injuries or even death caused by the floooding. When they say to evacuate, they mean for you to leave to go to a safer place or higher ground. Many people lost lots of things including pets, clothes , food and  antiques. These people will have to start over and get thier lives back to normal.  I feel that we should do the best we can to help the ones that lost the most and comfort the ones who lost relatives .

Hurricane Sandy took the name of  "Frankenstorm" because of the Halloween celebrations that were coming up. High winds , rains and pounding surf are expected across parts of Florida's Atlantic coast, with the biggest impact lasting through friday. " In this scenario , Sandy would be able to bring sustained winds near hurricane force over a wide stretch heavily populated coast," Jeff Master says,  hurricane specialist. On a saturday, my family and I went out to Red Hook, near Fairways to check all the damage that happened over there. Items were removed from houses, the ground was really damp and the people had lined up for food from a near by cookout spot , that was feeding the hungry. I felt that it was good for the community coming together in this rough time to help each other out.

"It was stronger than we expected. The eyes seem to have passed over a good portion of Long Island from south to north . We had winds of 100 mph from the east until the eyes passed." Jeff Masters said. The winds were really rough ,things were blown out of order and heavy crates tipped over. I know some people whose house were really destroyed and now that they have to start all the way from the begining. Now these people have to check into shelters or hotels and some even go to a friend's house.

Now that the storm has passed, We are going to have to work our way back to what we used to be, and since people have lost learning time at school, we will have to work our hardest now that we are back. It makes you think about life, what your goals were and what are they now. Many people lost family and don't seem very comfortable. All I can say is that we have to move on , but our prayers are with those who lost and hope they regain as much as they had. We must overcome Sandy.