Hurricane Sandy

"The patchy recovery from Hurricane Sandy exposed a fractured region on Saturday. The lights flickered on in Manhattan neighborhoods that had been dark for days, and New York’s subways rumbled and screeched through East River tunnels again."

The author of "Fractured Recovery Divides the Region,"tells us that after Sandy, New York was starting to recover from the damage of the storm and electricity was in most houses. With the returning of work, many New Yorkers, either for cars, trucks, vans, and for people who still didn't have electricity, generators, gas stations all over the city were packed. Many people were left homeless due to fires that Sandy started. Governors and Mayors cancelled events due to recovery still taking place. 


"Only about 5,800 customers in Manhattan awoke to find that they still lacked power," even after Sandy, people in lower Manhattan still lacked power. Making Sandy seem like the most powerful hurricane to even his NYC. This makes me realize that Sandy did more damage than I think it did.
“I just keep waiting for someone with a megaphone and a car to just tell us what to do,” said Vikki Quinn, standing amid a pile of ruined belongings strewed in front of her flooded house in Long Beach on Long Island. This shows the disorder in Long Island. Many people, like Vikki, are completely lost, not knowing what to do which makes me feel sorry for them. 

In my neighborhood, Sandy did little to no damage, thank God, but in my family's neighborhoods, Sandy completely destroyed everything that was theirs. Right next to my house, there's a gas station, and the day after New York's recovery started to take place, there were loud beeps of cars and lots of engines roaring, and even some screaming because of people fighting over gas.

The Author of this article makes me feel emotions like pity and anger. He uses many quotes, from people he's interviewed, of what they think about the storm and what they want right at that moment. It seems that what people want the most is order. They want someone to take charge. This makes me want to ask for donations, and donate money for them.