New York City, the "Big Apple", is packing its bags and getting ready to head to safety, far away from Sandy. The incoming hurricane is said to include life-threatening floods and other disasters. the storm has traveled north from the Caribbean, where 60 people had been lost in the storm. New York has already evacuated more than 370,000 people from Brooklyn to Manhattan and plan to shut down the transit system. The 1.1 million kids were probably excited because they get to skip school on Monday. However, the rest of the city is frightened by the idea that the people and the city will take too long to bounce back from the hurricane. People are preparing for the storm and are making sure that they can do their best to minimize the damages that are bound to happen. Construction workers have been blocking air vents and closing the subways to prevent flooding and destruction. By Monday, it is believed that the 75 miles per hour winds will hit the mid-Atlantic coast. These storm surges will not only hit New York, but also North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and most of the upper east coast. People are being forced to evacuate from the coast. Everything east of the Mississippi River is expected to be affected by Hurricane Sandy. Equipment is being secured, people being evacuated, and houses and building being boarded up so that people will be able to have something to come back to, if they can come back...
New York Times
October 28, 2012
James Barron
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/us/east-coast-braces-for-severe-storm-surge.html?_r=0
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