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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Damage From Hurricane Sandy

     The damage from hurricane Sandy effected many parts of Bloombergs New York City.  Of the things effected by the hurricane, I do not think one thing was left out.  Damage was taken on subways, buses, tunnels, trains, and airports.  The big factors that caused damage in these areas were done by flooding, fire, and strong winds. 
     During the storm and after, the subways and buses were greatly damaged.  All seven of the tunnels under the east river flooded in the storm; and the biggest problem is going to be picking up all the debris that was left behind; but it is going to be very expensive to inspect and repair all the electrical components of these tunnels that provide safe transportation for the subways. 
     Some airports in New York City are still closed where others are starting to take flights in and out now.  Bloomberg stated that there were probably 23 fires that erupted throughout the city.  One of the biggest; that models the swiss cheese model to a tea would be the fire that happened in Breezy Point Queens.  You had 111 homes that were destroyed by fire because the wind was so severe; and that is what was fueling the fire, but ontop of that you had terrible blooding throughout that area so when fire trucks tried putting them out they were blocked off by the flooding.  It shows that one problem ontop of the other can cause even greater problems and stall emergency releif. 

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