Over the years I’ve learned that living in new york is somewhat a haven from natural disasters but when one does it us does a catastrophic amount of damage.With Sandy I think it was not the fact that we did know it was coming , it was that we didn’t take it seriously.We thought that we were getting another irene meaning it was a big deal but when it was time to show up it was nothing.When sandy hit us we were awe-struck our jaws were left hanging.Personally my area was not hit hard in the power , a tree knocked out our transformer and it took a week to replace.The worst is over but we are still facing gas shortages and day to day life isn’t normal yet.There are still people without power and or heat.Thankfully however we have had an a quick mobilization of disasters relief efforts from all the United states.The one thing i feel though that is a great injustice is that other countries in the caribbean were hit hard as well but they haven,’t received exposure like new york or staten island.Cuba, jamaica , and the country next to my parent country Haiti. While I’ve never been to these countries but they are just as bad.Its a real shame that no aid has reached them.Here is a photo of santiago de cuba.
I agree, it is a shame that these countries haven’t received the attention they desperately need. I think the country and most media are enthralled with seeing a major city like New York City and the Tri-State area crippled by Mother Nature. Media coverage, as you all know, has been focused intensely on our region and then the elections. It is also unfair that more coverage means more assistance and for areas like Haiti that are still rebuilding from past storms, the lack of media coverage has hurt tremendously.
I agree that new york is somehow a haven when it comes to natural disaster and at some point new yorkers get carried away from then effects of mother mature. But what can they really do when mother nature hits? Even with food, battery, lights prepared if everything is destroyed nothing can be saved. Although, it is a shame that there is no one to aid the places that seriously in damaged by Sandy but i think people put like new york and new jersey first because these are some major cities and places in the United States like the wall street and stock market. At a point this may not mean they don’t care about the other place where it is damaged. It might be the lag of helpers or volunteers to help aid these places.