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| Waves slam into the sea wall in Scituate, Massachusetts- CNN News. |
If you haven't heard about Hurricane Sandy, you've been living under a rock. Search and rescue teams, government officials, and citizens along the east coast have been preparing for this storm for well over a week now, and the effects are already being seen. Hundreds of people are under mandatory evacuation, 2.2 million people are without power, and many areas are under a mandatory curfew. Atlantic City in New Jersey is currently seeing horrible conditions, as water levels are rising due to the high tide time. In New York, not only are schools, companies and subways/public transportation closed, but the New York Stock Exchange has voluntarily closed. This is the first time the New York Stock Exchange has closed since September 11th, 2001. Another alarming issue is the amount of snow that is estimated to hit the mountains of West Virginia, which has declared a state of emergency. This ''Frankenstorm' is interesting because of how far north it is. Usually storms of this type aren't seen this far north. On top of that, the pressure in these areas is currently very low (Sandy had a minimum pressure of 943 millibars). Generally speaking, the lower the pressure, the worse the storm.
As I am writing this blog, I am also watching CNN News, which just announced that Sandy has been named a post tropical storm. With hundreds of thousands of search and rescue personnel ready, and mandatory evacuations in place, it's my hope that people will be smart and move to a safer location until this storm has passed. The media is a powerful thing, and during the last several days the severity of this storm has been the top priority of the news. I will continue to follow this super-storm during and after. I am eager to see how much damage this storm will produce especially with the record high flooding and extremely high winds.
For more information, visit:
CNN News
National Hurricane Center
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