NY Disaster Preparation
Damages
- Better street draining systems
- Lifting the sea wall and houses near the sea wall
- Sending support to specific areas of affect
- Setting up shelter location
Rockland County Disaster Preparations
- The hurricane caused close to $62 billion in damage in the United States and at least $315 million in the Caribbean.
- New York was most severely impacted due to damage to subways and roadway tunnels.
- Over 7.5 million people were without power.
- Stocking up on Food, Water, and Gas
- Flashlights and First Aid kits
- Houses raised close to seawall to prevent from flooding
- Generators and Gas Tanks
Hurricane Sandy
Super Storm Sandy
- Hurricane Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States in October of 2012.
- The National Hurricane Center says that the tropical force winds extended 820 miles at its widest.
Preparing for the next disaster
Gonzalo Gonzalez
Steven Gray
Branden Mcgarry
Jake R.
Sam Garcia
Stephen C.
Eddie Torres
United States Preparation
- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/images/prepare_emergkit.png
- http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1195839!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/seaside-heights-nj.jpg
- http://static.indianexpress.com/m-images/M_Id_327674_Superstorm_Sandy.jpg
- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/images/prepare_emergkit.png
- http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/01/article-2226558-15CC7730000005DC-776_634x414.jpg
- http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1307484!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/superstorm-sandy.jpg
- https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-hurricane-sandy
- http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/2013_sandy/bp1.jpg
- Sending supplies and help to states effected by the natural disaster
- Giving funds to the areas that need rebuilding
- Sending National Guard if needed
Natural Disaster