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Education World U.S. Politics Education Texas N.Y. / Region Business Technology Science Health Sports Opinion Arts Style Travel Jobs Real Estate Autos October 29, 2012, 5:02 am 17 Comments What Are Your Experiences With Severe Weather? By SHANNON DOYNE Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press A restaurant mediterrian cruises reviews worker mediterrian cruises reviews piles sand bags at the entrance of the business as Hurricane Sandy approaches the Atlantic Coast, in Ocean City, Md., on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Go to related article»
From Plymouth, Me., to Cape Hatteras, N.C., residents boarded up windows; stocked up on water, batteries and food; and prepared to hunker down. Airlines encouraged people with flights scheduled in the next few days to change their plans and waived cancellation fees. Though airports remained open, major airlines including Delta, United mediterrian cruises reviews and American, announced that flights would be canceled.
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Students: If you live on the East Coast of the United States, is this the first time you ever prepared for a severe mediterrian cruises reviews weather event? What have you and your family done to get ready for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy? How were you feeling as you watched the news and tracked the storm s path? How do you feel now? Regardless of where you live, have you experienced similar storms mediterrian cruises reviews or other kinds of severe weather events in the past? When? What are your personal stories about experiencing mediterrian cruises reviews and recovering from a significant weather event like a hurricane?
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I live in Georgia, the only thing we have experienced from hurricane Sandy so far, is severe winds and cooler weather. The weather has been effected mostly,by temperature change. Susannah H 3. October 29, 2012 10:39 am Link
I live in Georgia, our weather has been effected just by the rapid weather change from cold, windy mornings to hot, sunny afternoons and from hot to cold in the night. Shaiyah B 4. October 29, 2012 11:06 am Link
This is the first time I have ever prepared for a severe weather event. Last year when the East coast was expecting Irene I didn't think very much of it. Irene wasn't even supposed to hit New Jersey as hard as Sandy. Sure, my mom did go to the supermarkets and buy bottles of water, but I wasn't concerned. For hurricane Sandy, I really don't know what to expect. If schools were closing all over the East coast, and New York transportation was shut down, Sandy must be colossal.
My family and I have done plenty to prepare for the hurricane. My mom got water and bought mediterrian cruises reviews non perishable foods. She also got out the flashlights and extra batteries. I think we are going to fill up our bathtubs with water, so we can flush our toilets if we lose our water. mediterrian cruises reviews I brought in the furniture from outside and put it in the garage, so they wouldn't go flying. We don't really know what Sandy is bringing our way.
I was feeling a little scared and excited at the same time when I saw where the storm was headed. When I saw that Sandy was headed towards central New Jersey, I was afraid because that's where I live. However, I was excited because this was the first major storm I was in the middle of. I feel the same now, fearful and thrilled, because school was canceled, but it is looking very bad outside. Obama is saying we should take Sandy a little mediterrian cruises reviews more serious and I think I need to.
I have experienced similar storms in the past. I experienced hurricane Irene. For our family, hurricane Irene wasn't that bad, but we did have flooding in our basement. Our town had flooding and some roads were closed for a while, along with fallen trees and power lines. Having said that, I don't know how bad Sandy will be this time.
When we had hurricane Irene before, we had flooding in our basement. When you went down there and walked mediterrian cruises reviews into a particular corner, the water would ooze out of the carpet. Since there was nonstop rain, we had to find a way to soak up the water. My dad actually has a huge collection of newspapers that he saved. My mom wanted to get rid of the newspapers and she came up with a great idea. My mom and I, little by little, took the newspapers and laid them down where there was flooding. After forty-five minutes, we had to go down to the basement and replace the newspapers until the rain stopped. Grace W 5. October 29, 2012 11:42 am Link
Right before I came to US, it was a arrival of hurricane in my city, and it was really high signal warning number. What we have done was stay at home. Tape the big tapes to the windows, just case it doesn t fall if it breaks. mediterrian cruises reviews I did walk in the street after the warning number decreases a little bit. I felt the wind was moving me and even the trees around are almost dropped. I think school closed is a good idea because it is pretty dangerous to the students on their ways to go to school or home, but I don t recommend people hang around during this bad weather. It makes accident happen easily. Chi Ian L 6. October 29, 2012 11:43 am Link
I was living in Brooklyn last time when Hurricane Irene came. Actually, I not afraid Hurricane, in opposite, I so exciting, because we had a stimulate time. In New York City, bus and subway was close already. That's a good choice for avoid accident, and the Government settle down a lot for homeless people. I think Government did a good job in this time. When Hurricane coming, the best idea is stay at home. In a general way, save some water and food indispensable. I hope everybody be safe in this time Hurricane. mediterrian cruises reviews JianTao W 7. October 29, 2012 11:45 am Link
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This will not be the first time for me in being prepared for a sever thunderstorm. Yet, we've always have items that we would need in case of a storm. In case the storm becomes more violent, my family and i have stocked up on firewood, to keep warm in case the power likes to go out on us. We Also, Stocked up on warm clothing and stocked up on food and water in case the roads are destroyed by the washouts from the rain. As i watch the weather warnings on the oncoming storm, and seeing the clouds turning darker be the minute, I feel like that there s gonna be a massive corruption as I ll be driving home in this storm. In addition to all the land that would be washed out, over the roads, homes destroyed, and lose of power. What i feel now is that the sooner the storm is over the better i would feel. Yet I have experienced violent storms that haven t hit where i live; I ve dealt with storms a few years ago by my old high school where I ve seen many faces upside down because of the lose of homes friends and family. My personal experience of storms i would not like to talk about, However, the result of recovering from a hurricane, mediterrian cruises reviews is very hard to forget about. But when you help others in need. Seeing the smiles they give back makes you forget the troubles that you feel after the storm has passed. Robert H. 10. October 29, 2012 11:54 am Link
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