Has sandy made enough damage for it to still be affected around New Years? (how much, landscaping)
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Stop thinking about yourself and how much you can party on NYE.
Uptown looks very intact. All affected areas are low and have flood-related damages. It was a miserable scene to go through lower manhattan last night which lost all its lights. Maybe a 5-meter wall surrouding lower manhattan is not a bad idea.
Honestly, this hurricane isn't any monstrous storm by it's hurricane nature. It happens to hit a defenseless area to maximize it's damage. NYC has to be prepared for worse storms that have been regular visitors to the gulf aReas.
Some things from this storm will be eternal. Others can be repaired in weeks such as electricity, but other things will still be a sign of this storm more than five years down the road.
I am still dealing with a problem Hugo left us back in 1989. I probably could have it fixed in a week or so, but I am doing it myself since it is only a landscaping issue. Strong winds bent our chain link fence over with some trees. I doubt anyone but us know it is there. The trees keep growing up through the links so we cannot get to it to remove it so we can either clear out the area or put in a new fence.
Something good that will come out of this is the knowledge that we have a God that looks over us even in a storm. The next day you look out and the sun is still shinning and the sky is still blue. You feel so fortunate that you made it through the storm. You also realize what is important and what is not important.
It is very hard to say. Some areas will be still effected but hopefully most of the city will be up and running by then.
The flood was mainly caused by sea surge. The lack of heavy downpour from Sandy really saved NYC I should say. I have lived through worse hurricanes in the past. Had they hit NYC, it could have been much more miserable than what it looks now. Apparently subway is a wonderful thing to have for mass transportation but it becomes the vulnerable point in extreme weather conditions. Many parts of NJ suffer worse damages than NYC. It is a valuable lesson and experience to have in terms of safety planning and preparation for future storms.
I think it's safe to say most people are more concerned about how things are affected for the rest of the week, let alone 2 months from now.
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