Irene or Sandy? That is the Question.

                        You can hear the wind howl as the trees sway to and fro, on the brink of destruction. You notice your bedside lamp flicker as the power goes on and off. Suddenly, the lights go out. What will happen next? This was the experience of many Hurricane Irene victims, as well as the numerous of Super storm Sandy(Frankenstorm) victims. In the past year, two major storms affected the East Coast of the USA. These two natural disasters were a huge impact in the East. However, as similar as these two storms may seem, in Edison, Sandy was on a whole different level than Irene.

       The two storms impacted the surrounding areas very differently. In the week that Irene hit, many wondered whether or not it would hit New Jersey. Fortunately, it headed along the shore, missing NJ. There were minimal damages, but all was well. Sandy however, wasn’t so light. During this super storm, thousands of people evacuated, and millions of people lost power for more than a week. Atlantic City was underwater, and almost all coastal cities were flooded. This devastating destruction could not have been any farther from Irene’s own. So really, although they were both storms, Sandy was way more devastating, don’t you agree?