Here are what we did:
What do we know?
1. It was one of the most powerful storms in a long time.
2. It hit New York, New Jersey, Haiti and Iceland as far as we know.
3. A lots of people are without electricity.
4. The storm has affected the presidential election.
What would we like to know?
1. How many are injured or has died totally?
2. How much has the storm cost so far?
3. Where did the hurricane begin?
4. Which place are most damaged so far?
How can we learn more about the topic?
1. Use different search methodes on internet to find information.
2. Look at some of the links to different sources we got.
3. Search for more information about hurricane/ storms and waves.
4. We can use social networks as Twitter and search hashtags for instance to find information.
Here are the answers we found to the questions under "What we would like to know"
1. How many people are dead or injured so far?
The hurricane, Sandy, killed more than 65 peoples in
Caribbean and 106 lives got lost. Sandy first hit the Caribbean, and then the USA.
Threes has fell over peoples and roads. The dirty water and lack of food makes
the numbers of dead rise every day because of illness like Cholera.
Later Sandy hit the west coast of USA. A water flood
came with Sandy, and now all public transport and all kind of transport are
down. Also in the USA threes has fell down and killed a lots of people. People
has been found hanging out their windows dead. Building and cars are destroyed
and there is no electricity. Peoples can’t call or go to Facebook for example,
to tell their family and friends they are alive.
Numbers of injured peoples are still not published.
2. How much has the storm cost so far?
According to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm
believes that Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damage
and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, making it one of the
costliest natural disasters on record in the U.S., with a possible total cost
of $50 billion. The Gov. Chris Christie said. "The devastation on the
Jersey Shore is some of the worst we've ever seen. The cost of the storm is incalculable
at this point."
The United States weren’t the only country Sandy
affected. Both Cuba and Jamaica were some of the affected countries in the
Caribbean, and is expected to use $88 million and $16.5 million to rebuild
their countries. Haiti was also tragically touched by the storm, and while no
specific number of the cost has been published, the country is suffering a
great food crisis.
3 and 4. Where did the hurricane begin, and which place
was most damaged?
The storm, Sandy, hit the Caribbean first, and it was
Haiti who was worst hit. According to what we read Jamaica was the first to get
hit, but it was still Haiti who was most affected and who got the biggest
damages.
The majority of
deaths and the most extensive damage has fell upon Haiti, who was already
devastated from the earthquake in 2010. The damage is especially significant
since it already was 400.000 homeless people in Haiti from the earthquake in
2010, and now there are 200.000 more homeless people. On top of all this Haiti
was also struggling with the aftermath of The Tropical Strom Isaac, which hit
the country in August, and a cholera epidemic that killed thousands and
afflicted more than half a million people.
The Hurricane hit Haiti worst, and then Jamaica and
Cuba we think. As this article says, there has almost been given none attention
to Haiti and the other countries in the Caribbean, only to the USA.
There has been given very much attention to the storm
when it hit the USA, but almost nothing to especially Haiti who is most
damaged. Lots of people are dead or injured, or without electricity in the US,
but Haiti was also struggling with the damages from the earthquake in 2010 and
the Tropical storm Isaac, and then they get so hit by Sandy to and gets very
little attention. It’s important to help people in the USA too, but Haiti
should have gotten more attention so they could get more help than they get
now. Also because of the Presidential Election there is given a lot of
attention to the USA, but maybe it would have been possible to wait for a
little while and focus on helping all the countries who are hit?
This was interesting to read! I didn't know that the hurricane hit Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti so hard. Probably because, as you wrote, all the attention was given to the USA. I also didn't know that the hurricane probably will cost 50 billion dollar. This is incredible much money!"Where did the hurricane begin and which place was most damaged?" was the question I liked the most. The reason that I liked this question was because I learned a lot and didn't know so much about it before..
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy how much this storm will cost America! Not only in structural damage but also for businesses. I did not know that the storm hit Haiti first. I think all the questions you have made is really good, my favorite was the total cost of the storm:)
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how so many people from other countries, such as Norway, are interested in the current events happening in the United States. I liked that this blog was very informative.
ReplyDeleteVery good blogpost!:) I didn't know that the hurricane had a total damaged on about 50 billion dollars, it's a lot money. Neither did I know that the hurricane hit Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba the most. The question I liked the most has to be the second one about the damage-price.
ReplyDeleteNice post! :-) I didn`t know that the hurricane hit Carribean first, and i didn`t know that the damages was so intense! Very sad right now when they are in a economic crises.
ReplyDeletegreat post. A lot of good information here. you could be more accurate some places in the blog like when you wrote that there was 400 000 homless in haiti and now it is 200 000 because of the storm. if you had written "more" between the two numbers the text would be easier to understand. i did not learn anything new because I have written about this subject my self.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting on my blog! I think I wrote "200.000 more" if you read a bit closer, but the sentence may have been bad formulated so it was difficult to see:)
DeleteGreat post, I did not know that the storm started in Carribean. I also liked that you focused on Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba since the press don't write as much about these places because of the damage in America.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting on my blog:)
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