Alexander Rosales Hempstead

Encountering Hurricane Sandy made fight through difficulty that I have experienced before. I have never been in a hurricane this dangerous with winds going 50 to 75 mph trees falling down in front of me and seeing some streets flooded with water. New York is extremely damaged because of hurricane Sandy with no power, gas, or food supplies but New Jersey was hit full on with the Hurricane so one can imagine the damaged there. This Hurricane damage people houses with homes flooded, trees getting knocked over and going into buildings and people living with no power and gas. It was and still is devastation to experience Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy came and went leaving streets and homes destroyed. I believed that this Hurricane is not going to do anything and it was going to be another normal rain storm. My parents, friends, and the news were saying to prepare for this storm because recent storms like this have come and have left people homeless. I still kept thinking to myself, no this is a harmless storm and nothing is going to happen. So I went on with my daily routine, me going to do my homework, finish any assignments for school and then go lie in bed and watch television and maybe hang out with my cousins. Into 30 minutes of watching television, the power goes out and once my power went out I heard the wind. I said to myself, “this is going to be a huge storm after all!” Experiencing Hurricane Sandy for the first time was frightening. During Hurricane Sandy all I kept thinking about was “when will the power come back?” I believed that I would not be able to manage myself going through one day with no power. While still in bed I was listening to the winds blow extremely hard until I heard a “snap” and huge “thump”. I got up from bed and I ran outside to see what happened and it was a tree that has been blown down. All I saw on the street was a log with leaves blocking half the street. After witnessing the tree in the street, I regretted not preparing for Hurricane Sandy. For two day straight I stayed in bed because it was too dangerous to be driving around and on top of that, everyone lost power. So really there was nothing that I could do. I saw my father attempt to go get flash lights and candles but when he came back he said the stores had no power. Being in the hurricane was terrible. Hurricane Sandy ended and things were not the same. After Hurricane Sandy my power came back two days later. I was extremely happy because I was able to watch television and use my computer but not all of Hempstead, where I live, got their power back. Knowing I had power again I decided to drive around and see the damage. I drove into Garden City where it always looked admirable and it was destroyed. In Garden City there were a lot of trees and 75% of them where knocked over because of the winds. The winds were so strong that it pulled the trees right out of the ground, so people were able to see the roots of the trees and the cement getting lifted. I also witnessed trees knocked over into homes and power lines lying on the streets and it was terrible. I drove around some more to see if any store were opened to get some food but everything was closed because of no power. Hurricane Sandy did a lot of damage to Hempstead and no many people in New York and also New Jersey. The experience I had with Hurricane Sandy changed my life it made me more alert to the warnings the news or my parents gave about the storms. Hurricane Sandy left me powerless and incapable of taking care of myself. I learned that I need power to do my daily routines. I need electricity to see in my room because I have only one window and I also need electricity to be able to use my computer and do my homework or assignments for school. Sandy also made me think about all the other people that still had no power for days. The Hurricane left people with no power, heat and some with no homes. It made me think that I was lucky to still have a home with power and heat and I also wanted to help those people. Hurricane Sandy changed affected my life completely. The changes left by Hurricane Sandy made me more alert to storm signs and made me take things not for granted. Hurricane Sandy was devastating to me and others who were affected by it. It left people powerless, without heat and some homeless. Hurricane sandy left me with no power for 3 days and it was terrible. No one is going to forget about Hurricane Sandy, it left a lot of damage to people homes and neighborhoods and lives.