Hurricane Irene

Many in the West Coast know about the devastating hurricane that has swept across the East Coast. Hurricane Irene flew by leaving a mass of destruction where ever it went. Flooding streets, destroying houses, and caused major evacuations around the East Coast. These floods destroyed peoples houses that caused them to lose personal belongings that held sentimental value. When Hurricane Irene came toward America, it started off as a Category 1 hurricane that reached up to speeds of about eighty five miles per hour, but when it left it became a tropical storm heading toward Vermont. Before it even hit America and it hit the Bahamas, it was a Category 3 hurricane. Some say we might have been lucky that it went down but since it did it actually spread the hurricane so that it effected a wider area. My oldest sister lives in Virginia and when we spoke to her last weekend, she would tell us about how the water is flooding in through the bottom of her door and that she need to put bundles of towels to keep it from coming through. The damages this storm has cost will almost top the charts at about billions of dollars worth of repair. The casualties can go up to 54 deaths but the actual number is unknown. The president even came to New Jersey last Sunday to see the damage for himself of Hurricane Irene. When it comes to natural disasters, they are unpredictable and hopefully preparations for hurricanes will become more frequent.