Hurricane Sandy Flashcards
(6 cards)
Social impacts by Sandy
150 died
200,000 homes destroyed
30-40,000 people were made homeless
electricity lines damaged affecting 8 million residents and forcing many to evacuate homes
Schools were closed for days
Economic impacts
Property damage of around 65 billion
Government had to pay for diesel and petrol as supplies ran out.
Loss of income cancelled events: New York Marathon had to be cancelled, impacting many businesses
Job losses of 30 thousand, may businesses were lost. Due to lack of insurance to cover floods and storm damage.
15,000 flights cancelled, disrupted trade
Environmental
1.5 bilion tonnes of untreated sewage from flooded area around New Jersey and New York City contaminated the Raritan river.
Storm surge caused significant damage to coastal nature reserve such as Prime Hook National Wildlife refuge.
300,000 gallons of oil spilled into the New jersey waterways when industrial sites were flooding.
Individual responses
Short term
Residents evacuated
12-12-12 concert for Sandy relief
Donations to Red Cross
Communities supported each other and helped with rescue and rebuilding
Blood was needed and many people donated
Organisational
Flight cancellations were put in place
National park closed
Power companies attempted to prevent long-term power failures by being prepared to repair storm damage and by having employees work longer hours
American Red Cross provided 7,00 emergency shelters across the region
Direct relief provided medical supplies
FedEx transported medical supplies to affected areas for free
Governmental
Federal Emergency Management Agency provided 7,000 people to establish 65 Disaster Recovery Centres and gave over 600 million in direct assistance to individuals impacted
National Guard and U.S Air Force put 45k personnel to help for preparations and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Metro services: rail and buses were cancelled.
50.5 billion relief bill was passed to rebuild and support victims
