General Discussion

Mother Nature is a FORCE...that until you meet it face-to-face, it is hard to believe what she can do.

Personally BECAUSE of all of the people and the close proximity, I assumed it would be worse than hitting in the Gulf because there is MORE to be torn up.

Not to discount the part of the country that I live in, but when hurricanes and tornadoes venture through these parts, a significant amount of the cleanup is downed trees. In an area like NYC that has buildings in place of trees...well, it only makes sense to a country girl like me that WHATEVER is in the path...be it trees, buildings, buses, etc....they are going to suffer damage and whatever is in the path is going to have to be cleaned up.

And taking nothing for granted, electricity is considered a luxury when the storms come through. Anyone who has ever been without knows this--and sometimes, it takes a while to get back on.