Natural Disaster reporting is when a person records and reports on certain subcategories in the whole overall topic. I chose Natural Disaster Reporting because I wanted to know the significant differences between Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy.Hurricane Sandy was a very large, impacting Superstorm that took over the media's eye for weeks, comparing Superstorm Sandy to Hurricane Katrina in 2005."That puts Sandy at No. 2 in terms of shear size since 1988, in the news for weeks and weeks on end..."(huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/http://www.livescience.com/24402-natural-disasters-sandy-ranking.html)
Superstorm Sandy was categorized as No. 2 in the World, since 1988. Sandy was more impactful had more economic damage, had more housing and commercial properties damage, and will be entered in the pantheon of top disasters of the country has ever faced. Katrina faced not as much economic damage because it didn't hit as many states as Hurricane Sandy did, didn't have as many housing and commercial properties damages, and was not qualified to be entered in the pantheon of top disasters of the country has ever faced. Overall, Hurricane Sandy was a more impacting storm, in many ways, than Hurricane Katrina. It did do the most damage overall in several categories and it killed thousands more. Hurricane Sandy's victims will be remembered forever and their lives will live on forever. Hurricane Sandy truly was a tragedy in the United States of America.
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Interesting data, Ari! Why do you think Hurricane Sandy was given such an extravagant nickname as "Superstorm" Sandy? How did that impact how it was reported on? (20/25)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think Hurricane Sandy was named "Superstorm" Sandy because everyone was not expecting the severity of the storm, how large and impactful it was going to be. This storm got, in my opinion, the longest media coverage I had seen, since 9-11.
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