Hurricane Sandy

(noun)

A storm that devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern United States during late October 2012. 

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Examples of Hurricane Sandy in the following topics:

  • The 2012 Presidential Election

    • A long-time critic of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) who claimed that it should be eliminated, Romney also likely lost votes in the Northeast when, a week before the election, Hurricane Sandy devastated the New England, New York, and New Jersey coasts.

  • Hurricane Katrina

    • Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
    • At least 1,836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane.
    • Katrina was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States; among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall.
    • Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding in the state before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico.
    • Category 5 Hurricane Katrina at peak strength on August 28, 2005.

  • The George W. Bush Administration

    • In 2005, Hurricane Katrina brought to light ongoing racial injustices embedded within American society and government, underscoring the limited capacities of the federal government under Bush to assure homeland security.

  • Britain's Strategy

    • Soon after the German attack, the British supplied a unit, No. 151 Wing RAF, to defend Murmansk and to train Soviet pilots on British Hurricane fighters.
    • After the RAF personnel left, the British continued to supply aircraft: 3,000 more Hurricanes and 4,000 other aircraft during the war.

  • The Environment

    • In May of 2006, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) allegedly blocked release of a report that suggested global warming had been a contributor to the frequency and strength of hurricanes in recent years.

  • The Exploration of Christopher Columbus

    • Instead, while Columbus' ships sheltered at the mouth of the Jaina River, the first Spanish treasure fleet sailed into the hurricane.

  • Escaping Hard Times

    • The strip, about an adventurous young girl with an equally daring pet dog named Sandy and a foster father called Daddy Warbucks, was enjoyed by children as well as adults attracted to its political commentary targeting subjects such as organized labor, communism and FDR’s New Deal.

  • Virginia

    • Disease, hurricanes, war with American Indians, and economic difficulties all plagued Virginia at this time.