Hurricane Sandy: Social Influence On My Life

The aftermath of hurricane Sandy was horrific, however it was also followed by a huge amount of social responsible acts that influenced my life indefinitely. In October of 2012 my community was directly hit by hurricane Sandy which resulted in extreme flooding, fires and wind damage that left a tremendous amount of damage, including concrete sidewalks and streets in rubble; there were holes with half or entire truck’s or car’s buried inside of them. The flood was so bad that we were trapped inside until the water eventually drained into the sewer systems. When the storm and the water surpassed, people panicked; with no phone services, television or radio no one knew how long we would be without resources. Many people broke into flooded stores to get water, canned foods and any undamaged supplies he or she could find, but those of us that wouldn’t break the law used the fire hydrants as a water source however, we later found out that it was contaminated; many of us got sick. …show more content…
Volunteer’s stood up for hours at a time, cooking and handing out hot food, clothes, water and supplies to the people in my community. Eventually my family and I went to an evacuation shelter where the most influential social responsible acts occurred as there was a whole school filled with volunteers that worked around the clock to help those in need. My family and I were so inspired that we began volunteering as well; even my 10 year old autistic daughter helped out by sorting donated clothes and any other tasks she was capable of doing. My family and I are now planning to take courses that were offered to us by the city that trains us to help out on future potential