Case Study: Hurricane Sandy 2012

Question 1

How much did the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act provide to help rebuild?

Answer 1

$50 billion

Question 2

What did the NYC Mayor release on 11th June 2013?

Answer 2

A eeport called ‘A stronger, More resilliant New York’, addressing coastal protection, insurance, utilities and community prepardeness

Question 3

How many were without power in New Jersey?

Answer 3

1 million

Question 4

Why were Sandy’s effects so intense?

Answer 4

There has been no long term preparation and the area is jot used to a storm of such intensity, or even at all

Question 5

How did Sandy affect countries other than the US?

Answer 5

Haiti was still recovering from the 2010 earthquake which it was hit, Cuba refused foreign aid or NGOs and there a was no national governemnt shelter strategy in the Dominican Republic, so Sandy had a catastrophic effect

Question 6

What did Direct Relief provide?

Answer 6

89 emergency deliveries of medicine and supplies to 35 heakth centres in NY and NJ

Question 7

How many households in NY and NJ receiver FEMA payments?

Answer 7

179,000

Question 8

What did the Red Cross do?

Answer 8

Opened shelters ti provide safe places to stay before, during and after the storm

Question 9

How many storm damaged homes are being repaired?

Answer 9

As of 2022, 8,319 homes citywide repaired - according to city officials.

Question 10

How many fires broke out across New York?

Answer 10

23

Question 11

How much money was spent by the Red Cross over a 3 year period?

Answer 11

$313 million

Question 12

How were US police affected?

Answer 12

The presidential election was interrupted

Question 13

How was the economy affected?

Answer 13

Banks, shops, financial institutions close and 2nd largeat oil refinery

Question 14

What was rationed?

Answer 14

Fuel, and number plate recognition was brought in

Question 15

How was the coastline affected?

Answer 15

1600km of coast was impacyed by a 6-7m storm surge

Question 16

How many flights were cancelled in view of strong winds?

Answer 16

12,000

Question 17

How was the NYC stock exchange affected?

Answer 17

It was closed

Question 18

How much did the damage cost?

Answer 18

$63 millions

Question 19

How many major New York airports were closed?

Answer 19

3, including JFK

Question 20

How many people were without power in New York?

Answer 20

750,000

Question 21

How many people in Manhattan were advised to evacuate due to potential storm surge?

Answer 21

350,000

Question 22

How bad was the rainfall in the area?

Answer 22

It was the worst rainfall in a century

Question 23

How many people were without power in Ontario?

Answer 23

145,000

Question 24

When did Sandy hit the US coast?

Answer 24

October 30th

Question 25

How many people were killed?

Answer 25

111, 41 in NY alone

Question 26

Where did the hurricane originate?

Answer 26

South of Kingston, Jamaica

Question 27

Why did the hurricane change track?

Answer 27

Due to cool air in the North and the jet stream to the West, pushing it across New York

Question 28

When did the eye begin developing?

Answer 28

October 24th

Question 29

What was the diamètre of the storm?

Answer 29

1100 miles, much karger than other teopical storms

Question 30

When did Hurricane Sandy occur?

Answer 30

October 2012

Question 31

Why did Sandy have such a significant impact on the US?

Answer 31

Everyone was largely unprepared because of the late notice of change in track

Question 32

Where was Sandy updated to hurricane status?

Answer 32

65 miles south of Kingston

Question 33

How did shops around New York respond?

Answer 33

By boarding up shops, including 5th Avenue, to protect then from high winds and debris