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Sandy as it struck. In that book i was looking at how it was that we have gotten super storm sandy so long how it was that new york had failed to issued evacuation orders and how it was that 70 buildings and key pieces of infrastructure were flooded. During that storm. In the meteorologist there who were incredibly talented cap time in the same thing over and over again. We are just not very good at forecasting in predicting it. For the kind of havoc that is erect by these storms. We saw that in 2017 with hurricane maria. In thinking about the infrastructure and predictions and how it is that we respond to Natural Disaster it occurred to me that for all that is powerful about a hurricane they are no no where near nowhere near our most powerful phenomenon. Earthquakes are stronger and so i started to think how do we prepare for those sorts of Natural Disasters. As a nature and nation. When you think about that. We have the Air National Guard and is capable of flying these into the storm
Commemorating the fifth anniversary of super storm sandy which obviously affected a large part of the eastern seaboard. And i was reporting as it struck in my research became my third book super storm. I was looking at how it was we had gotten super storm sandy so wrong that new york had failed to the issue evacuation orders and so many buildings and key pieces of infrastructure were flooded and destroyed. To spend time at the National Hurricane center those who are incredibly talented told me the same thing over and over we are just not very good at this still at forecasting storms. And we saw that in 2017 with Hurricane Maria and hurricane hugo. And to respond to disaster for all that is powerful so if you think of that sheer explosive power earthquakes are exponentially smaller so how do we prepare for those as a nation are we prepared for that . When you think about a hurricane we have a lot of technology we can use so the International Guard that are directly into a storm to drop