WRITING CULTURE 2012: Film, Food & Beyond

Recovering from anything that causes even the slightest bit of damage isn’t easy and doesn’t happen overnight. But when this slight bit of damage is caused by a hurricane that literally took New York by storm, it’s going to take much longer than that.

Thankfully, here in my neighborhood of Marine Park, Brooklyn, not too much damage was caused. Just trees and electrical wires being taken down by the winds and many of people’s rooftops, including mine being ripped off it’s base. However, my girlfriend’s neighborhood up in North Salem wasn’t as fortunate as mine. Her house which is surrounded by trees as many houses in that neighborhood are was covered in debris and toppled trees blocked her entrances so they couldn’t get out until they got assistance.

Luckily, even though it took about 10 days to get her house back to decent shape, everything in her neighborhood returned to normal. The whole family did manage to clear their property of the tree and debris and the neighborhood managed to recover from the disaster.