3 vjet pas “Sandy”, amerikanët kujtojnë stuhinë që shkatërroi 24 shtete

Nga OraNews Përditësimi i fundit 29 Tetor 2015, 18:14

Mbrëmjen e 29 nëntorit të vitit 2012, super stuhia Sandy kryqëzoi 3 shtete në Amerikë, me erëra të fuqishme 160 km në orë dhe përmbytje të paprecendtë.Sandy u regjistrua si stuhi e kategorisë së 3 por shkatërroi gjithcka i doli para në rrezen e mbi 1600 km.Vrulli i Sandy përfshiu gjithçka nga bregdeti i Floridas drejt Maine, ndërsa gjunjëzoi qytetin e Nju Jorkut dhe bregdetin e Xhersey, ku shkaktoi edhe përmbytje të frikshme.Stuhia u pasua nga shira të rrëmbyer që ranë për ditë me rradhë.Pasojat e Sandyt ishin shkatërruese për 24 shtete që ajo preku, me dëme të jashtëzakonshme në 8 shtete ndërsa disa zona mes tyre Puerto Riko u shpallën zona të shkatërruara.Në SHBA, Sandy shkaktoi 117 viktima nga mbrëmja e 28 nëntorit deri më 30. Në total, në disa shtete, 286 vetë humbën jetën apo u zhdukën si pasojë e stuhisë së fuqishme.Dëmet u përllogaritën në shumën e 50 – 68 miliardë dollarë, ku vetëm në Nju Jork dëmet arritën në mbi 19 miliardë dollarë.Stuhia shkatërroi edhe imazhin e SHBA-ve.Në Nju Jork u shkatërruan rrugët dhe 5 lagjet më të famshme. Për shëmbull ajo çka mbahet mend është Staten Island me skena kaotike përmbytjesh, me makina apo varka mbi çatitë e shtëpive apo në mes të rrugës.“Niveli i ujit ishte shumë i lartë. Anijet ngecën sipër shtëpive. Sandy shkatërroi gjithçka, xhamat e dritareve dhe muret u thyen. Mobiljet tona u shkatërruan,”- shpjegoi një banor.Në Manhatan, e gjithë pjesa jugore e qytetit u përball me mbi 1 javë mungesë të energjisë elektrike. Sistemi i famshëm nëntokësor hekurudhor u përmbys dhe banorët jetuan jashtë për ditë me rradhë.Në Nju Xhersi, destinacioni më i famshëm turistik, Xhersey Shore u shkatërruan. Barrierat e ishullit dhe plazhet thjesht humbën magjinë e tyre.Sandy la pas edhe pasoja në fushën politike, ku në kongres, kundërshtuan nuk i shmangën kritikat për mënyrën sesi SHBA-të u shkatërruan dhe qeveria dështoi në menaxhimin e kësaj katastrofe natyrore, ndërsa Presidenti Obama zbriti në terren për të vizituar më të prekurit e Sandit.A worker stabilizes a pre-cast concrete slab while a co-worker uses a crane to position it on a berm as construction continues on replacement portions of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York, before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Since the storm, more than $140 million has been invested to repair and restore damaged areas of Rockaway Beach, including the boardwalk, beach buildings, and to construct new facilities for the public. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)A couple strolls on a newly constructed concrete portion of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk near Beach 88th Street before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York. Work involving the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ongoing to provide more long-term protection for the environmentally sensitive area. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Surfer, photographer and filmmaker Katrina del Mar, who lives near the beach, carries her surfboard down a set of recently constructed steps and benches near Beach 88th Street in the Rockaway Beach section of the Queens borough of New York on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Anti-erosion sea grasses are planted neatly in rows on the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Since the storm, more than $140 million has been invested to repair and restore the heavily eroded beach and damaged boardwalk. But recovery is ongoing with efforts to provide long-term protection for the vulnerable and environmentally sensitive area. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Newly constructed homes replacing those destroyed in Superstorm Sandy tower on the horizon as Belle Harbor resident Larry Racioppo walks his dog Juno near Beach 131st Street before the storm's third anniversary, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York. A 5-foot-high concrete retaining wall buttressed by sandbags has been added as further protection against the encroaching ocean for the homes on the opposite side of the wall. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Waves roll in as a woman walks along Rockaway Beach before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York. To help prevent erosion from rising waters in the environmentally-sensitive area t heavily damaged by Sandy, new sea grasses have been planted . Other improvements include the construction of replacement and new boardwalk sections and additional public facilities. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation says over $4 million people visited Rockaway Beach last summer. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Habitat for Humanity employee Anna Acosta works on reconstructing the deck of a Breezy Point bungalow before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York. Acosta and her husband, Reynaldo, have worked on nearly a dozen Sandy-damaged homes, initially as Habitat volunteers, and now as their full time job. "No matter how much work we do, there's always more to do," said Acosta. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Habitat for Humanity employees Reynaldo and Anna Acosta hurry to complete the deck of a heavily damaged one-story bungalow owned by a 91-year-old resident in Breezy Point, before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. The couple has worked exclusively on rebuilding homes damaged by the storm for nearly the entire three years, initially as volunteers and now as Habitat employees. "No matter how much work we do," says Anna Acosta, "there's always more to do." According to Breezy Point Cooperative general manager Arthur Lighthall, 220 Breezy Point homes were completely destroyed by flooding during Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)A boarded bungalow sits beside newly built homes on stilts in the Breezy Point neighborhood Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York, before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Arthur Lighthall, general manager of the Breezy Point Cooperative, said 220 Breezy Point homes were completely destroyed by flooding during Sandy and another 135 homes burned to the ground during a massive fire ignited by the storm. “Every day, it’s getting a little bit better,” Lighthall said. "The buildings going up to replace destroyed beach bungalows are being put on high foundations so that future floods will, hopefully, wash beneath the houses rather than bowl them over," he said. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Maureen Farrell stands on the stoop of her new home in the Breezy Point neighborhood, rebuilt on the site of her house that burned to the ground from a massive fire from Superstorm Sandy in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Displaced since the storm, Farrell just moved back into her house in July 7. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Retiree Buddy Sammis gestures toward solar panels he and his neighbors used to change their cell phones three years ago after portions of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk washed onto his street severing power lines, as he walks through a neighborhood-run community garden in the Rockaways Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in New York before the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Sammis a longtime surfer, said, "I miss the (old) boardwalk. It was iconic. It was the longest boardwalk in the world, when it went all the way to 126th Street. Now it's all cement. That's not going to stop anything. If the ocean wants to take the concrete away, it'll happen." (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)/Oranews.tv/