Sometimes we take for granted how lucky we are Sandy didn't obliterate us given its effects in the Caribbean, especially Cuba. It destroyed houses, flooded the streets and the storm was so potent that it will take two years to recover from the damages. Electricity was ostensibly cut off, the water turned filthy and people were scrambling to look for food because they had none.

   Now Sandy is in the East Coast, destroying anything in its path. There were four men killed yesterday and reporters stated that in New York a man got killed by a tree that fell on him. The facade of an appartment complex got completely ripped off and there was a huge crane near a newly built skyscraper that looked like a snapped twig, dangling and bending with the wind. Billions of dollars have been spent in that building and each apartment costs millions.

   Lights have been flickering on and off. News reporters stated that people are not supposed to be driving: to get off the roads, and to not call 911 unless there's an emergency. Sandy is such a disastrous storm that not only is it affecting the people directly, but it's also affecting the economy. It will cost us 20 billion in damages.

    Obama stated that he needs not worry about the election because the lives of those inflicted by the storm are more important. People are worrying about voter turnout instead of what the catastrophe's effects would be. There was also  a report that a woman who was shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean and saved by the Coast Guard, later died because of the storm. There have been flooding in the NYC tunnels and there have been 50 houses set ablaze by Sandy.

  It is quite scary to know that in the blink of an eye the laws of nature can stack against you. It is also quite unnerving that in those situations pure luck is what can save you. You have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time to get hit by a tree, and if one is an unlucky person, there's not going to be a favorable outcome.