Hurricane Irene

Last weekend, The east coast was warned to prepare for a devastating hurricane that was sure to cause major damages throughout. It was being monitored for the last few days and was categorized as a class 1 hurricane. But surprisingly, when it reached the east coast, it was not as bad as anticipated. It was downgraded to a tropical storm soon after. Nonetheless, it still costed lives and money, close to 1 billion dollars in damages. There were many floods and power outages in the cities affected such as New York city. The media made this hurricane sound as if it was a high threat to the nation, whereas it did affect many people, but not as bad as people anticipated.