Hurricane+Irene!


 * CHANNEL 14 NEWS BY LISA DAVIDSON (STORM TRACKER)**

Hi, I'm Lisa Davidson and I'm a reporter working for Channel 14 news. On August 28th, 2011 a hurricane known as "Irene" formed in the Atlantic Ocean and went up the east coast. The wind speed was faster than ever and people in places like the Jersey Shore had to evacuate immediately. Of course not all of them took that wise hint and the effect was their houses being destroyed. Whether it was by enormous trees, the huge water level from the ocean or the violent winds, these buildings were demolished! The rain fall in Pennsylvania went up to 6 to 10 inches of rain! There were floods everywhere and school districts like Upper Moreland and Abington were officially closed for the day. Others in the area had 2 hour delays on full effect. Here is a video of some of the damage that occurred in New York:

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And that's only what happened in New York! Think of other places like New Jersey and Virginia! Roads were completely flooded in those places and a man named Kore Hastlehoff said "The street looked like a waterfall that never ended!" A few pictures below show some pictures of the hurricane and her path.





As you can see, the last picture here shows a weather map. This map consists of the way hurricane Irene started and how it was sliding up the east coast. Although it doesn't show the full length of how far up this hurricane went, it shows a good idea of the places it started at and where the damage occurred the most out of those locations.

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This video made by the website called animoto is produced by a young girl that goes to the school Upper Moreland. In the video, she tried to show you all the damage that happened. 'I just wanted people to actually feel how other people felt. I wanted them to try and relate to this event," the girl said. The idea was definitely a strong one. All the pictures make your thoughts really come together.





Thank you for looking at this page. I (and everyone else at this station) hope you learned many new things about this catastrophic event. New events come next season.

-From the channel 14 staff