What causes a hurricane, we may ask, and although the answers are clear: low pressure area over warm water releasing hot water vapor that become swirls of wind carrying the water vapor higher and making it stronger so that the water vapor, now rain, and wind speeds intensify to the point that there can be massive destruction, scientific answers alone do not satisfy us. As Mark Twain is reputed to have said, “Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it.”
Those of us who suffered moderately little damage – uprooted trees – or inconvenience – loss of power – should be grateful that we emerged unscathed. Some people lost more than just power: a 47-year old man was swept to his death; a 20-year old woman drwoned trapped in her car; a Wanaque man decided to walk in the midst of the storm and lost...
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