My name is Sandra. In this blog I will be explaining why New York City response to hurricane Sandy was insufficient. It turned out to be a devastating tragedy. New York City faced a lot of challenges and setbacks because there was too much flooding. A lot of places was shut down and they had trouble with evacuations because of their inability to begin with their emergency plans before the storm hit. In Sandy Story line interviews Cassel says "Howard beach had never seen a flood in a hundred years. I was unable to get back in to the area. The car I left there was destroyed and I had to redo all my electrical wiring"(Stuck in the system). Basically Cassel is saying the impact of the storm left many people including himself in a devastating tragedy which indicates it caused suffering, distress and the city was highly destructive. It is very important to take immediate actions in these types of situations because it can reduce the amount of challenges you face in the aftermath of a disastrous storm.