Just a week after Hurricane Harvey rocked Houston, Texas, another hurricane, Irma, is barreling towards the US, making citizens in the southeast extremely nervous for what is yet to come. Even worse, there’s another hurricane, Jose, that is on the way as well. Hurricane Season 2017 is here, and it’s going to continue to affect the US for a long time after this.
This all began with Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 storm that rammed into Houston, Texas, early last week. It left people distraught, dislocated, and everything was damaged. After this hurricane, the people of America showed an outpouring of support for the victims of hurricane Harvey because, in times of distress, we will always come together.
Hurricanes are always devastating, and Houston is still feeling the effects of Harvey, but as you might know, bad things always come in threes. Last week, a new hurricane was introduced to the Atlantic Ocean, its name--Irma. Irma started out as a possible threat to the Caribbean islands, and has now turned into a category 5 storm that is supposed to hit Florida as of this weekend, and could even hit Atlanta next week. Along with that, there's a new storm brewing in the Atlantic as well, Jose, Jose is a tropical storm right now but is supposedly going to be strong enough to become a hurricane as early as this week.
The focus right now has shifted a bit from being worried about hurricane Harvey, to more of learning how to help out the victims of Harvey. The fear factor now lies in hurricane Irma, the islands in the Atlantic are getting pummeled by Irma, and the citizens of Florida are migrating to anywhere where they assume they will be safe. Hillgrove High School student, Emily Sanders, knows this situation firsthand, “A lot of my family is coming to my house because of Irma.”
Hillgrove might not be directly in the impact zone, but Atlanta has the possibility of being hit by Irma, and the citizens of Atlanta are waiting to see what their fate will be. A lot of the students at Hillgrove now know about the hurricane and its possible fate, but they also know about Georgia and how weather that is supposed to happen, does not always happen. Natalie Farrell weighs in on this, “We’ll probably get a lot of rain, but that's about it, also we will run out of bread and milk.” This might be true, however it still is very scary that since Georgia never has to deal with hurricanes, will we have the equipment necessary to deal with a hurricane? We will most likely figure out next week.
For now, all the American people can do for now is try to stay safe and try to help the people who have already been affected by this hurricane season. America is in a little turmoil right now, especially because of the current politics, so this puts into question, how will the people of America handle two or maybe even three storms that are supposed to be dangerous? “The government will have to help, and we will have to all be cohesive” answers Amanda Arnold. All we can do now is hope that the effects of this hurricane season won't be as bad as it looks.
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This all began with Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 storm that rammed into Houston, Texas, early last week. It left people distraught, dislocated, and everything was damaged. After this hurricane, the people of America showed an outpouring of support for the victims of hurricane Harvey because, in times of distress, we will always come together.
Hurricanes are always devastating, and Houston is still feeling the effects of Harvey, but as you might know, bad things always come in threes. Last week, a new hurricane was introduced to the Atlantic Ocean, its name--Irma. Irma started out as a possible threat to the Caribbean islands, and has now turned into a category 5 storm that is supposed to hit Florida as of this weekend, and could even hit Atlanta next week. Along with that, there's a new storm brewing in the Atlantic as well, Jose, Jose is a tropical storm right now but is supposedly going to be strong enough to become a hurricane as early as this week.
The focus right now has shifted a bit from being worried about hurricane Harvey, to more of learning how to help out the victims of Harvey. The fear factor now lies in hurricane Irma, the islands in the Atlantic are getting pummeled by Irma, and the citizens of Florida are migrating to anywhere where they assume they will be safe. Hillgrove High School student, Emily Sanders, knows this situation firsthand, “A lot of my family is coming to my house because of Irma.”
Hillgrove might not be directly in the impact zone, but Atlanta has the possibility of being hit by Irma, and the citizens of Atlanta are waiting to see what their fate will be. A lot of the students at Hillgrove now know about the hurricane and its possible fate, but they also know about Georgia and how weather that is supposed to happen, does not always happen. Natalie Farrell weighs in on this, “We’ll probably get a lot of rain, but that's about it, also we will run out of bread and milk.” This might be true, however it still is very scary that since Georgia never has to deal with hurricanes, will we have the equipment necessary to deal with a hurricane? We will most likely figure out next week.
For now, all the American people can do for now is try to stay safe and try to help the people who have already been affected by this hurricane season. America is in a little turmoil right now, especially because of the current politics, so this puts into question, how will the people of America handle two or maybe even three storms that are supposed to be dangerous? “The government will have to help, and we will have to all be cohesive” answers Amanda Arnold. All we can do now is hope that the effects of this hurricane season won't be as bad as it looks.
PHOTO: TIME.COM