{"id":27206,"date":"2022-12-01t18:39:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-01t18:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.planetforward.com\/2022\/12\/01\/essay-my-coast-is-toast-remembering-hurricane-sandy-and-looking-toward-the-future-of-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24t21:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24t21:29:30","slug":"essay-my-coast-is-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/essay-my-coast-is-toast\/","title":{"rendered":"essay | my coast is toast: remembering hurricane sandy and looking toward the future of climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
i watched the flames dance and sway in the wind, crackling across the line of houses less than two miles from my home. on the other side of my house, the seawall was enveloped by the ocean and water was encroaching, about to reach our back door. hurricane sandy caused the sky to darken, lit up only by lightning and slowly ravaging our town and everything in its path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
many of my friends\u2019 homes were lost, flooded or incinerated by fire when the transformer blew up as the angry waves smacked against it. our town had no power for weeks, trees had turned the roads into an obstacle course, and we were forced to remain in place. the devastation of hurricane sandy\u00a0that struck our town and swept across the east coast was foreign to my adolescent mind. since then, every time a hurricane or tropical storm passes over connecticut, i hold my breath and hope there will not be a repeat of that destruction. unfortunately, climate change is forming the perfect recipe for more aggressive and frequent hurricanes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n