From the treacherous downpours to 80 mile per hour winds, Hurricane Sandy ripped through five northeastern states Oct. 29. . The storm started in the Caribbean and crawled up the northeastern coastline devastating everything in its path. Although the storm has calmed down, most states have gone into reparation of their cities, which is sure to continue for months to come.

“My brother was in New York, and he was with a friend when the power went out. He was calling my family’s house to keep up-to-date information on the storm’s path,” said sophomore Emily Lewis.

The storm closed off all bridges and tunnels. More than 13,000 flights were cancelled due to this tragedy. Students through the northeast region had their schools closed.

“My grandma was affected very much by this storm. It’s just sad the way people have to live through this storm if they did not evacuate. Boarding up windows and sandbagging houses is not the way to live your life,” said sophomore Kyle Parton.

The storm claimed over 1,800 lives and left many injured. This tragedy caused over $108 billion in damage.

“My cousin lives in New York, and he just came to visit and he was telling me of all these crazy stories of the storm barreling over top of them, just hovering over them. It just comes to show how lucky I am to live where I live, and I was not as affected as those people were. Even though I wasn’t in the eye of the storm, we still got a ton of rain,” said sophomore Ethan Green.