EiJ Global Record: Eastern North Carolina, USA
The eastern Piedmont and southeastern lowlands of North Carolina are the “birthplace” of the environmental justice movement (EJ) in the United States.
Joshua Moses
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I teach anthropology and environmental studies at Haveford College, just outside of Philly. Currently, I'm holed up in a cabin in the Adirondacks in upstate New York with several family members, including my spouse and 4 year old daughter and 3 dogs. I started working on disasters by accident, when one day in 2001 I was walking to class at NYU and saw the World Trade Center buildings on flames. I have known Kim for a few year and I contacted her to connect with folks around Covid-19 and its imacts.
I'm particularly intersted in issues of communal grief, mourning, and bereavement. Also, I'm interested in the religious response to Covid-19.
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They have worked to improve the city of Newark in their resilience to server storms.
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The communities of New Jersey was not ready for this powerful stomr that knocked power out widespread across the state. They were vulnerable to all things as no agency took the natural steps to protect its people who were hit by the storm.
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Richard.OppongManuA new 'switching site' was build to ensure less people would lose power in a disasterous storm like Hurricane Sandy.
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The Jersey shore especially was vulnerable to a storm of this capcity, and showed how unprepared for the storm they were after the clouds settled. The boardwalk itself was obliterated and homes and roads were floodded. In New York, most train tranporttaion was halted as many of the lines had to undergo maintenance to bring it back to operating status.
Hurricane Vulnerability/Resilience in Newark
In this PECE essay, there are numerous articles that discuss New Jersey's, mainly Newark's, vulnerabilities and resilience to hurricanes.
The Morning After In Newark and Lyndhurst: Hurricane Sandy
"Hurricane Sandy: Morning After in Newark and Lyndhurst", shows nearly 12 hours after the storm the immediate look on the major New Jersey cities of Newark and Lyndhurst.
The Red Cross Spending $310M on Recovery of Hurricane Sandy
The Red Cross in their 2 year later report on October 28, 2014 showed how they spent 99% of the $311.5M donated for recovery efforts.