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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.

They have worked to improve the city of Newark in their resilience to server storms.

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. 

The main point of the article is that a big name organization (The EPA) is taking steps to help the residents of Newark and the Ironbound Community monitor air pollution. Not only is the EPA donating $150,000 worth of equipment, but they are also training volunteers to monitor and mantain the machines so the EPA and the Ironbound Community can gather the information they need. The machines can also be moved around so multiple locations can be sampled and tested. 

A new 'switching site' was build to ensure less people would lose power in a disasterous storm like Hurricane Sandy.