topic proposal

My topic for the final essay is Hurricane Sandy. I’m the only one writing about it in class and I think it will make a great paper. I’m originally from New Jersey so my hometown was affected by the storm. Although I don’t know much about this topic yet with my family going through it I will have a lot of background information and personal experiences. Weather it is the actual terrifying stories of the storm while it was taking place or the after math and recovery there are many different views of this issue.

Throughout my essay I plan on going into detail and looking at the storm through those different perspectives. I intend on writing about what it was like for the victims, the Fema trying to help the best they can, and the cost of it or the government’s view. With the storm being recent and in the news it will be easy to find information. This issue is very conversational because many people say things like fema is not doing enough to help out and the devastation is only getting worse. Researching this topic will help me to form my own opinion on the topic and be able to defend it by answering questions and looking at the storm from a variety of viewpoints.

My research questions as of right now are: What are we doing to help with the devastation? How deeply were the residents affected? How many people are there for the recovery? What was the total cost of these efforts? How bad is the damage in different areas? How do the residents, government, and aids feel about the hurricane? Some of my possible sources that will help me answer those questions are: http://www.cenews.com/magazine-article----improving_disaster_resilience-9081.html http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:3171/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=AONE&userGroupName=uscspart_lib&tabID=T002&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=3&contentSet=GALE%7CA307272947&&docId=GALE|A307272947&docType=GALE&role= http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:2555/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=105&sid=ad18e830-c6ad-431e-92e7 f5564ef4678a%40sessionmgr113&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=82958533 http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:3991/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA309208054 http://proxy.uscupstate.edu:3991/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&source=&sortBy=&displayGroups=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA308476313 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/hurricane-trees-superstorm-sandy_n_2167017.html