for Some, Sandy was the worst stom on record. It destoryed the most, and uprooted so many idividuals. 10,000 were lost in NYC and never have a hope of regaining their home, or life again. In new jersey 113,00 died and some were even 100+ years old.
I'm talking about trees.
Sandy's lesser known victim were the trees. While humans and their perils are the main focus of damage reports coming out of Sandy, Trees get somewhat forgotten. As I said earlier, an article from the Wall Street Journal lists the tree casualty number about 10,000 in just New York City. Call me an Idiot, but I didn't know there were even 10,000 trees in New York City.. Ok well I had to have known that...
New Jersey reports over 113,000 being destoryed state wide some of whom probably contributed to some local power failures in certain neighborhoods.
Experts can use the knowledge of Sandy to decide where and how to replant these trees, like planting smaller growing trees under and near powerlines. It gives an do-over with tree planting where conflicts between trees and city infrastructure were occuring.
It also took down some 'favorite' trees in Central Park, which will take on a new look come spring when new trees are being planted.
Just another way Sandy is affecting the New England area, and in ways nobody really could have thought.
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP23c1f43071d24cbea7d1adc7aa75f198.html
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