In class assignment Nov. 6th

New Home, New Lineup and a Fresh Result

What is the thesis/ main idea of the article?:

1. The main idea of the article is the new basketball team The Brooklyn Nets

What is effective about the article? Does it have a good hook? Pertinent details? Good open and close?:

2. The article is effective by emphasizing the support the team received by it's townspeople. There were good details such as having a sold out game that really let the reader see how important the game is. The hook was a little misleading mainly because it had a small reference to hurricane Sandy which made me assume the article would be about both topics. 

What didn’t work in the article in your opinion? Were all the details clear? Did you know what the subject was from the beginning? Were there any inconsistencies or things left out?:

3.  To be honest I didn't really like the article but that's mainly due to the fact that I don't like sports, especially basketball. I found the article to be bland. I did not know what the articles subject was from the beginning because of the mention of hurricane Sandy, I thought that both topics would coincide but they didn't. 

Hurricane Sandy

1.What kind of impact did Sandy have?

Sandy had a major impact on New York immobilizing it for many days. I have friends in        New York who's apartments and homes have been destroyed do to the flooding. 

2.Where effective measures put in place to effectively reduce the destruction?  

I don't think that effective measures were taken to reduce the destruction. It just seems like they suggested a mass evacuation and let the storm hit New York unprotected. 

3. How have people been coping with the aftermath?

 It seems like everyone is trying to pick up the pieces and reconstruct everything that broke. It's astonishing that the hurricane made 60 billion dollars worth of damage!

4. Will this storm have an impact on U.S politics? 

I think the storm will have an impact on U.S politics because the race is so tight between Obama and Romney and the storm can be the deciding factor for peoples votes. The storm can be seen as an opportunity for the politicians to stand up look 'presidential' by helping people recover from the storm. 

5. What rippling/global effects did the storm have?

The storm really made people realize the effects of global warming. New York never gets hurricanes but due to the planet warming up we have been going through odd weather related instances. 

6. Did Sandy personally affect you?

Sandy had absolutely no affect on my life. It's probably because there wasn't any direct problems in Montreal. Through out the whole storm all I was thinking was ... 

"Sandy just called, she's taking a rain check"