Catastrophic storm IRMA strikes Colombian residents in the US but the worse is still to come with the proximity of MARIA, whom already struck Puerto Rico and is on the move.  

IRMA first formed on August 30, 2017. It hit the US, Cuba, Bahamas, Bermudas, Cape Verde and the Virgin Islands.  Many experts believe this happened due to the extreme climate changes in the last few years and global warming.

“…but you know it’s unpredictable and you never know when it’s going to hit. I think it would’ve been a lot worse had it hit Miami than the west coast of Florida… because of the population density in Miami,” said Brian Summers, current economics and history teacher for the tenth graders, also an expert in current events.

Although the damages could’ve been worse, sources affirm that the experience was alarming. Ana Palazzi who currently lives in Brickell, is a great friend of Juan Manuel Jaramillo, former TCS student of the junior class 2019, talks about her experience.

“If we would have stayed in Brickell we would have been exposed to a very huge flood that was in all of Brickell Avenue and been Brickell Key, also I lost complete power and my whole building was on shut down… when we got back, we came back to an exposed fuse that got wet and could’ve caused my house to burn down if we [had] gotten back later…and yet the hurricane hit much harder where I was staying for the evacuation…it was pretty scary,” said Palazzi.

Furthermore, the US must be prepared for another catastrophe since it looks like there are two other possible hurricanes that might hit in a few days. Hurricane MARIA is already on the move and has caused tragic repercussions in Puerto Rico.

“Puerto Rico relies on the US, so it is going to be interesting to see the response of the US government for that…”, said Summers

Many believe that developed countries should plan ahead for these situations in order to prevent all types of chaos. So far the highest speed known for IRMA was of 120 mph, and economic compensation has reached $100 billion.

“…in a lot cities you have roads that are terrible; bridges that are undermentioned and  those things can be affected when you have significant flooding…”, said Summers in regards to the numerous rebuilding projects that will happen in the next few years.