affected cars from hurricane Sandy

     In the article "What Happens to All Those Swamped Cars?" the writer Neal Boudette and Matthew Dolan talk about all of the cars that have been affected and messed up by the recent Hurricane Sandy. All of the cars that have been flooded with water are damaged and the writers talk about what repairs are made and how the cars are given back to the owners.
     In New York, many of the cars were damaged. This is mostly where the article talks about. Cars in New York were damaged badly. When cars are damaged, auto sales are usually boosted up. When the car is flooded, you cannot usually replace it. It's "un-fixable."
     In 2005 during hurricane Katrina about 600,000 cars were damaged. That is a lot of cars to be fixed and a majority of them couldn’t even be fixed because they were messed up so badly. If another hurricane bad like that comes along, I believe even more cars will be damaged.
    Some cars are usually seen in about 60 days. If a car is damaged, people will not be able to travel, or go to work. So car companies try and hurry to fix them so people can get to where they're going and be on their way.
     Many places that have lots of cars in there city, will have to wait longer to get there car fixed. The car companies business will go up extremely, but people's lives will be slowed down.
     If many cars don’t get fixed at once or very shortly, there will be lots full of broken cars and that can be a hardship on the already badly affected ozone. Abandoned cars is not good, it waist lots of people's money.
     People can take different safety precautions for when a different hurricane comes along. Cars affected by water rising into them will put many people at a setback that can be stopped pretty easily. All those cars do not need to be messed up at once. More people's money can be saved with different strategies and tips.

low water levels affect's mississippi shipping

     in the articale "Low water on Mississippi threatens shipping" the writer's Jim Salter and Jim Suhr talk about how shipping all different food products such as wheat and corn will need to find different ways to make it there. The water level on the rivers that they usually use, are going down, harmimg the shippping prosess.
     "You cant just wait until it shuts down and suddenly say,'There's a problem," said the captain of the operations for Chicago-based Cargill Inc. Which is right, once it has happened you can't go back and try to change it. after the water is gone, you have to wait until the rain comes and make it go back up.
     The economy dollars will go up into the billions if the river gets shut down. it cuts of all shipping for food, fuel and other necceissitys, which causes the dollars to go up. that will hurt Mississippi bad.
     no rain has caused the water levels to go down. The Mississippi River and the Ohio River have not been getting enough of the rain fall which maintains the natural width span and water level. The width of the river has dropped from 1,000 feet plus, right down to just some hundreds of feet.
     The river's depth was normally 15-20 feet, but now without the rain, it has dropped to 13 feet. The horrifying level is 9 feet. if the water gets to be that shallow, the boats will not be able to travel on the rivers for a long while.
     The Hydrologists for the National Weather Service think that the Mississippi River will be at the 9 feet level by December 9.
     If the rain does not hurry up and fall and gspread across the river, it will cause lots of hardship and economic dollars an up-rising. People need to think of plans now before it's to late.

marijuana law

     In the article "Marijuana law just creates criminals" the writer Hakieem Jeffries, talks about how people being charged with marijuana is a waste of time and money. He gives examples about how much it costs to arrest all the people.

     In 2011 over 50,000 people were arrested in New York for being caught with not a lot of marijuana on them. That is a very large group of people to charge and have locked up. $75 million dollars is spent on locking up people and having them put in jail.

     Many young people are being caught with the marijuana on themselves. Police can give somebody who is caught with it a $500 dollar fine or up to 3 months in jail. Just for having any small amount of the marijuana with you.

     In 1977 things were very different, if somebody had it in their pocket, it would not matter. But today, a cop can stop you and frisk you to find out if you have anything, or tell you to just empty your pockets. That’s when the consequences come in.

     Being caught with marijuana is not good for anybody at all. The jail time that you earn will set you back in life. Many young people that have that on their record have a very hard time finding jobs or going to a good college.

     So many people's lives are being messed up and making those criminals because of having being caught with the marijuana law. And lots of money is spent on arresting them and that money can be used for different things.

     All of the time and money that the cops spend could be used for a better need. Maybe the marijuana law needs to be lowered. It needs new suggestions. Like giving the person a warning and confiscating their marijuana.

     People of all ages need to stay off the streets and in their own homes with the marijuana. It messes up everything for them and maybe the rest of their lives. The money spent is unnecessary. The marijuana law is a good thing, but it's also a very bad thing at times