Bibliographic Information
- Author(s) of article:
- Title of article:After Irma, Florida prepares for days — and maybe weeks — without power
- Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article: Post Nation
- Date article was published: September 13, 2017
- Web address: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/12/florida-struggles-with-top-job-in-irmas-wake-restoring-power-to-millions/?utm_term=.5c280b9a5439
Summary
- Who:Hurricane Irma
- What: Hurricane Irma destroys more then 40% of Florida’s power
- When: Middle of September
- Where: Florida
- Why: Hurricane Irma destroyed electricity and power lines
- How: Irma had knocked out power to one out of every 22 Americans
- Is it international, national, or local? National
- What is its impact? How many people were affected by it? Majority of Florida
- Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article: Hurricane Irma takes out most of Florida’s power
Personal Reaction
- What was the most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article? Most of Florida lost there power, while we Ohio weren’t hardly effected
- What question(s) do you have after reading this article? What caused the hurricane to be so major
- What would you like to learn more about? How to prevent as much damage