The Jersey Shore is one of my favorite places in the world, for several reasons. I think big buildings should have generators.Thinking of the Jersey Shore Posted: Novem| Author: nancysbishop | Filed under: Music | Leave a comment What do you think are the lessons for the future that should be learned from sandy? At another place they got a $200 check but we never got a check. They took my name and what I lost in my apartment and stuff and I never heard from them, and I …. But they never brought us nothing we never got any money or anything… I’ve always been against that. They came up and they came and took our names, what we lost like our food and stuff, and our refrigerator. How do you think the government responded to Sandy?

My church – I thank God for being a member here… after Sandy they supply your needs such as blankets and food. What do you like most about living here in the community of Asbury Park? We all stayed in the recreation room downstairs where they brought in food and beds. They gave us blankets, food, coats and stuff like that. After that we’re still close.Īfter staying with my ex-husband for four days, I came back to my apartment building because they were having the Red Cross there. I think it was lucky that we became – me and my ex-husband – became like a family.

It was unbelievable, I stayed with him for four days and I slept with his wife. We all had to go because everything, everything broke down, the lights the water, everything, so we had to go and my ex-husband invited me to stay with him, that’s right, I told you I was going to tell the truth. I found out that we all had to get out of our 200 apartments building complex. Have you been affected by any previous natural disasters?ĭid you prepare for Sandy at all in your apartment building?ĭid you think it was going to be as bad as it was? During Hurricane Sandy, having nowhere else to go when her apartment complex was evacuated, she stayed with her ex-husband. Her interview took place at the Trinity Church soup kitchen, which she and her family have been members of for over 15 years.

Gertrude Fay Hudson has lived in Asbury Park since she was eight years old.

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