Monday, March 24, 2014
I think New York City's idea on building sea barriers to stop flooding can really work. In the New York Times, Mireya Navarro wrote an article called New York Is Lagging As Seas and Risks Rise, Critics Warn. In this article it talks about sea levels rising and what steps New York are taking to help flooding and other risks. A lot of New Yorkers think we should concentrate on preventing floods, "like armoring city waterways with the latest high-tech barriers"(Navarro). Its smart to plan ahead and build sea barriers because its not only a good investment for our future but it might just be a big help. If we can spend so much money on the after effects of a storm then why cant we spend money to prevent flooding of New York City. It is better to prepared.
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this was an assignment to practice the quote sandwich. you quoted the author but you missed using the quote marks. you put half of what he said out of the marks and you attached it to the rest with a coma. over all the idea of the barriers was good one to quot i personally did not pay attention to it.
ReplyDeleteYou stated your claim, and I agree with New Yorkers wanting to prevent floods but I would like to know what makes you think sea barriers would work. I think they would work too but only to a certain extent. I believe it will get to a point where sea barriers won’t be able to prevent flooding. My question is for how long these sea barriers will be able to prevent floods. Planning ahead is never a bad idea and they spend a lot on hurricane preparations so spending some money to prevent flooding if they can is not a waste of money at all. I totally agree with planning ahead.
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