Family Interview Research Paper

I was able to interview a family of four: two adult sons, a mother and a father living with their two dogs. During Superstorm Sandy, the family was living in their home and had to temporarily relocate due to a statewide evacuation. Their two sons were currently in college at the time and both parents held stable jobs before and after the storm. After the storm and they returned home, they were lucky enough to have little damage to their actual house. Thankfully, before the storm, their house was elevated where the main floor was already on the second story. The damage that was caused was to their first level and their garage. The damages totaled to be about $8,000 in repairs. They did not have any trouble with contractors. Yes, they are home and were able to move in after the storm.

The family is upset about the town because on their street, there are multiple vacant lots and they would like to see the state take action to filled the empty lots with barricades. By doing so, the empty lots would not fill as easily and would help with the problem of the street becoming flooded so quickly. the family is nervous about future storms. As we were interviewing, they explained how every storm is considered to be a big storm because of the streets flood so easily. The family felt fortunate enough to have had minimal damage because they talked to us about how some of their neighbors had to move out. Another reason why the family is upset with the state is because they know friends and neighbors who are not home and they feel that the state is not making progress for those people. They feel frustrated that they cannot