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Response to Post 1

I like your post because of the way it provides real examples concerning the devastating implications that disasters impose on a personal and national scale. The use of the effects that arose after the occurrence of Hurricane Sandy illustrates this perfectly. Foremost, you indicate the damages that the calamity caused by highlighting the destruction of homes. In addition, you follow this up with the consequences that took place due to the respective devastation, which mostly comprised the forced migration of large numbers of survivors into shelters for the sake of refuge. Apart from addressing these social impacts, you show the implications of the disaster on the economic state of Florida. Based on this, I have learnt that Florida gained expenses that amounted in billions of dollars. These costs were because of the havoc that was wreaked on imperative infrastructure frameworks within the affected areas, which mostly comprised power and transportation facilities. Interestingly, you incorporate outside sources, which make your post logically convincing. Information such as the statistics provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding the deaths of 73 American civilians clearly shows the grave nature of calamities.

Response to Post 2

What I like about this post is based on the way it begins. First, you provide a definition of disaster recovery. This hook clearly shows me the focus of this particular post. This is similar to the first post, which also incorporates an interesting opening statement. Aside from this, the inculcation of outside sources reinforces the logical nature of your argument when particularly asserting the damaging impact that disasters inflict on the victim as well as the affected area. However, the bulk of this post revolved around the use of canonical information. Hence, even though your argument is informative, it fails to capture the reality that accompanies the effects of the disaster. In comparison, the first post delivers this point sufficiently by combining a theoretical conjecture and a practical example to drive the point across. Therefore, illustrations can be added to this post to make the argument more appealing to the reader.