First Post

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/17/ike.recovery.starbucks/index.html

I read an article about the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. It was written by Jason Hanna, and I found it in the U.S. section on CNN.com. I found this article very interesting because I thought that it was odd that all the Starbucks could get there power back, but not all the homes. I also thought it was cool how the hurricane was bringing people together and people who see each other many times a week are finally introducing each other and talking together. One other thing I found interesting was that Hurricane Ike caused so much damage even though it was a category four hurricane and didn’t hit Houston directly. In addition I thought that it was interesting that all the coffee shop workers at Starbucks wanted to come back and work right after the Hurricane. Also I found it interesting that these two coffee shops picked up additional baristas from other surrounding Starbucks’s that haven’t reopened yet. Plus, I thought it was cool that they had internet access, which attracted more customers. Finally, I thought that was nice that many of the customers that would usually not talk to each other were sharing information about where to find help. For example, they would tell each other where they could find an extra generator, where to find milk, eggs, and things like that.