Daily Archives: November 27, 2013

Typhoon Rolls Through the Philippines, Death left in its Wake.

Typhoon Haiyan is the name of the deadly typhoon that hit the Eastern Philippines shores on Friday, November 8th. The dead littered the streets along with completely destroyed buildings and homes. This typhoon reached 170 mph when it first it but the winds died down when it got into the central area of the Philippines to about 74 mph. The government’s main priority is to restore power and communications in isolated areas and make sure relief groups are reaching the people that need it. There is an estimated more or less than 1000 people dead, but since time has passed since the article I read, it is most likely to have climbed a few thousand more as rescuers could get to the cut off areas by flooding.

I have had some time to watch home video footage of tsunamis and tornadoes off of YouTube, and let me tell you I have seen how scary it is to be in a situation like this. People hear stories like this all the time, but not many have actually experienced a real live situation. The video I watched was about a man and his wife and daughter, hiding in a closet as a tornado ripped up their house. The woman was crying the entire time, and thank god none of them were hurt. He showed the viewers the aftermath of his home, and showed how cars and other pieces of houses were blown up into their house. Their entire house was destroyed, and it was truly a scary experience for me just watching what they went through. I now have a better glimpse of what happened and how these people dealt with Typhoon Haiyan.

~Colin

Knockout

A dangerous game called “knockout” might of reached Connecticut. In this game, usually young boys in their teens go up to strangers and punch them extremely hard in the face attempting to knock them out. The first assault that occurred in Connecticut was in West Hartford. The man was walking on an overpass and was accosted by 3 young men. Suddenly one of the boys sucker punched him right in the face, knocking him out.  The police say that the only objective of this game, or ruthless assault is for the attacker to knock out the victim in one punch to be crowned the “knockout king.”

The first time I heard about this incident happening, I thought it might’ve been between two different gangs. However, when I read through the article and watched the video, I realized that it wasn’t involving gangs at all. It was just a teenage kid walking up to a man he’d never met and punching him right in the face, knocking him out cold. I’ve been in West Hartford before and to know that there is a group of teenagers running around punching people is an odd feeling. If someone I know gets assaulted like this I would be so angry. I would want the police to look into the case immediately and bring the kid to justice. I think that the police should patrol the streets and install security cameras around the cities to prevent, or decrease the amount of these attacks.

~Ben