Hurricane Irene - Problems Remaining

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120422/NEWS/204220325

Hurricane Irene produced 200-year to 500-year flood levels, creating some of the worst floods on record due to a hurricane. Irene occured on August 28th of 2011 and there are still problems due to these floods today. Aquatic life is one of the main issues thats still currently a problem. Fish only had two options of what to do; either stay down and outside the "flood plain" or go with the flow downstream, these options both had downfalls to them. The fish that were leaving the streams would get stuck in pooled water and be eaten by predators, and the fish that kept going downstream would have to wait until the flooding currents died down to go back to their original habitat. Because of hurricane Irene it will be years until all fish are back to where they belong

First off, I think its crazy how high the flood levels were.. When I opened this article I was expecting to read something about the damages the floods had caused, which is what almost every article is about.. So it was a nice surprise to read something that changes it up a little. I had no idea that the aquatic life was affected as much as it was. And according to the article, its still a problem now! I guess I'd never looked into what natural disasters do to the aquatic life, or even wildlife in general, so it was kind of interesting to read. Along with that it is kind of sad to hear what these storms can do to animals around the world.