Vacationing Donegal family weathered Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan

Donegal family’s NYC trip disrupted by Superstorm

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CAHIR O'DOHERTY,

Irish Voice Reporter

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Front row: Mary, Liam, David Galbraith / Back row: Turlough McConnell, Julie Galbraith, John Quigley.

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The lesson for New York City and the five boroughs is that it needs to address it’s crumbling infrastructure, the better to contend with the new era of extreme weather we’re headed into, Galbraith said.

“There should be more thoughtful analysis of how to deal with this event, what do we learn about dealing with flooding and infra structure, how come everything gets flooded even though the rain wasn’t that bad, because this is going to happen again.  The people who live here deserve a proper response from the authorities.”

Although they had a windy introduction to the city, the Galbraith's still fell under its spell and had a truly memorable visit. Not even Hurricane Sandy could put them off the Big Apple and they’re certain to return, they said.

“We have no regrets about coming here.  We had cabin fever on Monday and Tuesday but apart from that, any inconveniences we had were insignificant and don’t compare with any personal tragedies or deaths that happened during the storm. We had great evenings of good food and good company, why would you complain?”

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