To the Editor:

We are being bombarded by horror stories of post-hurricane life in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. These stories and images are especially difficult to see as we look back at our own Sandy experiences this month as the fifth anniversary of our “superstorm” approaches.

Sandy was unique: in size, by definition, by direction, by location. She broke our homes, our hearts and changed our perception of what a single storm can do.

October 4, 2017