The Calm before Hurricane Irene In Boston

Never so many US cities have had a hurricane pounding at them simultaneously. Hurricane Irene is not only striking Eastern corridor cities, but also doing it during the year's second-busiest retail season, the back to school season, hurting the economy. Now millions are bracing. So far hurricane Irene has struck Puerto Rico, Cuba, other Caribbean islands, Bermuda, and is now over the Carolinas. Over two million people have been order to evacuate their homes and millions are without electricity. By 11 p.m. on Saturday there were 6 deaths in North Carolina and Virginia. But the eye of this gigantic storm has not hit land yet. Tonight it is heading to New York City and tomorrow it will reach New England.

But in Boston, Mass., on Saturday, it was a peaceful sunny day. Students at many of the universities and colleges in Massachusetts were arriving to their dorms. At Emerson College on Boylston Street's dorm entrance there was a welcoming team: Megan Mitchell and Suzi Pietroluongo, both sophomore at Emerson College. Mitchell and Pietroluongo danced along with other team member as new international students arrived, as you can see in the movie below.

There was also a peaceful demonstration against war and hunger in Somalia.

"No War, No Hunger," chanted the small group of Somali Youth In Charge and Saylac.com as they walked carrying posters.

"Act Now or They Die," one of the posters read, referring to victims of the war in Somalia.

As they started their march from Boston Commons, several dozen pigeons flew in front of the group as they initiated the march. And this all happened less than a block away from the Emerson University welcoming team.

To see the Emerson University welcoming team and the Peace march by the organizations, Youth In Charge, check the movie, "The Calm before Hurricane Irene in Boston" at JournalistMP channel or just below.

Also check what the American Red Cross has to say on their website about staying safe. Click here

"Hurricane Irene is not affecting us. We have plans," said Megan Mitchell, a broadcast journalism student.

"Hurricane Irene can't bring us down. The Emerson spirit is unbreakable," said Suzi Pietroluongo, a theatre education student at Emerson.

Reported, filmed and written by Margarita Persico
www.thehealthydish.com

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