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What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers? fastcoexist.com We give hurricanes such friendly, blameless names. What did Sandy ever do to anyone? An advocacy group wants to name disastrous storms after the politicians who are blocking effective climate policy. Spare a thought for people named Ivan,… http://flip.it/SKXvC Related articles What If We…
A Plan To Hurricane-Proof New York, With A Ring Of Wetlands By Linda Tischler, fastcodesign.com A grassy buffer zone around Lower Manhattan might work better than big seawalls—and look better, too. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there have been a flurry of ideas on how to deal with the prospect that storms of such…
Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing wealth By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Politics New Yorkers weary of urban inequality have taken it upon themselves to pilfer equipment from luxury development sites in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and redistribute it to those in need. The group is operating… RT @WiredUK: Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing…
Editorials, bloomberg.com After Hurricane Sandy, survivors needed, in addition to safety and power, the ability to communicate. Yet in parts of New York City, mobile communications services were knocked out for days. The problem? The companies that… http://flpbd.it/aV6Ma Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy Related articles Coldplay’s Chris Martin Supports Hurricane Sandy Relief…
NYC Crime Rate Drops After Storm thedailybeast.com HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy may have devastated areas of New York City, but there was one silver lining in the otherwise massively destructive storm cloud: the city’s overall crime rate dropped 27 percent compared with the sam… http://flpbd.it/NBBoL Related articles A History of Disaster Capitalism (motherjones.com) How capitalism…
New York Magazine Captures the Look of Post-Sandy New York Arik Hesseldahl, allthingsd.com To the list of New York institutions that saw their operations disrupted by the Superstorm known as Sandy last week, add New York Magazine. With offices on Varick and Canal Streets, it is situated right at the borderline between t… http://flpbd.it/Den3G Related…
After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting Arik Hesseldahl, allthingsd.com Holding an election is complicated. Holding an election eight days after a historically significant disaster? Probably exponentially so. This is the circumstance in which the state of New Jersey will find itself… http://flpbd.it/WCGB4 Related articles Christie to personally call out…
Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.org Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY If you ask climate scientist Radley Horton, it’s difficult to say that Hurricane Sandy was directly caused by climate change, but he sees strong connections betw… http://flpbd.it/L0BSs Related articles Connecting…
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