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4 men arrested in Long Island store burglary try
EAST GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Police on Long Island say four men were arrested for attempting to rob a store that had been damaged by the recent storm. Newsday reports (http://bit.ly/Tm7M05 ) the four men entered the Hempstead store, Expression, early Tuesday morning. The store’s door had been damaged, but them men left empty […]
President Obama Declared A Major Disaster In New York and Long Island
By: WSPA Staff, Associated Press, CNN, CBS | News Channel 7 Published: October 30, 2012Updated: October 30, 2012 – 11:52 PM NEW YORK, NY — Millions Still Without Power After Sandy Moves Inland he death toll continues to rise and the scope of the devastation from Sandy is still being calculated. At least 50 deaths […]
Sandy’s impact: Scenes from New York City
Originally published: October 30, 2012 8:33 PM Updated: October 30, 2012 10:59 PM By MARTIN C. EVANS, RANDI F. MARSHALL, ROBERT LEWIS AND ZACHARY R. DOWDY [email protected] Photo credit: Getty Images | An apartment building in Chelsea, downtown Manhattan, is seen Tuesday, the morning after it lost its facade while Sandy, with near-hurricane-force winds and […]
Cuomo says Sandy recovery in NYC area will be "long term"
Oct 31, 2012 — Governor Cuomo, who says he spent a “frightening” night monitoring storm devastation in lower Manhattan, held a briefing Tuesday addressing short… Oct 30, 2012 — Whipping winds from Hurricane Sandy haven’t caused much damage so far in St. Lawrence County. Emergency officials say things were relatively calm… Oct 30, 2012 — […]
Footage of the Gantries Flooded
Wow. From: Daniel Reynolds
Probably the biggest LIC loss: Shady Park
Thanks to Ananda Lima
Shady Park now Sunny Police Park
Devastated. .
7 Shocking NYC Flooding Videos
In this surreal footage, water gushes into the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. With the exception of the Lincoln Tunnel, all major bridges and tunnels in and out of Manhattan were closed on Monday, leaving the island almost completely isolated. The water level at Battery Park was measured at a record 13.88 feet. The storm also pummeled […]
New York City after Hurricane Sandy: Outages, fire, destruction
NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy pummeled the East killing 10 people in New York City and leaving the nation’s largest city eerily quiet Tuesday, with no running trains, a darkened business district and neighborhoods under water. It was “a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who […]
Assessing the Damage From Hurricane Sandy
More than six million customers lost power Monday as Hurricane Sandy felled trees, downed power lines and flooded substations. The storm led to power failures in at least 17 states, including more than a million customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and about 660,000 in New York City. Roughly a quarter million customers lost power […]
A Dutch Solution for New York’s Storm Surge Woes?
Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier, the Netherlands Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge did a number on New York City, flooding lower Manhattan, inundating the subway system, triggering fires and power outages, and causing other widespread damage that will take a long time to repair. As this New York Times story from September notes, the city has been […]
Hurricane Sandy slams Long Island City
By Rebecca Henely TimesLedger Newspapers Hunters Point in Long Island City, many blocks of which were in the city’s designated Zone A, sustained significant flood damage as tropic storm Sandy spread its devastation across the borough. Among the Queens’ victims who suffered severe damage was U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-Forest Hills), whose house in Breezy […]
High water line
On Gantry Park buildings
Shortages! And surplus
Only Food Cellar open today. Desperate shoppers faced empty bins for bread, paper towels, and grated PARMESAN! See the full gallery on Posterous
Last night: Flooded Streets
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Storm threatens local man’s emotional return home
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. — While most people run away from a hurricane, Ryan Light is sprinting towards it — or, at least, he’s trying to. “I have mixed emotions about going back,” Light said, from his home in Maple Valley. “I always said I would never go back there.” Light spent his childhood in the […]