Six Months After Sandy
Six months ago, Superstorm Sandy devastated the coastal areas of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut; since then, it has been judged one of the most expensive storms in history.
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Hurricane Sandy Car Graveyard From Above [12 Photos]
Tens of thousands of cars were totaled by Hurricane Sandy. These cars had to be towed somewhere and that “somewhere” is Calverton, New York, toward the eastern end of Long Island. There is an airfield in Calverton that has become an impromptu graveyard for over 15,000 cars. Insurance Auto Auctions is paying the town nearly $3 million to keep the cars stored there as they try to find a way to action them off for parts.
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Surveying the Destruction Caused by Hurricane Sandy [Interactive Map]
Hurricane Sandy came at the New York metropolitan region directly, a frontal assault of wind and waves along hundreds of miles of the coast. More than 900 buildings were destroyed, and at least another 12,000 sustained major damage, according to initial estimates by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Take a look at this interactive map from NT Times that shows us all the damage.
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12.12.12 Concert For Sandy Relief [59 High Quality Photos]
Rock & Roll royalty crammed into Madison Square Garden last night for one of the most epic concerts of all-time. The 12.12.12 Concert for Sandy Relief was broadcast all over the globe and raised millions of dollars for victims. Here are photos from the event.
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A Look At Coney Island 40 Days After Hurricane Sandy [50 Photos]
Tip: navigate using the ← left and right → arrow keys It has been 40 days since Hurricane Sandy demolished much of the New York City region. Many residents are still homeless as the government tries to pick up the pieces. Let’s take a look at how things are progressing at Coney Island. After checking out the photos head over to RedCross.org and make a donation.
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East Coast Web Traffic Increase During Hurricane Sandy (Infographic)
Netmining and Proximic gauged the east coast web traffic increase during Hurricane Sandy and how it affected online patterns and consumption.
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Hoboken
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 15, 2012] Moments ago NY/NJ PATH posted this shocking video to YouTube showing security camera footage of the Hoboken station being inundated with water from the super storm. We now get to see video of the dramatic surveillance camera photo (above) showing water gushing through the elevator shaft. The Hoboken PATH has been out of commission since the storm and this video explains why it will remain closed for the foreseeable future.
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Before And After Hurricane Sandy Aerial Photos
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 7, 2012]
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A Ridiculously Detailed Explanation of Hurricane Sandy
This informative video by NASA, give us the most detailed yet comprehensive explanation about how and why happened.
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A First Look At Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction of Sea Bright, NJ [30 HQ Photos]
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 2, 2012] Hurricane Sandy caused “catastrophic” to the 1.3-square-mile oceanfront borough of Sea Bright, NJ. Not one house or building made it through undamaged and most everything is totaled.
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SoPo: The Coining of a Neighborhood Name
Let’s hope that we can’t call it this for very long, but for the moment, the neighborhood-name coinage that appears to be Sandy’s legacy to New Yorkers is “SoPo.” That’s South of Power. See the renaming of NYC here >>
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A First Look At Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction of Hoboken, NJ [70 HQ Photos]
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 2, 2012] If there is a “homebase” of RSVLT.com it is certainly Hoboken, NJ. We sponsored the Back To Hoboken Bar Crawl, threw the official Mumford & Sons concert pre-party and even launched the RSVLTS.com X Hoboken channel. We are pretty devastated by the reports coming out of the Mile Square and now, as the town attempts to clean up, we can finally take a look at the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy. It may look back by teh people of Hoboken are resilient and there is no doubt that the city will band together and bounce back stronger than ever.
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A First Look At The Destruction Of Manasquan, NJ [160 Photos]
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2012] During the summer Manasquan, NJ is a second home to thousands of people living in and around Hoboken and NYC. Squan took the brunt of Hurricane Sandy’s wrath and we are all curious to see if our houses and favorite places like Gee Gee’s, Leggett’s, Osprey and others are still standing. After looking at the hundreds of photos posted to the Borough of Manasquan’s Facebook page it’s safe to say that the town is uninhabitable, but not lost. Check out the pictures below to assess the damage for yourself.
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25 Shocking Before & After Photos Of Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 31, 2012] By now we are all well aware of that New York City and the Jersey Shore will never be the same but here are some photos to put it into perspective.
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New York City Unplugged: Long Exposure Photos Of NYC During The Blackout
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 31, 2012] New York City is always bright. Street lights, business marquees, light from apartments and car headlights merge to light every corner of the city streets, even on the darkest nights. It is the night after NYC was decimated by Hurricane Sandy, downtown NYC is in the midst of a power outage that has plunged it into complete darkness. I felt the call to hit the eerily dark streets and show New York as it is rarely seen. Trekking around with my tripod I was able to get the long exposures necessary to see in the dark.
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A Close Look at Power Failures in New York City
Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the area. Data updated every 15 minutes.
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170 Shocking High Quality Photos of Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 30, 2012] Hurricane Sandy was the most powerful storm to ever make landfall on the United States east coast, north of the Carolinas. It hit southern New Jersey at 6.30pm local time and laid waste to the majority of the Northeast during the day. Currently 48 people across the US and Canada have been reported dead, but the final figure is expected to be significantly higher. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in New York and the transit system, schools, the stock exchange and Broadway are all out of action after a 13ft wall of water caused by the storm surge and high tides brought severe flooding to subways and road tunnels. There are dozens of photos flying around the web and we’ve compiled all of them in one place.
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Video Of Completely Flooded Subway Stations In Lower Manhattan
This is not a good sign for anyone in New York City who relies on the Subway. The MTA just put up video of the flooding in the Whitehall St. and South Ferry station. There is extensive damage.
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Man Captures Hurricane Sandy Destruction In N. Jersey [Video]
A man in New Jersey was filming Hurricane Sandy when a massive gust of wind rolls through. In under two minutes he captures three massive tress falling round his house and a fire breaking out down the block.
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Ranking The Biggest News Bloopers Of Hurricane Sandy (So Far)
While you and I sit comfortably in our homes awaiting our impending doom at the hands of Hurricane Sandy, the media is out there. Working hard and, occasionally, failing miserably. We rank the biggest bloopers after the jump.
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Abandoned New York City Transit Stations and Tunnels [12 Photos]
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 29, 2012] Nearly all mass transit including bridges, tunnels and subways have been shut down in preparation for Hurricane Sandy leaving an eerie sight at the mass transit locations. Typically on a Monday these places would be buzzing but today they are completely empty.
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Photo of the Day: Hurricane Sandy From Space
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: October 28, 2012]
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Watch Hurricane Sandy Live From Varios Locations In New York City
Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall somewhere in the New York area in the next 36 hours. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of low-lying “Zone A” and is telling everyone to stay indoors and off the beaches. Plus he had a questionable moment at the press conference, but that’s neither here nor there. Climate Adaptation’s Michael Cote has pulled together a list of webcams from around New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and Virginia Beach so we can watch Hurricane Sandy unleash her fury on roads, buildings and trees from the safety of our own homes.
