Limited ferry service resumed Wednesday morning after flooding left hundreds of people stuck on Fire Island. According to CBS, the floods that came with Tuesday’s nor’easter storm are being called the worst to hit the island community since Hurricane Sandy. Conditions related to the storm caused authorities to deem the waters too dangerous to operate the ferries, but […]
On the one hand, good on Nelson Saiers, the New Jersey hedge fund manager who says he’ll donate $100,000 to victims of Hurricane Sandy if Banksy paints a piece (on a legal wall) that raises awareness about the storm. From HeyBanksy.com, where Saiers is attempting to reach out to the artist: Hey Banksy, The rumor is […]
A visit to the luxury offers website Gilt City turns up deals for a spa in midtown, tickets to a “culinary conference,” pilates classes, and… a guided tour of the Rockaways’ fancy new post-Sandy lifeguard stands. The tour, part of a monthlong architecture celebration called Archtober, the will take place on October 29, which is, […]
At around noon today, a group of protesters associated with Occupy Sandy arrived at the Women’s National Republican Club on West 51st Street, just in time for a fundraiser ostensibly to benefit the likely presidential campaign of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Bags of garbage slung conspicuously over their backs, clad in yellow and red trash-collectors’ […]
Coming this October: #Sandy, a book of iPhone photos of the titular storm, featuring the likes of 13th Witness, Erica Simone, and Stephen Wilkes behind the camera. It’s currently funding on Indiegogo, and 100% of royalties will be donated to Occupy Sandy and Sandy Storyline. Unless you’d rather not be reminded of the destruction that Sandy […]
Here’s yet another headache for those whose homes were damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. When floodwaters receded, they may have taken sediment with them, leaving giant pockets of air underground that could potentially become sinkholes. In the case of flooded houses, that means foundations that were once solid could be rendered unstable. “From Seagate […]
Here’s a Street View time warp glitch a little more drastic than the one we showed you earlier this year. Click here to be transported to Staten Island’s Kissena Avenue, then take one step forward, and see the scope of destruction Hurricane Sandy left in its wake. It’s fucking mind boggling and sad. Kudos to Redditor […]
After the town of Mantoloking, New Jersey was devastated by Hurricane Sandy last year, its citizens decided at least one thing wasn’t worth rebuilding: its telephone lines. The plan seems extreme at first, but when is the last time you actually picked up a landline phone and made a call (incoming calls don’t count)? I’ll wait. […]
Since Hurricane Sandy, the New York City Housing Authority has been eliminating repair and service requests at a rate of tens of thousands per month. If those repairs were actually being dealt with, it would be an impressive feat, but many of the requests are cancelled without being fulfilled. According to a Daily News report, after the […]
God dammit, Sandy… Can’t you just go away forever already? Six months after the hurricane devastated the East Coast, many are still left without homes or schools to send their children to. And now, this shit. According to a report just released by Climate Central, Sandy caused more than 10.9 BILLION gallons of untreated sewage […]
