Superstorm Sandy

After Sandy, Questions Linger Over Cellphone Reliability

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:29:00 +0000

Roughly one in four cellphone towers in the path of Hurricane Sandy went out of service. It was a frustrating and potentially dangerous experience for customers without a landline to fall back on. Now, local officials and communications experts are pushing providers to improve their performance during natural disasters.

Lori McCaskill lives in Brooklyn, and when Sandy hit last October, her Verizon cell service went out. She couldn't work. She couldn't check in with family and friends.

Finding A Home After Sandy — Temporarily

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:09:00 +0000

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Six months after Hurricane Sandy, nearly 1,000 New Yorkers are still living in temporary housing, hotel rooms paid for by the city.

DAPHNE MURPHY: My name is Daphne Murphy and I'm from Rockaway Park, Queens.

MARTIN: Daphne and her long-term boyfriend were living in a Rockaway Park bungalow when the storm hit.

MURPHY: I was in my apartment. It was very windy. We heard the water coming in. Then the lights flickered off. The water was coming in, rushing really quick into our bungalow.

New Jersey Homeowners Say Flood Maps Will Add Huge Costs

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:12:00 +0000

Superstorm Sandy pummeled the East Coast six months ago, and, as with other natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was there from day one, finding people temporary shelter and later supporting rebuilding efforts.

FEMA also has a lesser-known role. It oversees the creation of flood maps, which model the risk of flooding in different areas during storms. These maps are also used to set building codes and flood insurance rates.

A Tale Of Mice And Medical Research, Wiped Out By A Superstorm

Jon Hamilton — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:31:00 +0000

When Superstorm Sandy inundated lower Manhattan last year, thousands of lab animals drowned and many scientists lost months or even years of work. One of those scientists is Gordon Fishell, a brain researcher at New York University.

Just hours before Sandy reached New York, Fishell says, he began to worry that animals housed in a basement below his lab were in danger.

What Saved Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park?

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:20:00 +0000

Just a few days after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City last fall, I went out to