Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Northeast: Heating Oil Shortage as Cold Snap Looms
November 3rd, 2012Via: Reuters: Northeast residents lucky enough to have a roof after Hurricane Sandy struck now face a new problem: a heating oil shortage and widespread power outages mean some homes may go cold as the weather turns wintry. A cold snap in the New York City area – with daily low temperatures set to drop […]
U.S. Marines Staging Off New York Coast
November 3rd, 2012Via: U.S. Department of Defense: Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., flew aboard the USS Wasp Nov. 1 to prepare to provide assistance to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Within less than a day of receiving the order from Marine […]
Gasoline Situation Increasingly Dire in Days After Sandy
November 3rd, 2012Via: CBS News: Commuters all over the New York area are still finding it very hard to find gasoline, as evidenced by long lines and angry drivers at the few stations that are open. People all over the New Jersey shore are looking for gas and CBS New found one of the few stations still […]
NJ to Use Military Trucks as Polling Places in Storm-Battered Areas, Extends Mail-In Voting
November 2nd, 2012Via: AP: New Jersey will deploy military trucks to serve as polling places on Election Day in storm-battered communities, the state secretary of the state announced Thursday during a visit to this flood-ravaged town. The state is also extending the deadline on mail-in ballots. Department of Defense trucks will be parked at regular polling places […]
MTA Walkthrough in Flooded NYC Subway Station
November 1st, 2012Anyone play Crysis 2? Via: CBS News: The MTA has released video of a walkthrough inside New York City’s South Ferry and Whitehall Street Subway station flooded by Superstorm Sandy. MTA Pictures: Flooded Subway Stations
Shit and Gasoline in Manhattan Floodwater
November 1st, 2012Via: ABC News: Water is everywhere in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy – in basements, on the streets and in transit systems – but the one place that flood water is most dangerous is in your body. ABC News chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser collected floodwater and drinking water in some of […]
New York: Gasoline Pumps Run Dry
November 1st, 2012Via: Reuters: Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry. More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and power outages, […]
Big Picture Gallery: Hurricane Sandy
October 31st, 2012Via: Boston Globe: After cutting a destructive path through the Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage along the East Coast this week. Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey and brought with it major flooding, travel disruption, structural damage, and power outages. New York City was especially hard hit. The storm system was so large […]
Hurricane Sandy Takes Data Centers Offline with Flooding, Power Outages
October 31st, 2012Via: Ars Technica: Flooding and power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy have forced several New York data centers to switch to generator power. But those generators are quickly running out of fuel, so data center companies are telling their customers to shut down their servers and move workloads elsewhere. One of the worst situations is […]
Unprecedented Damage to New York Subway System
October 30th, 2012Via: MTA: The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night. Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our entire transportation system, in every borough and county of the region. It has brought down trees, ripped out power and inundated tunnels, […]
