Help Return These Photos Lost In Sandy To Their Owners
A Facebook group is helping residents of a New Jersey town hit hard by Hurricane Sandy recover their family photographs lost in the storm. (via theverge.com)
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Woman’s Campaign To Rebuild Family’s Storm-Damaged Community Goes Viral
Fire Island was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, but Lauren Forman’s online campaign could help it rebuild.
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Military Vets Volunteer To Clean Up Sandy Damage
Team Rubicon pitch in at the hard-hit New York neighborhood of Far Rockaway.
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How Social Media Is Aiding The Hurricane Sandy Recovery
“You don’t need to ask someone ‘in charge’ what addresses need help. You can help yourself help someone else.”
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Obama Visits Sandy’s New York Wreckage
President Obama surveyed the damage wrought by Sandy in New York. Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Cuomo, Janet Napolitano, and other officials were in tow.
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For Domestic Violence Survivors, Hurricane’s Impact Is Particularly Severe
“We always worry that they’ll feel like, I’m going to be out on the street with my kids, so I’m just going to have to go back to him,” says the director of a service agency.
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10 Moving Thank-You Notes Of Hurricane Sandy
Signs, many of them handmade, thank first responders and donors for all their help since the storm hit.
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Watch A Coach’s Beautiful Speech To Students Hit Hard By Hurricane Sandy
“We take care of our business and then we go home to deal with the dark.” Beach Channel, a high school in the Rockaways, was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, but its football team played on, and their coach’s pep talk was a tour de force.
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23 Photos Of Sandy’s Devastation Two Weeks Later
Millions of peoples’ lives have gone back to normal post-Sandy, but some residents of New York and New Jersey are still struggling to recover from the storm’s destruction.
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9 Haunting Before-And-After Photos Of Sandy’s Devastation
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a series of aerial photos showing Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the Atlantic coastline. (via wnyc.tumblr.com)
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Cory Booker Brings Free Hot Pockets To The Citizens Of Newark
After an amazing Twitter conversation between Cory Booker and one Newark citizen who ran out of Hot Pockets during Hurricane Sandy, the snack food company decided to lend a hand.
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The Man Behind @ComfortablySmug, Hurricane Sandy’s Worst Twitter Villain
He’s a former hedge fund analyst, Republican political consultant, and deliberate spreader of false information.
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Sandy: The Morning After
More storm-rattled than ravaged, my hometown of Millburn, New Jersey is a pretty good example of what many NYC-area suburbs looked like the morning after Sandy.
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Snow Piles Up On Sandy’s Destruction
New York and New Jersey just can’t catch a break. Still-recovering regions saw between three and thirteen inches of snow Wednesday.
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How To Cheat NYC’s New Gas Rationing Rule
Warning: Plates (and pop culture reference) outdated.
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13 People Trying To Trade Gas For Sex On Craigslist
It was probably inevitable that the gas shortages in New York and New Jersey would lead to this.
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Hurricane Puts A Blood Ban Back In The Spotlight
Hurricane Sandy means an urgent need for blood donations. But gay men still can’t donate.
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LGBT Homeless Center Destroyed By Hurricane Sandy
The Ali Forney Center’s main location was devastated when the storm hit New York City.
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See The Mid-Atlantic Blackouts From Space
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on a NASA/NOAA satellite compares light emanating from the Mid-Atlantic before and after Hurricane Sandy. Wow, New Jersey.
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The Most Brilliant Use Of Amazon’s Wedding Registry
For Hurricane Sandy relief.
