Hurricane Sandy articles

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  MTA tests inflatable 'plug' it hopes can shield NYC subway from weather disasters

  By Chris Welch on May 17, 2013 01:52 pm + 12 comments

  After the unprecedented damage to New York City's transit system brought on by Hurricane Sandy, the Continue reading…

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  Disaster, meet opportunity: Verizon's plan to push wireless on copper landline customers

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 8, 2013 05:29 pm + 31 comments

  Last Friday, Verizon filed a proposal with New York state that would allow it to abandon traditional Continue reading…

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  Building flooded by Hurricane Sandy constructs nitrogen-fueled gate to protect against the next storm

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 17, 2013 12:36 pm + 4 comments

  At a tower apartment complex in lower Manhattan, a 13-foot tall, $250,000 aluminum gate has been Continue reading…

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  National Weather Service changes warning policies in response to Hurricane Sandy

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 4, 2013 05:02 pm + 4 comments

  The National Weather Service issued a policy change today that will allow it to broadcast hurricane Continue reading…

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  Global warming and sea ice loss made Hurricane Sandy worse, study says

  By Carl Franzen on March 6, 2013 01:12 pm + 122 comments

  Parts of the Northeast are still recovering from the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy's arrival last Continue reading…

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  Operation Photo Rescue helps restore timeless shots damaged by superstorm Sandy

  By Chris Welch on February 4, 2013 11:39 am

  One of the most heartbreaking aspects of facing a natural disaster can be the loss of precious Continue reading…

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  System restore: how archivists salvaged 1,500 volumes of digital art from Sandy's floodwaters

  By Joshua Kopstein on January 15, 2013 03:00 pm + 19 comments

  Hard drive crashes and corrupted files repeatedly instruct us on the importance of keeping media Continue reading…

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  Eyebeam Art + Technology Center turns archive rescue effort into an exhibit

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 8, 2013 05:29 am

  If you’re New York’s Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, what better way could there be to deal Continue reading…

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  Is this your family? Photos washed to sea by Sandy find a home on Facebook

  By Laura June on December 1, 2012 02:55 pm + 27 comments

  Hurricane Sandy's damage to the East Coast of the United States is now estimated at over $70 Continue reading…

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  Palantir's terrorist-tracking technology used for Hurricane Sandy relief

  By Kimber Streams on November 27, 2012 03:40 pm + 5 comments

  Disaster recovery groups still have a lot of work to do in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and one of Continue reading…