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Hurricane Sandy: a record-breaking storm rocks America's east coast
When it appeared in late October, 2012, Hurricane Sandy was declared the largest hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin. In preparation for the massive storm, states across the US Eastern Seaboard took precautions including mandatory evacuations and the shutdown of mass transit, bracing for the inevitable impact. In the end, some $65 billion worth of damage was dealt to the country's east coast, as well as widespread power outages, fuel shortages, flooding of subway tunnels, and over a hundred fatalities.
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January 15, 2013
System restore: how archivists salvaged 1,500 volumes of digital art from Sandy's floodwaters
Eyebeam's media archive weathers the storm, but backing up is hard to do
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November 17, 2012
Into the vault: the operation to rescue Manhattan's drowned internet
Hurricane Sandy's storm surge flooded Verizon's downtown office, rendering miles of copper wiring useless
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November 2, 2012
Power slowly coming back to Lower Manhattan after four day blackout
100,000 in East Village, Lower East Side, and Chelsea see lights come back on
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November 1, 2012
'Years of work' lost as Hurricane Sandy drowns rat colonies at NYU disease research labs
Storm claims 10,000 lab animals used to study cancer and other ailments
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October 31, 2012
Post-hurricane, New York's internet industry runs on diesel
Gotham startups go to extremes to stay connected during Hurricane Sandy
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October 30, 2012
Three feet of muck: how the floor of the New York Stock Exchange became a troll jackpot
Trolling the 99 percent?
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October 30, 2012
During Hurricane Sandy, misinformation and fact-checking clash on Twitter
Social media gives storm watchers constant news and stunning pictures — but how much of it is real?