Hurricane Sandy: at least 69 deaths in the Caribbean, 113 in U.S., 2 in Canada

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NYC Crane Collapse: The Panic-Stricken Moments During the Hurricane Sandy Crisis in Manhattan

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Published on Nov 7, 2012 by TheNewYorkTimes

For the first time since the storm, the developers, construction crew and city officials involved in the Midtown crane collapse share the panic-stricken moments in the effort to secure the machinery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s037HSts99I

 

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Lower Manhattan Quiet as Sandy Shuts One-Third of Offices

By Oshrat Carmiel and David M. Levitt - Nov 8, 2012 11:00 PM CT.

The drone of generators fills the silence of lower Manhattan on a weekday afternoon. A newsstand is open at the corner of Wall and Water streets, its main customers now cleanup crews rather than bankers, lawyers and other financial district office workers.

Such is the scene downtown, where damage from Hurricane Sandy is keeping properties empty more than a week after the storm struck. There are 445 office and residential properties in the area that the city determined may be uninhabitable even while they may have no structural damage. Almost 33 percent of the 101 million square feet (9.4 million square meters) of lower Manhattan office space was out of operation as of Nov. 7, according to brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

?We have water in basically every building downtown,? said Joseph Moinian, who owns and manages more than 4 million square feet of commercial and residential space in the area.

?I was always taught that salt water kills germs,? Moinian said. ?Now I find out that it kills equipment too.?

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...uiet-as-sandy-shuts-one-third-of-offices.html

 

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Notes from the Field: Carbon Monoxide Exposures Reported to Poison Centers and Related to Hurricane Sandy ? Northeastern United States, 2012

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Hurricane Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone along the coast of southern New Jersey on Monday, October 29, 2012. In the wake of Sandy, state and federal public health agencies have observed an increase in the number of exposures to carbon monoxide (CO) reported to poison centers. CO is imperceptible and can cause adverse health effects ranging from fatigue and headache to cardiorespiratory failure, coma, and death (1). CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in post-disaster situations, when widespread power outages occur and risky behaviors, such as improper placement of generators and indoor use of charcoal grills, increase (2,3).

As of November 6, a total of 263 CO exposures related to Hurricane Sandy had been reported to poison centers in eight states: 80 in New York, 61 in New Jersey, 44 in Connecticut, 39 in Pennsylvania, 27 in West Virginia, eight in Virginia, three in Maryland, and one in Delaware. Four of the reported exposures, all in Pennsylvania, resulted from the use of a generator in a garage and were fatal. This likely is an underestimation of the total number of fatal cases; larger numbers of CO-related deaths have been reported in the media. Where symptom information was available (n = 182), the most frequently reported symptoms were headache (69 cases, 37.9%), nausea (44 cases, 24.2%), and dizziness (36 cases, 19.8%). For comparison, the total number of CO exposures reported to poison centers and related to Hurricane Irene during August 28?September 2, 2011, was 49.

CO exposures can be prevented by 1) placing generators as far from homes as possible, but also at a safe distance from any nearby dwellings; the recommended distance for generator placement outside a home is a minimum of 25 feet (7.6 m) (3); 2) never using a generator, grill, camp stove, or other gasoline or charcoal-burning device inside a home, basement, garage, or outside near an open window; 3) never heating homes with a gas oven or by burning charcoal; 4) ensuring that fuel-burning space heaters are properly vented; 5) installing a battery-operated or battery back-up CO alarm in the home; and 6) leaving the building and dialing 911 if a CO alarm sounds, if CO poisoning is supected, or if any person begins to feel dizzy, light-headed, or nauseous. More information about CO poisoning is available at http://www.cdc.gov/co/guidelines.htm. For suspected cases of CO poisoning and other exposures, persons should call their regional poison center at 1-800-222-1222.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6144a5.htm?s_cid=mm6144a5_x

 

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Re: Hurricane Sandy: at least 69 deaths in the Caribbean, 113 in U.S., 2 in Canada

FEMA has provided 2 new online tools that allows you to see the damage and recovery status of the entire Northeast or a specific address.

FEMA Geoportal Online- shows a status map of the Power Task Force, a compiled map of the actual path of Sandy, current locations of shelters and assistance centers, and a graphic of overall impacts in the area.

FEMA: Check your Home - allows you to enter a specific town or location to see any post-Sandy aerial imagery available. New images are still being added.

 

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The EU gives ?6 million for emergency aid in the Caribbean after Hurricane Sandy
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European Commission Humanitarian Aid department

Reference: IP/12/1190 Event Date: 08/11/2012
Brussels, 8 November 2012

In response to serious damages caused by Hurricane Sandy, the European has released ?6 million to bring immediate relief to the most vulnerable population severely affected by the hurricane in the Caribbean.

Cuba and Haiti are the worst hit countries by Hurricane Sandy, with respectively 3 and 1.5 million people affected; the Dominican Republic and Jamaica also suffered important damages. Crops and harvests are devastated, causing fears of food insecurity, while houses and infrastructure have been destroyed. The immediate priorities are access to food and to safe water, to avoid waterborne diseases and, in countries affected by cholera, to avoid an upsurge of cases. Extensive support is also needed to restore shelters and basic infrastructures.

"Hurricane Sandy is yet another example of the increasing intensity of natural disasters to which even the best prepared like the United States are not immune. Worst hit country is Haiti, a country still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake and cholera epidemic. This year only, Haiti was hit by a drought, followed by Tropical Storm Isaac in August, and now Hurricane Sandy in October. The combined impact of these disasters has been overwhelming for an already very vulnerable population. Cuba, on the other hand, has excellent disaster preparedness programmes but Hurricane Sandy had nonetheless caused serious damages in the eastern provinces. Preparedness cannot prevent a disaster from striking but it saves lives. This is the reason why we will provide immediate relief to the affected communities while continuing to support Disaster Risk Reduction programmes in the Caribbean," said Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response.

The European Commission's emergency funding will provide immediate relief to people affected by Hurricane Sandy in Haiti and Cuba: providing food and basic household items, repairing houses, restoring water services. This ?6 million funding will also be used to restore local agriculture, providing farmers with seeds and tools.

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http://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/eu-gives-€6-million-emergency-aid-caribbean-after-hurricane-sandy

 

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http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20045866/seeing-eye-pups-delivered-in-dark

Seeing-eye pups delivered in dark

Posted: Nov 08, 2012 1:35 PM PST Updated: Nov 08, 2012 1:46 PM PST
By LUKE FUNK, Senior Web Producer -

MYFOXNY.COM -

A New Jersey group that breeds seeing-eye dogs had to deliver a litter of puppies in the dark due to power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy.

The Seeing Eye's Chester campus, has not had power since the storm.

Molly, a black Labrador retriever, delivered her litter, on Nov. 1. The staff helped with the delivery via flashlight. She had 2 yellow Lab puppies and 3 black Lab puppies.

Then, on Nov. 3, Hettie, a yellow Lab, delivered her own litter of five healthy puppies.

The Seeing Eye's breeding station is in an area that is still without power...

Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20045866/seeing-eye-pups-delivered-in-dark#ixzz2BoMueI00

The article says they need help with bills.

 

[AlaskaDenise]

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The "OccupySandy" activity, which has a very effective relief effort, pointed out that there are about 10,000 foreclosed homes in the nearby areas. I verified the numbers at ny.foreclosure.com/. They should serve as temporary (for a year or more) housing while homes are being rebuilt.

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Re: Hurricane Sandy: at least 69 deaths in the Caribbean, 113 in U.S., 2 in Canada

Associated Press
Updated November 10, 2012, 2:45 a.m. ET

Occupy Sandy: Onetime protesters find new cause

NEW YORK ? The social media savvy that helped Occupy Wall Street protesters create a grass-roots global movement last year is proving to be a strength in the wake of Superstorm Sandy as members and organizers of the group fan out across New York to deliver aid including hot meals, medicine and blankets.

They're the ones who took food and water to Glenn Nisall, a 53-year-old resident of Queens' hard-hit and isolated Rockaway section who lost power and lives alone, with no family nearby.

"I said: 'Occupy? You mean Occupy Wall Street?'" he said. "I said: 'Awesome, man. I'm one of the 99 percent, you know?'"
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"This is young people making history," said Mark Naison, a professor at Fordham University who has been studying Occupy Wall Street. "Young people who are refusing to let people suffer without putting themselves on the line to do something about it."

Now the group has dozens of relief centers across the city and a stream of volunteers who are shuttled out to the most desperate areas. It is partnering with local community and volunteer organizations.

A recent post on Occupy Sandy's Facebook page announced: "Attention! If anyone in Rockaway needs to have their basement pumped, please contact Suzanne Hamalak at suzybklyn(at)aol.com. Her family wants to help and have industrial pumps...they will do it for free....."
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Occupy Sandy Recovery:
http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/

 

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Rockaway Beach Disaster Relief

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Published on Nov 7, 2012 by Limor Hakim

We made this video to show everyone the affect Hurricane Sandy has had on our communities. Rockaway is not alone in this experience. Many other cities and communities are dealing with the similar destruction and devastation. It will take months to rebuild what was lost. Please continue to volunteer and lend a helping hand.

Rockaway Beach Disaster Relief
Shot by: Mitzi Hern?ndez & Limor Hakim

Edited by: Limor Hakim
Music: "Spirit" by Gancheau

Thank you to those making a difference:

Shal Ngo, Attis Ngo, Tiffany Chang, Sofia Gallis? Muriente, Alisa Besher, Paula Kupfer, Rafael Kelman, Leah Feldman, Warren Cathcart, Jackie Jesko, Vanessa Zettler, Rafael, Ryo, Caitlin Ulrich, Andy Harrington and all the other volunteers we met along the way.

Occupy Sandy
Rockaway Youth Task Force and Milan Taylor
Doctors Without Borders
YANA Community Center B113 Rockaway Beach Blvd.
St. Camillus Church, Miguel Vargas and Christine Donohue
Red Hook Initiative (not shown - but volunteering for them taught me how to make a difference at St.Camillus)

And thank you to everyone else helping rebuild our communities, one person at a time.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
― Margaret Mead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p_kUDUNkWY

 

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AP/ November 10, 2012, 11:20 PM
Sick, frail struggle most in storm's aftermath

NEW YORK Some of society's most vulnerable people ? the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill ? have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, flood-ravaged neighborhoods struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy.
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For some living in the disaster zone, it has all been too much.

When a team of medics and National Guardsmen turned up at Sheila Goldberg's apartment tower in Far Rockaway on Friday to check on the well-being of residents, floor by floor, the 75-year-old burst into tears and begged for help caring for her 85-year-old husband.

"This is a blessing. I'm at my wit's end," she said, sobbing.

Her husband, Irwin, has a pacemaker, wears a colostomy bag and needs her help to do almost everything. When the power was on, Goldberg said,

"I could take care of him by myself and survive." But for days, the building had no heat or electricity. There were no open stores to buy food. Until the end of the week, there was no water or elevators either, meaning residents like the Goldbergs, on the 25th floor, had to cart water up the steps themselves just to flush the toilet. A bad stench permeates much of the building.

"I'm running out of my blood pressure medication. We're both going to drop dead in this apartment," Sheila said. The medical team said it would make arrangements to transfer Irwin to a medical facility, at least temporarily.
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Two floors below the Goldbergs, medics from South Carolina found Daisy Nixon, 70, slumped in a chair under a pile of blankets. A diabetic and a victim of two strokes, she was suffering from an untreated dislocated shoulder injured before the storm. Nate Thompson, an EMT, checked her blood glucose levels and found them troublingly high.

"It's been cold. Lord, have mercy," Nixon said. She said she was also having trouble breathing at night. When Thompson said he would get her an ambulance, Nixon was overjoyed.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162...storms-aftermath/?tag=contentMain;contentBody

 

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Hurricane Sandy

Pre- and Post-Storm Photo Comparisons - New Jersey

Hurricane Sandy's landfall affected the coastlines over a broad swath of mid-Atlantic and North-eastern states, including New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Breaching, overwash and erosion took place on many barrier islands, including some that are heavily populated and developed. The pre- and post-storm photos below were taken over a 200 km (125 miles) stretch of New Jersey shore. These locations represent a broad range of coastal configurations and their response to the storm. Pre-storm photos were acquired during a baseline survey May 21, 2009 and post-storm photos were acquired November 4-6, 2012.
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Location 1: Oblique aerial photographs of Long Branch, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and currents removed sand from the beach exposing erosion control structures, including rock walls, concrete walls, and groins that protrude seaward perpendicular to the beach. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 3: Oblique aerial photographs of Mantoloking, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge cut across the barrier island at Mantoloking, NJ, eroding a wide beach, destroying houses and roads, and depositing sand onto the island and into the back-bay. Construction crews with heavy machinery are seen clearing sand from roads and pushing sand seaward to build a wider beach and protective berm just days after the storm. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 4: Oblique aerial photographs of Mantoloking, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge eroded the beach exposing building foundations, protective dunes, and houses in this part on Mantoloking. The burned houses are visible in the center of the bottom photograph. Only a few pilings remain of the first line of houses. Sediment was deposited on the island, remains on some roads, or has been cleared and placed in large piles in the parking lot behind the house marked by the arrow on the right. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 5: Oblique aerial photographs of Seaside Heights, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge destroyed the dunes and boardwalk, and deposited the sand on the island, covering roads. The red arrow points to a building that was washed off of its foundation and moved about a block away from its original location. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 6: Oblique aerial photographs of Seaside Height Pier, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge eroded the beach and destroyed the seaward edge of the pier and deposited the roller coaster superstructure in the ocean. Sediment deposited on the island is visible in the background and indicates that overwash occurred here. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 7: Oblique aerial photographs of Island Beach State Park, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey shore. Storm surge and waves eroded the front face of the dunes and overwash is indicated by sand deposited in the parking lot behind the beach. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 8: Oblique aerial photographs of Brigantine, NJ. View looking northwest along the New Jersey shore. Storm waves and surge eroded the beach and exposed the seawall. Overwash of the seawall is indicated by sand deposited on the street. Low dunes on the eastern flank of the seawall were eroded. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Location 9: Oblique aerial photographs of Stone Harbor Point, NJ. View looking northwest along the New Jersey shore. Wave attack on the dunes resulted in erosion and retreat, leaving a distinctive erosional scarp on the seaward face of the dune. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]


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Hurricane Sandy

Pre- and Post-Storm Photo Comparisons - New York

Hurricane Sandy's landfall affected the coastlines over a broad swath of mid-Atlantic and North-eastern states, including New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. The effects included breaching, overwash, and erosion of the many barrier islands along the coast, some of which were heavily populated and developed and sustained damage. Here, photos pairs are used to compare the pre-storm and post-storm conditions at locations representing a broad range of coastal configurations and their response to the storm. Pre-storm photos were acquired during a baseline survey May 21, 2009 and post-storm photos were acquired November 4-6, 2012.
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Location 1: Oblique aerial photographs of Bridgehampton, New York. The view is looking northwest across the south shore of Long Island towards Mecox Bay. This location is a very narrow and periodically opens during large storms. Large volumes of material were transported into Mecox Bay when it breached during the storm. One week after the storm, the breach was being closed by mechanical means. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]

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Location 2: Oblique aerial photographs of Cupsogue Beach, New York. The view is looking northwest across West Hampton towards Great South Bay. The breach that formed during Sandy is just east of Moriches Inlet, which formed during a large nor'easter storm in 1931 and was stabilized in the 1950s. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]

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Location 3: Oblique aerial photographs of Pelican Island and Fire Island, New York. The view is looking northwest across Fire Island towards Great South Bay. This location is within Fire Island National Seashore near Old Inlet?a very narrow portion of the island that has experienced breaching in previous large storms. The island breached during Sandy, creating a new inlet. Despite the breach, the fishing shack (yellow arrow) remained standing. [larger version]

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Location 4: Oblique aerial photographs of Ocean Bay Park, Fire Island, New York. The view is looking northwest across Fire Island towards Great South Bay. Overwash from the beach and narrow dunes carried sand inland towards the interior and bayside of the island, and numerous houses were destroyed or severely damaged. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]

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Location 5: Oblique aerial photographs of Neponsit, New York. The view is looking northwest across Rockaway Peninsula, adjacent to New York Harbor. Sand was washed from the beach into the streets, and towards the bayside of the island, and several rows of ocean-facing houses were destroyed or damaged. The yellow arrow in each image points to the same feature. [larger version]

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To Hurricane Sandy victims New Orleans sends its love: Editorial

By Editorial page staff, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on November 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM, updated November 23, 2012 at 9:31 AM
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Tuesday night in New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu put together what he called the NOLA Pay it Forward benefit concert...

The mayor didn't just organize a concert. He sang, well enough to earn one of the night's most sustained cheers, according to our music writer Keith Spera.

... Mayor Landrieu said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in devastated areas because we understand what it's like to suffer through catastrophes. The Northeast was there for us following Katrina, and while many in this region are still recovering from Isaac, New Orleans wants to pay it forward to those impacted by Sandy."
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http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/11/to_hurricane_sandy_victims_new.html
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Mayor Landrieu takes the stage at NOLA Pay It Forward Concert
Published on Nov 20, 2012 by Mitch Landrieu

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Mayor Mitch Landrieu joined an all-star line-up of musicians for the NOLA Pay It Forward Concert to benefit Hurricane Sandy recovery and relief efforts. ...Money raised with the concert will go to the NOLA Pay it Forward Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF). It will be used to support non-profit organizations assisting in Hurricane relief and recovery efforts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrMVeflwyhw

 

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FEMA Says No to Trailers in New York City
Thursday, December 06, 2012

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In New Jersey, FEMA says rental assistance will also serve as the main way of housing storm victims. The federal agency says, so far it's located 7,000 vacant apartments, and is also helping the state retrofit a former military camp near Oceanport that will eventually shelter storm victims.


http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/dec/06/no-fema-trailers-new-york-city/

 

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http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2013-01-09&val=902211&cat=business

Teen Author from Tennessee Donates $140,000 of Supplies to Sandy Relief
PR Web

Konxville, Tenn. (PRWEB) January 09, 2013

Nathan Wells, 19-year-old who wrote a book detailing his struggle with a mysterious illness caused by an experimental H1N1 vaccine, donated more than $140,000 worth of supplies to Hurricane Sandy relief last month.

?I feel incredibly lucky that I not only survived my illness but have been able to help others,? said Wells. ?Being able to donate my time and money to the Hurricane Sandy victims is my way of giving back to people who are in need.?..

 

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Sandy retired from list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names

April 11, 2013

This NOAA GOES-13 satellite image taken on October 29, 2012 shows the storm as it is centered off of Maryland and Virginia.
Download here. (Credit: NOAA.)


Sandy has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization?s hurricane committee because of the extreme impacts it caused from Jamaica and Cuba to the Mid-Atlantic United States in October 2012.

Storm names are reused every six years for both the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. If a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of the name would be insensitive or confusing, the WMO hurricane committee, which includes personnel from NOAA?s National Hurricane Center, may retire the name. Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the Atlantic list since 1954. The name will be replaced with ?Sara? beginning in 2018.

Sandy was a classic late-season hurricane in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The cyclone made landfall as a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) in Jamaica, and as a 115 mph category 3 hurricane in eastern Cuba. Hurricane Sandy merged with a frontal system hours before making landfall as a post-tropical cyclone near Brigantine, N.J., and its size and strength caused catastrophic damage all along the mid-Atlantic shoreline.

Because of its tremendous size, Sandy drove a catastrophic storm surge into the New Jersey and New York coastlines. Preliminary U.S. damage estimates are near $50 billion, making Sandy the second-costliest cyclone since Katrina to hit the United States. There were at least 147 direct deaths recorded across the Atlantic basin due to Sandy, with 72 of these fatalities occurring in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States. Sandy caused the greatest number of U.S. direct fatalities related to a tropical cyclone outside of the southern states since Hurricane Agnes in 1972.

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http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130411_sandynameretiredt.html

 

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/17/new-jersey-boardwalk-fire-cause/2825225/

Jersey Shore boardwalk fire ruled accidental
Anthony Panissidi and Kristi Funderburk, Asbury Park (N.J.) Press 2:59 p.m. EDT September 17, 2013
68 businesses were destroyed in the fire that started Thursday.
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The fire began underneath a building housing Kohr's Frozen Custard and Biscayne Candies in electrical wiring installed after 1970. The wiring had sustained damage from sand and salt water during Hurricane Sandy, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato said...