The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy – A long term view
Recently I been seeing something with my own eyes I haven’t seen for thirty years, other than on a television – gas lines.
Recently I been seeing something with my own eyes I haven’t seen for thirty years, other than on a television – gas lines.
Meanwhile, a grassroots network of community-run relief stations and free kitchens has sprung up in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The response began small and grew rapidly.
This post describes Sandy as a catastrophic pulse in relation to the problems of dense urban living, complexity, and digitization.
Somewhere in the midst of watching the Weather Channel’s reporting on the approach of Superstorm Sandy, I was struck by the lack of meteorologists saying anything about what was behind the highly unusual phenomenon that was unfolding.