Topic: hurricane sandy
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Restoring Sandy-Damaged Photos, for Free
The storm ruined scores of images. But one organization wants to help bring some back to life.
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Hurricane Sandy Cost New York Hundreds of Homes
The city just announced that over 200 homes will have to be demolished because of the storm, and that number could grow.
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Rising Sea Levels, Plummeting Waterfront Property Values?
Mortgage-backed securities precipitated the Great Recession when we figured out they were worth a fraction of their stated value. Is coastal land next?
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Charts
How Hurricanes Impact Unemployment, in One Chart
The jump in jobless claims this week looks an awful lot like the one post-Katrina.
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Postcard
The Staten Island Clean-Up Has a Long Way to Go
Many waterfront communities are still in a "state of torment."
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Photos
Newly Un-Flooded New York Subway Still Looking Pretty Horrible
Pumping out the tunnels under New York has revealed a gnarly landscape of storm damage.
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After Sandy, How Should We Decide What Is Worth Rebuilding?
The Dutch have a way of deciding what is worth saving with a dike or sea wall, and what is not. Should we follow their example?
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Would We Leave Disaster-Prone Cities in the Absence of FEMA?
Economist Matthew Kahn wonders how coastal areas might adapt to climate change without federal assistance.
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Next Great Idea
The Rush to Resilience: 'We Don't Have Decades Before the Next Sandy'
Two experts weigh in on how to prepare our cities to fight back against nature.
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There's No Question: Climate Change Made Superstorm Sandy Worse
Here's the logic: Sandy threw the ocean at the land, and because of global warming, there were about eight inches more ocean to throw.
