Hurricane experts at the NOAA delivered some potentially bad news on Thursday: 2013's Atlantic hurricane season, is forecasted to be "active or extremely active," poised to produce 3-6 "major" hurricanes, 7-11 regular hurricanes, and more than a dozen tropical storms. And you should listen to them, despite the inherent weakness of predictions.
Of course President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie care about taking care of people without power or whose homes were washed away by Hurricane Sandy. But what's in their best interest politically lines up quite nicely, too.
It's hard to tell exactly where the cell phone outages are happening without exact information from the wireless companies, but because of the way cell phone technology works, we know that the densest areas with the most power outages and the worst weather damage—i.e., downtown Manhattan—are where cell service is hurting the most.
As the work day winds down, many of us who live in the parts of the East Coast still without power have to face the somewhat grim prospect of trudging off back into the dark and somehow occupying ourselves until it is morning again and time to, sigh, go back to work. So how best to entertain oneself? Here are some suggestions based on our own past two nights of candlelit tedium.
These days, a major world event can’t happen without an accompanying meme. During Hurricane Sandy, the new social media star is Lydia Callis, the American Sign Language interpreter who appears next to the Mayor at press conferences and whose facial expressions have garnered her an internet following and – the ultimate status symbol on the internet—a fan Tumblr.
President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a helicopter tour of the areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday afternoon.
Andrew Cuomo's strategy on not getting into the political circus of whether or not climate change exists is actually pretty simple: just state the facts.
Despite pre-storm fears about roving gangs of bandits terrorizing a crippled city, the post-storm reality of crime in New York City is very ... New York?
Today in celebrity gossip: The people of destroyed New Jersey have finally received words of comfort from those that most matter, Zac Efron had an exciting Halloween costume, and Brad Pitt gives money to the gays.
While today is technically Halloween, it's unclear when the holiday actually falls this year as officials in the states hit by the storm have postponed festivities.
In our very first Hurricane Sandy rodent report, we have some good news for equal opportunity rodent haters, some better news for those who get chills thinking of baby rats, and some downright bad news for anyone that enjoys cancer breakthroughs in modern medicine.
The internet may seem abstract, but it does actually need hardware—hardware that can be damaged by storms like Sandy. As this chart from internet intelligence group Renesys shows, outages happened across the Northeast but were concentrated in New York City.
Today in books and publishing: Publishers close but many stores open; 419 author takes Canada's big literary award; Mo Yan-brand liquor; will Penguin have to change its look for the merger?
Despite concerns that city won't be prepared to handle it, the New York City Marathon will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday.
Our old friend Rep. Steve King of Iowa is defending his vote against relief for Hurricane Katrina, because some of the money was spent on "Gucci bags and massage parlors."
It might take weeks to get the subway fully operational, but trains above 42nd street will start running tomorrow.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Nearly seven million residents of the Northeast are still without power today, but their neighbors are doing their best to try and resume their normal lives following the disaster of Hurricane Sandy.
During a major crisis like Hurricane Sandy, it's best for PR reps to keep quiet if they represent a company selling something frivolous like V-neck T-shirts. Unfortunately, not everyone has that kind of good sense.
The havoc Sandy is wrecking may cost some $20 billion in economic damage, according to risk firm Eqecat Inc. Lot of money—so much, in fact, that the costs places Sandy in the top 10 most expensive hurricanes ever, as you can see in this chart.
A lot of us for whom the big impact of Sandy is past—and keep in mind: in other places, she's only beginning—want to help, but what to do, without getting in the way? We've compiled some options for you.
We now know the identity of the Brown student who trolled the local NBC reporter. Meet Daniel Moraff, a 20-year-old member of Brown's class of 2014. He is also a comedy writer. Moraff reached out to the Atlantic Wire shortly after our post went up.
Parts of New York City are submerged under 13 feet of water, but help is on the way: As we speak, a specialized unit called the "National Unwatering SWAT Team" is en route to Gotham. Ever heard of 'em?
After a night of devastation in which millions along the East Coast lost power and mass transit, the toll of Superstorm Sandy is only beginning to come into view.
Scientific American on Sandy and climate change, New York Times on oysters and New York, Treehugger on sustainable design for storms, Wired UK on glow-in-the-dark roads, and Houston Chronicle on seafood safety in the Gulf.
There are plenty of people who have behaved not just decently but positively heroically during and following Sandy's hit on New York City and the surrounding areas. Let's all take a moment to thank them for restoring our faith in humanity.
Having hit land last night with devastating results in New Jersey and New York City, Sandy will weaken as it continues up through Pennsylvania, upstate New York, and on into Canada.
Today in books and publishing: Everyone's thoughts on the world's biggest publisher; bookstores hit by storm; the author's cut on a pick-your-price deal; Khaled Hosseini to publish new book.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
As Sandy clean-up begins in New York City, the presidential horse-race, now officially a week before the election, slows—but doesn't quite come to a complete halt.
With all the fake photos going around and all the unbelievable damage, it's hard to decipher the real from the Photoshopped.
This is a continuation of our live blog updates from Monday, October 29. For the most recent news on the storm, please click here.
The Drudge Report is helping to stir up a panic that looters are going to come and take your stuff -- yes, you, you right there, sitting in your home, feeling frustrated an vulnerable -- you are about to get your stuff stolen by looters.
How much has Sandy changed the face of New York City? Well, the Yale Club has abandoned its dress code as it invites in students who can't make it back to the safety of New Haven.
We don't yet know how much damage Hurricane Sandy will do. But we already have evidence of the ruinous effects the storm is having on the crowing glory of so many women, their hair.
Discovered: what's to be learned from a Frankenstorm; U.N. warns of amplified infections in a warming world; life in coal towns is deadlier; U.S. coal emissions are down but worldwide coal use heats up.
Much of lower Manhattan could lose electricity soon. People are tweeting about getting robo-called from Con-Ed informing them that they may need to turn off electricity.
While it's one of our favorite ways to track the storm, the thing about following Sandy via photos on the Internet is that, like a lot of things online, there is a high chance of encountering a fake.
When a storm so powerful that even meteorologists can't find the right expletives for it hits your hometown, it's human instinct to go outside to get a good view of the action. Do not do this, you will get hurt. Instead, look at these crazy photos from the whole East Coast.
After being devastated by Hurricane Sandy, the East Coast moved forward with its recovery efforts, though millions remain without power. Stay here for more updates.
We're fully aware of the destruction and damage that storms like Sandy may cause. But we just can't just throw around "storm of the century" when scientists say that these storms will start appearing more and more.
The eye of Hurricane Sandy hasn't hit land yet but state-run news outlets in countries at odds with the U.S. are brimming with apocalyptic coverage of the swirling weather system.
Who has the most to gain from Sandy, President Obama or Mitt Romney? There are so many competing hypotheses it's hard to keep them straight. Here's our guide to them:
Stuck inside with only the Internet, the hackers are doing what they can to inform and aid during the storm.
Hurricane Sandy is here. Well sort of, she's not making landfall until tonight. But you probably would've known all that and about her warm core and sustained winds if you were following some of the country's best weather blogs.
Local news coverage of Sandy has already brought us images of windblown correspondents, people boarding up buildings, and now, an Internet meme come to life: NBC Washington caught a man jogging shirtless wearing a horse head mask.
As the iPhone-ed masses witness Hurricane Sandy's wrath, the user-generated storm porn is starting to come in.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
For the first time since last year's Hurricane Irene scare, New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority completely shut down at 7 p.m. on Sunday night.
The superstorm is coming! The superstorm is coming! New York City is gearing up for Sandy's arrival by shutting down school and the public transit service ahead of the superstorm's arrival. Post being updated constantly.
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