The right to elect one’s public representatives is the foundation upon which our democracy is built. So if you think Hurricane Sandy is going to stop Americans from choosing the next leader of the free world, demand a recount. Here’s a look at the technology everyone over 18 can expect to find in a voting booth on November 6th, 2012. More »
Regardless of how you feel about the practice of Instagramming natural disasters, it’s super popular. In fact, with a whopping 800,000 photos tagged with her name, Sandy was almost certainly the most Instagrammed thing ever. More »
Hurricane Sandy flipped off the power for literally millions of people in the Northeast. The thought alone is crazy, but its even more staggering when you see what it looked like from space. More »
ConEdison has a PR goddess on its hands: Kate Frasca, the person charged with running the utility’s Twitter account and making sure customers don’t lose it in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. More »
Rather than let a hurricane disenfranchise thousands of displaced New Jersey residents, Governor Chris Christie has given a green-light for voting by email or fax. Are the security concerns? Sure. But if you’re going to pilot a e-voting program, at least it’s in a situation that has no other choice, and that isn’t really in contention anyway. More »
The MTA reports that “the South Ferry station, which had been a large fish tank, has now been pumped dry.” Click here to see the complete story of Sandy so far, updated live. More »
Power is slowly flowing back into lower Manhattan, but there are plenty of areas still affected by the wreckage of Sandy’s rage, and plenty of people who don’t have power. Fortunately, there’s a site that can help them out, but it also needs a little help from you. More »
When the power goes out, you want a backup plan. Plenty of us have learned that over the past week or so. Having a generator on hand can definitely help ease the pain of a prolonged power outage, but it’s not quite the same has just having normal, interrupted power. You can make it a little closer to the norm, however, by hooking up an uninterruptable power supply. More »
Hurricane Sandy caused a lot of damage, and it’s going to take a long time to get everything fixed back up. Not everything succumbed to Sandy’s destructive force, however. This little surfing robot, for example, survived on the high seas despite the storm, never failing to do its duty all the while. More »
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