Can New York Handle Another Big Storm Right Now? (UPDATED)

Just a week after Hurricane Sandy plunged New York and New Jersey into a state of emergency from which they have yet to recover, another storm is on its way. A Nor’easter, and a big, nasty one by the looks of it. More »

Garbage Mountain and Armored Cars: The Rockaways Are Still in Ruin

There was a sense when the lights came back on in Manhattan that the worst of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction was over. Sadly, that’s far from the truth. For thousands upon thousands of people, life is about as far away from getting back to normal as you can imagined. More »

How to Make a Sandy Disaster Image Look Even Worse

I thought there was not way you could make a Sandy disaster image look even worse that what they normally are but, as it turns out, it is possible. Just add a freaking puppet to it. More »