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A patient is wheeled out of Bellevue Hospital during an evacuation in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York October 31, 2012. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
After everything we’ve learned about those horrific days in New Orleans, how could another hospital in a major American city find itself without power, its staff fighting to keep alive their most desperately sick patients?
By Ty McCormick
Foreign Policy
Hurricane Sandy’s pummeling of the eastern United States has already thrown the presidential campaign off course and disrupted early voting in several states, but could she be the deciding factor in this election? Political scientists have found that bad weather on Election Day typically benefits Republicans, but how much Sandy will affect voter turnout on November 6 remains a mystery. The same can be said of the potential political fallout from the storm. Will President Barack Obama look strong and commander-in-chief-like as he stares down the hurricane, as Sen. John McCain suggested in a recent interview? Or could inadequate disaster relief leave the president mired in a Katrina moment just as voters head to the polls?
If Sandy swings this election one way or the other, it wouldn’t be the first time bad weather proved historically decisive. From the French Revolution to the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, meteorological events have made all the difference. Here’s a list of six storms that altered the course of history.
The New York Stock Exchange, right, is lit Wednesday before it reopens for trading following superstorm Sandy. Much of lower Manhattan and the financial district are still without electrical power. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy.
A woman and child look out the door as heavy winds blow outside a Red Cross shelter in Hampton Bays, New York October 29, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
By Jacqueline Baylon
Digital First Media
Nearly 11,000 people in 16 states spent Monday night in an American Red Cross shelter.
They were seeking a warm, dry place after Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast, damaging countless homes and leaving more than 7 million residential and business customers without power. Read more…
By Rick Lee
York Daily Record
York, PA - Southern Regional Police arrested a reportedly intoxicated woman Monday during Hurricane Sandy after they said she jumped into the Codorus Creek to “save the wild ducks.”
East Haven– Waves slam against the homes along Cosey Beach in East Haven during LOW tide. Monday’s High tide this evening is supposed to bring even much more of a storm surge. (Peter Casolino/New Haven Register)
By Mary E. O’Leary
New Haven Register
HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Monday evening said there was “no doubt” that thousands of residents could be stranded in their Shoreline homes as severe level four potential flooding appeared imminent, threatening lives.
Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site Monday night in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation’s largest city unusually vacant and dark.
A bowl of soup proved an ideal dish on a stormy night.
By Matt Grisafi
Home cooks, we’re looking for your best Hurricane Sandy dishes! Tweet a photo of your culinary delight (or disaster) with a #SandyEats hashtag, and we’ll feature it here. You’ll be judged based on presentation and creativity (since we can’t taste it). Your time starts… now!
By Jennifer Lawson
The Reporter
Inspired by Hurricane Sandy, local musician Brian Chrupalyk recorded two songs amid his preparations for the storm.
“New Storm” and “The Storm is Coming Soon” are both available for download on his website, www.briancrew.com.
Read more…
By Adrienne LaFrance
Digital First Media
NEW YORK — East Coasters who are still lucky enough to have power Monday night are turning to Netflix as they hunker down. The online movie-streaming service said it saw a 20 percent uptick in viewership compared with last Monday.
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