New York Storm Watch

alluringlies: No water in wegs #sandy lol

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:49:42 -0400

No water in wegs #sandy lol

motherjones: Can You Nuke a Hurricane? Spoiler: No. But that...

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:31:34 -0400

Can You Nuke a Hurricane?

Spoiler: No. But that won’t keep people from proposing it. The fascinating science and political backstory here.

"Are they more concerned now? Didn’t Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami-in-your-living-room effect of..."

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:19:56 -0400

“Are they more concerned now? Didn’t Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami-in-your-living-room effect of those YouTube videos after the disaster in northern Japan teach us anything about the potential destructiveness of natural disasters? (On YouTube’s search results for “Irene,” the hurricane has surpassed Irene Cara performing “What a Feeling,” but TobyMac, the Christian Eminem, is still holding down the top spot with his song “Irene.”) Will New Yorkers actually follow Mayor Bloomberg’s advice and prepare? Buy new batteries, canned food, extra water, duct tape; pack a “go bag” and leave it by the door?”

- News Desk: Irene, Floyd, Katrina, 9/11 : The New Yorker

You are listening to Irene.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:19:21 -0400

You are listening to Irene.:

nedhepburn:

Ambient music combined with live police, emergency dispatch radio from up and down the east coast as the hurricane hits.

Perfect soundtrack to the weatherpocalypse.

(via Instagram)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:17:28 -0400

(via Instagram)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:40:16 -0400

(via Instagram)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:34:36 -0400

(via Instagram)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:34:15 -0400

(via Instagram)

(via http://yfrog.com/gztuvfjj)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:21:44 -0400

(via http://yfrog.com/gztuvfjj)

Silent meatpacking. (via http://yfrog.com/ki2stzjj)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:21:31 -0400

Silent meatpacking. (via http://yfrog.com/ki2stzjj)

5th ave (via http://yfrog.com/mgn9mzuj)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:20:43 -0400

5th ave (via http://yfrog.com/mgn9mzuj)

(via http://yfrog.com/h8b60lkhj)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:19:53 -0400

(via http://yfrog.com/h8b60lkhj)

Awaiting Irene (by Peter Jan Beemster)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:15:35 -0400

Awaiting Irene (by Peter Jan Beemster)

My street, W. 57th, is usually one of the busiest streets in the...

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:15:20 -0400

My street, W. 57th, is usually one of the busiest streets in the city #irene #nyc #irenenyc (by EricGrant)

(via Instagram)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:13:24 -0400

(via Instagram)

interweber: MmmmmHMMMMM

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:21:58 -0400

interweber:

MmmmmHMMMMM

Early Brooklyn flooding.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:51:05 -0400

Early Brooklyn flooding.

"She shot back in a public post, “Btw, tweeting @irene doesn’t deliver any messages to the hurricane...."

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:48:48 -0400

“She shot back in a public post, “Btw, tweeting @irene doesn’t deliver any messages to the hurricane. Sorry.” Her co-workers found that hilarious. Ms. Tien happens to work at digital-media firm Huge Inc., where she and her colleagues help businesses figure out how to communicate through social media—like Twitter. She was on a cruise with her co-workers in Huge’s Los Angeles office when she got an email from her company’s associate creative director, Ross Morrison, with the subject line, “Um … we HAVE to do something with this …” Another co-worker chimed in, “I don’t think Irene has a choice.” “The thing is, it’s a hurricane, it’s sensitive, it’s potentially dangerous and horrible,” Ms. Tien says. “I really didn’t want to be posting that much.” But her colleagues made a case for it. She wouldn’t have to do anything. They would take over her Twitter account and post funny, but useful, updates about the hurricane. She agreed. (She had had a few drinks on the booze cruise but says that had nothing to do with it.) Now, she says, “It adds a bit of levity to the situation, but it also provides accurate information about what to do.””

- When @Irene Met Hurricane Irene - Digits - WSJ

tmills: Stay safe, New York! Hopefully none of your boat cats...

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:45:10 -0400

tmills:

Stay safe, New York! Hopefully none of your boat cats will turn into shark cats.

(via Boarding up the Flatiron Building. #Irene on Twitpic)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:43:22 -0400

(via Boarding up the Flatiron Building. #Irene on Twitpic)