Even with photos, it’s difficult to imagine the devastation in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian, hard to grasp the effects of a Category 5 hurricane parking itself over sea-level islands for 24 hours or more. The photo above is typical of many I’ve seen from the Bahamas; I’ve seen better-looking landfills. And as if … Continue reading Bahamas after Dorian
So just how big is Hurricane Irma? I found a story on the Washington Post with an interactive map that lets you superimpose Irma (as she was on Wednesday) on a map of your city or state. Fascinated as I am by Irma, I still didn’t fully appreciate her size until I put her over … Continue reading If Irma hit Colorado
The residents of the flooded La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, TX, rescued yesterday after their plight became known nationwide via social media, are safe, dry, and warm today. They were relocated to a nursing facility in nearby Alvin, Texas, where some of them got together today for this picture. So nice to see … Continue reading Rescued Texas nursing home residents safe, dry, warm today
Hurricane Harvey has rightfully dominated the news for several days, and while I’ve seen plenty of hurricane coverage in my life, this is the first time I’ve had friends in the danger area. They’ve been uppermost in my mind as the media distribute hurricane news and pictures round the clock. In a sad way, when … Continue reading Attention riveted on Houston area
The New York Times has posted a fascinating interactive map of Hurricane Sandy’s flooding in the New York City area. It shows the depth of the water in each area and you can zoom in for block-by-block and even house-by-house detail. Continue reading NYT posts interactive map of Sandy’s flooding
Of all the pictures we’ve seen of lower Manhattan’s power outage, this has to be the best. Not a dark skyline silhouetted against a still-glowing uptown or a dark patch in a sea of light, but a stark half-and-half depiction of the city’s haves and have nots, emphasized by the road and its center … Continue reading Best photograph of the NY power outage
Just when I’d decided Google does everything worth doing, I’ve found they also do crisis maps. Being both a map nut and a weather watcher, I found this particularly intriguing. I guess it took an event like Hurricane Sandy to bring it to my attention. Be sure to scroll down on the right to see … Continue reading Google crisis map keys on Sandy
(Updated Oct. 30, 2012) The beautiful tall ship Bounty is gone, sunk off Cape Hatteras by Hurricane Sandy. Her crew of 16 was forced to abandon ship in the middle of the night last night, and two of them were swept into the sea while trying to board the life rafts. The Coast Guard has … Continue reading Hurricane Sandy claims tall ship Bounty
Want to see Hurricane Sandy approaching New York harbor? Or more accurately at the moment, hear her? Check out the live streaming video of NY harbor from the Statue of Liberty. You can see the white caps at the bottom of the picture and watch boats steaming for shelter, but what makes you shiver is … Continue reading Sandy approaching NYC
I have restrained myself for approximately four years, so I’m giving myself permission to rant again about a particular pet peeve of mine. Back in 2008 I wrote: When reporters cover hurricanes, they talk a lot about the populace “hunkering down.” Ugh. Since Katrina blew in three years ago, it seems people only “hunker down” in … Continue reading ‘Hunkering down’ for hurricanes
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time, and certainly the funniest to come out of the Hurricane Irene coverage. The reporter is getting covered in blowing sea foam, which most of us know by now was full of raw sewage. Hence the foam. In my book, this goes far beyond reporters … Continue reading Reporter gives update covered in ‘sea foam’
I’ve had the TV on all day, tuned to CNN, watching the news and worrying about everyone on the East Coast. Specifically, I worry about those few individuals I know there. I keep reminding myself that these folks will undoubtedly be listening to their local officials, not CNN news hounds, and will have the best, … Continue reading Thoughts on Irene
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