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.
Category: Sandy

Best photograph of the NY power outage
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 … Continue reading Best photograph of the NY power outage

Google crisis map keys on Sandy
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. … Continue reading Google crisis map keys on Sandy

Hurricane Sandy claims tall ship Bounty
(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 … Continue reading Hurricane Sandy claims tall ship Bounty