In the aftermath of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy and New Jersey Transit's inability to restore full service more than three weeks after the storm, it has come out that the agency left $385 million worth of recently purchased trains parked in two rail yards that were expected to flood during the storm. It's not yet clear who made that decision and NJ ( Read more... )

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  Not surprisingly, there have been several recent articles about the science of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy and extreme weather in general. Scientific American has a lengthy exploration of the science behind storm surges and the many reasons that surges are extremely difficult to predict. With climate change resulting in rising sea levels and more ( Read more... )

Perhaps one of the most horrifying episodes of Hurricane Sandy was hospital patients having to be evacuated in the middle of the storm because of power failures. The truth is, according to industry experts, hospitals across the country are woefully unprepared to deal with disasters that happen at the hospital itself. In spite of this being a well ( Read more... )

All Americans should show their eternal gratitude to the Wall Street elites and other members of the top 1 percent who have worked so tirelessly to save lives tonight by granting them more relief from their crushing tax burdens.

To all my friends and family back on the east coast, please take care of yourselves and exercise a lot of caution over the coming few days. I know folks in the northeast aren't as used to hurricanes as we were in North Carolina, but I have to emphasize that this storm should be taken very seriously ( Read more... )

The northeast gets buried under a blizzard, the streets aren't getting plowed, some travelers have ended up stranded in airports for days, and even the New York City subway and rail systems don't seem to be coping well. In the meantime, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Governor Christ Christie can't seem to manage the basic task of ( Read more... )

Report: Upgrading FEMA flood maps would save livesWASHINGTON - Nearly four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, researchers called on the federal government to upgrade its flood maps, arguing that the effort could save lives as well as stem losses to properties and businesses ( Read more... )