Cleaning  Up  After  a  Flood:  Using  the  Right  Dust  Mask

Fri, 2012-11-23 22:44 — Albert Gomez

Cleaning  Up  After  a  Flood:  Using  the  Right  Dust  Mask   Do  I  need  a  dust  mask  when  cleaning  up  and  removing  debris?  

When  working  with  dust,  such  as  removing  and  cutting  wallboard/sheetrock  and  other   building  materials,  sweeping  up  debris  or  removing  mold mask,  especially poor  or  no  ventilation  or  the  work   creates  very  fine  dust.    

You are Covered for Hurricanes, not Floods via NY Daily News

Fri, 2012-11-23 17:42 — LuLu2012

Sandy Victims

Thousands of families still struggling in the aftermath of Sandy are learning that some insurance companies don’t seem to think the storm was a hurricane.

Alex Savoie’s broker told her that her family’s Rockaways home was covered for hurricanes, so when Sandy trashed the place, she assumed she’d be okay.

To Savoie’s surprise, the insurer said she wasn’t covered because the damage was caused by a flood — not a hurricane. Because she doesn’t have flood insurance, she’s out of luck.

Macabre Dumping Ground in Rockaway Beach via NY Times

Fri, 2012-11-23 17:28 — LuLu2012

Macabre Dumping Ground

A forester working for New York City’s parks department made a horrifying discovery last week, beside a huge pile of fallen trees destined for the wood chipper.

Map - A Survey of the Flooding in N.Y.C. After the Hurricane

Fri, 2012-11-23 17:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

nytimes.com - By MATTHEW BLOCH, ALAN McLEAN and ARCHIE TSE; reporting contributed by Joseph Berger, Cara Buckley, Sarah Maslin Nir, Kirk Semple and Vivian Yee Sources: Flood areas and levels from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Andrew A. Beveridge, socialexplorer.com; building shapes from NYC Open Data

In the days before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, few people in New York City anticipated the scale of destruction of the storm. The map shows the estimated height reached by floodwaters, which topped 17 feet in some parts, according to surveys and weather data collected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2012/1120-sandy/survey-of-the-flooding-in-new-york-after-the-hurricane.html

Stories of Survival and Recovery in the Rockaways

Fri, 2012-11-23 15:06 — LuLu2012

This is the first video highlighting the relief efforts in Rockaway Beach by the New York Dream Center. The need in the Rockaways is ongoing and we need all the help we can get to continue in helping rebuild this community.

Storm-Damaged Pipes Cited as Cause of Queens Sinkholes via THe New York Times

Fri, 2012-11-23 15:02 — LuLu2012

 

Residents in Far Rockaway, Queens, have endured their share of hardships caused by Hurricane Sandy, with many still recovering from flooded basements and the loss of electricity.

Help for Hamptons’ Neighbors, the Rockaways

Fri, 2012-11-23 14:26 — LuLu2012

Help For Hampton's Neighbors

Following years of economic decline, poverty and a growing crime rate, the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens was finally on the mend. The blue-collar oceanfront community and once -popular summer resort had seen something of a revival over the last decade as new residential and commercial development dotted the shoreline. When surfing was legalized there in 2009, Rockaway Beach began attracting cool young twenty-somethings from nearby Williamsburg—the Ramones sang about it, after all—and as these tattooed, pierced and vintage-clad scenesters opened trendy shops and restaurants along the boardwalk, some even began calling it the “Hipster Hamptons.”

That was before Superstorm Sandy.

Montauk Helps Feed Hurricane Victims on Thanksgiving

Fri, 2012-11-23 14:10 — LuLu2012

EEC

Montauk residents have been sending help to the Rockaways in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, and Thanksgiving is no different.

Sandy Victims Cheered by NYC's Thanksgiving Parade

Fri, 2012-11-23 14:02 — LuLu2012

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

NEW YORK (AP) — Victims of Superstorm Sandy in New York and elsewhere in the Northeast were comforted Thursday by kinder weather, free holiday meals and — for some — front row seats to the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

"It means a lot," said Karen Panetta, of the hard-hit Broad Channel section of Queens, as she sat in a special viewing section set aside for New Yorkers displaced by the storm.

Free Legal Clinics in the Rockaways

Fri, 2012-11-23 13:55 — LuLu2012

http://nylag.org/

Jailed and Jailers Pitched In Help After Storm

Fri, 2012-11-23 13:30 — LuLu2012

Rikers Island

There are plenty of unsung heroes in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but the story of how those at New York’s least desirable address lent their muscle and might is perhaps among the most compelling.

Seastreak Ferry Rockaway/ Manhattan Schedule

Fri, 2012-11-23 12:58 — LuLu2012

SERVICE ALERT FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD:
For the evening of Friday, November 23:

CANCELLED:

5:10 PM East 35th St

Deadly MOLD by Doug Kuntz

Fri, 2012-11-23 12:11 — LuLu2012

Hurricane Sandy: Volunteering in a 'War Zone'

Fri, 2012-11-23 12:03 — LuLu2012

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