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

SHUTTLE SERVICE INFO

Fri, 2012-11-23 12:00 — LuLu2012

SHUTTLE SERVICE INFO: 

Date: November 23 – November 25, 2012
Vehicle: 1- 25 Executive Coach – Passenger
Pick up: Union Square @ 14th Street & 4th Avenue, Manhattan, NY

I'm sorry for what you've been through ~ Doug Kuntz

Fri, 2012-11-23 10:01 — LuLu2012

Thanksgiving Day 2012
Driving back to my home that I left over three weeks ago, I pass trees and familiar landscapes that I have seen a thousand times, and see them today like I have seen them for the first time.

Suggested Guidance for Volunteers Working in Rockaway

Thu, 2012-11-22 14:48 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Suggested guidance for Volunteers working in Rockaway:

Indeed, hand washing frequently, not touching their eye, nose our mouth and wearing a dust mask are essential steps out of doors.   Working in an area with high level of mold is particularly dangerous and requires a higher level of respiration protection than just a simple dust mask.   Also, clothing worn inside a home contaminated with significant mold should be doffed (taken off) outside of their homes and not brought inside unless rolled up, bagged and sealed until they can be placed directly into a washing machine to avoid introducing mold spores into their own homes. Respiration protection should not be removed until thee clothes are doffed and secured.     Ideally, those working inside of mold contaminated homes should wear disposable TYVEK outer wear or overalls or something similar, gloves and eye protection that can be doffed outside and put directly into trash bags for disposal.   Then they should shower thoroughly. 

John T. Hoffman

Senior Research Fellow

National Center for Food Protection and Defense

University of Minnesota

Women Organize Online Hurricane Relief Hub By ELIZABETH HAGEN

Thu, 2012-11-22 11:16 — LuLu2012

 

After days of volunteering across storm-ravaged Brooklyn, Anna Leath found herself standing in a friend’s kitchen in Rockaway. A week had passed since Hurricane Sandy struck, and the basement of the house–home to three generations of her friend’s family–was still flooded with several feet of filthy water.

“She just looked at me and said, ‘I don’t need anything. There are people who need it more than I do,’” Ms. Leath said of her friend. “And you hear that over and over and over again.”

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