Hurricane Sandy

Sandy has been pounding the eastern seaboard of the USA for a while now, and as I blog this it is continuing to approach New Jersey and Atlantic City.
Here's a few websites and resources which you might want to look at.
Remember the timing when teaching hurricanes - you need to teach them between April and October because they don't last into November... oh no, wait hang on...

Also, check the Guardian's page for a useful list of resources.

Kudos to David Drake for creating a Storify, with plenty of stories of the storm.

Google has produced a useful CRISIS map showing a range of information in the form of various layers, and there is a similar map on the Guardian World site.

Thanks to George Dailey for the tipoff to the NOAA image.

Thanks to Richard Treves for the lead to a very useful BBC page showing the comparative scale of the storm.

There's a million tweets and more on Twitter of course, with various hashtags....

Also, there's a useful reminder of the importance of checking that your information is

And finally, there's this list.

It's worth remembering that it has already been through the Caribbean, including a trip near Haiti, which caused devastating flooding to compound earlier problems.

There's plenty more of course, but here's some as a starter...


Comments

Tim said…
Sandy was a huge storm and it's impact will be felt in NJ and NY for years to come. Check out this simple image I made that attempts to convey just how big the storm is.

http://politicalmapsandcartograms.blogspot.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy.html