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New Jersey agency will offer low-cost loans to businesses, nonprofits affected by Hurricane Sandy
New Jersey's Economic Development Authority on Tuesday approved the "Stronger NJ Business Loan Program" to help businesses and nonprofits affected by Hurricane Sandy.
pressofatlanticcity.com (7 days ago)
Jimmy Buffett Joins Willie Nelson As Surprise Guest At Surf Lodge Show
Willie Nelson has become the biggest thing to hit Montauk since Hurricane Sandy.
forbes.com (7 days ago)
David Burke’s Sandy Relief Efforts; Marco Pierre White’s Lawsuit
David Burke's Jersey spot, Fromagerie, is donating 50 percent of its proceeds to Hurricane Sandy relief on June 19. The restaurant will serve a summer lunch buffet for $27 and a regular dinner menu. [Grub Street] City Grit is hosting North Carolina chef William Dessen for a four-course farm-to-table dinner made...
nymag.com (7 days ago)
How New Flood Zones Will Affect Hurricane Sandy Victims
FEMA has release new flood maps and the new danger flood zones are mixed blessings for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
palmbeachpost.com (7 days ago)
Mayor Bloomberg Plans To Strengthen NYC Against Rising Seas
The New York City mayor's new $20 billion storm preparation plan is based on some scary data about how the city will look by the 2050s. Earlier today, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg rolled out a wide-reaching, $20 billion plan to fortify the city against the future effects of climate change, which--according to...
popsci.com (7 days ago)
Paul Ryan WIll Have To Wait To Privatize Medicare, It Seems
Last week, the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah, hosted Mitt Romney's Experts and Enthusiasts conference. Billed as Romney's first big splash back into public/political life since the 2012 election, the conference brought together a multi-partisan array of political bigwigs, along with a multitude of private...
huffingtonpost.com (7 days ago)
IMAGE: Bloomberg Proposes New Neighborhood
By Jeanmarie Evelly and Julie Shapiro NEW YORK - A new Battery Park City could someday rise from the East River, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday. Bloomberg proposed a "Seaport City", presumably a new neighborhood on landfill along the East Side of Manhattan from the Lower East Side to Battery Park, as a...
huffingtonpost.com (7 days ago)
Michael Bloomberg calls for New York flood barriers and levees after Sandy
New York's mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled plans for the city to defend itself against a crippling repeat of Hurricane Sandy with a major network of anti-flood fortifications including removable storm barriers, levees and sand-dunes.
telegraph.co.uk (7 days ago)
Bloomberg unveils plan to protect NYC from flooding
Citing the perils of climate change and the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday called for a sweeping $19.5 billion initiative that would include new coastal protections and zoning codes for the city as well as new standards for telecommunications and fuel...
yahoo.com (7 days ago)
Florida Attorney General: Beware of window film scams
Beware of window film companies falsely advertising “hurricane protection,” Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says.
palmbeachpost.com (7 days ago)
Airbnb does good, dedicates a section of its site to disaster-relief housing
After getting involved in Hurricane Sandy Relief, Airbnb has finally introduced an emergency shelter tool for areas affected by disasters.
gigaom.com (7 days ago)
State approves $100M for loans to Sandy-damaged businesses
Businesses like this one in Sea Bright damaged during Hurricane Sandy can be eligible for low-interest loans to be offered by the state next month.Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger Businesses, towns and non-profit organizations hit by Hurricane Sandy will have $100 million...
nj.com (7 days ago)
Corpus Christi leaders to present phased hurricane evacuation plan to city council
City leaders will present a phased hurricane evacuation plan to city council members Tuesday in an effort to reduce traffic along highways in the event of a major disaster.
caller.com (7 days ago)
Straight from the Source: Hurricanes
Straight From The Source Hurricane Season: Save yourself The Palm Beach Post presents a roundtable about preparedness for the storm season -- are you ready?
palmbeachpost.com (7 days ago)
Experts: Hunger In Haiti Is Worse Than Ever
BELLE ANSE, Haiti -- The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin children has turned patchy and orangish, their stomachs have ballooned to the size of their heads and many look half their age – the tell-tale signs...
huffingtonpost.com (7 days ago)
Severely Damaged By Hurricane Sandy, A Community Is Healed By Children
Imagine 7 and 8 year old children dressed in 19th century clothing, and acting out the parts of shopkeepers and merchants and fishermen at the South Street Seaport of the time. Imagine that they have written the parts they play themselves, and that these words represent actual expressions and emotions that people...
forbes.com (7 days ago)
Gotham will be a Southern-fried hot mess by 2020, climate pros warn
CLIMATE CHANGE is real - and it could turn the city into a flood-prone danger zone with summers as sweltering as the deep South’s in the not-too-distant future, according to an expert panel of scientists. The panel, which Mayor Bloomberg tasked with studying weather patterns in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, predicts...
nydailynews.com (7 days ago)
Fort Lee launches emergency radio station for Sandy-like disasters
Residents can tune into a new emergency radio station launched by the Mayor and Council for real-time updates and safety tips during events like Hurricane Sandy
nj.com (7 days ago)
Residents with diabetes should take extra steps to prepare for a hurricane, advocate says
Christus Spohn Hospital South’s emergency department is piloting a program encouraging diabetics to plan for disasters
caller.com (7 days ago)
N.J. gas stations oppose mandated generators
With the hurricane season just kicking off, New Jersey gas stations are balking at pending legislation that would force them to install generators, arguing that such measures won’t solve the fuel-shortage issues created by killer weather conditions such as Superstorm Sandy.
northjersey.com (7 days ago)
Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall records
NEW YORK (AP) - The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season smashed rainfall totals across the Northeast and pushed some streams and creeks over their banks but sped up the Eastern Seaboard without causing major damage.
dailylocal.com (7 days ago)
Home Builders Association Manatee-Sarasota offer storm tips
Secure windows, roof, doors in case of hurricane says Home Builders' Association, Manatee-Sarasota…Click to Continue »
bradenton.com (7 days ago)
2020 forecast: Hell & high water for city
CLIMATE CHANGE is real - and it could turn the city into a flood-prone danger zone with summers as sweltering as the deep South’s in the not-too-distant future, according to an expert panel of scientists. The panel, which Mayor Bloomberg tasked with studying weather patterns in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, predicts...
nydailynews.com (8 days ago)
Yoani Sanchez: Playa Siboney: Where Cuba's Fiber Optic Cable Touches Land
Playa Siboney, the telephone company's work for the fiber optic cable. The residents of Siboney have reasons to be sad and upset, very upset. Hurricane Sandy devastated a good part of their coastal infrastructure, destroying houses, throwing up huge rocks on the shore, and seriously damaging the area's vegetation....
huffingtonpost.com (8 days ago)
Exercise aims to better serve needy in disasters
After Hurricane Isaac cut out power in New Orleans for days last summer, city health officials went knocking on doors at high-rise apartments where they knew low-income senior citizens lived, letting people know help was available if they were strugg...
theadvocate.com (8 days ago)
Murphy calls automatic cuts to Head Start cruel
Sequestration turned into a contact sport Monday for U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., who was accidentally kicked in the shin by a young boy at a Head Start facility already affected by automatic federal budget cuts. Run by the Greenwich-based nonprofit Family Centers, the facility serves 34 local children...
newstimes.com (8 days ago)
Weather satellite revived after suspected micrometeoroid hit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A weather satellite that failed just before the start of an expected busy hurricane season is back in service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Monday.
reuters.com (8 days ago)
Get ready for Great America
No shortage of thrills in 2013 rides, shows Maybe you are one of those Chicagoans for whom Six Flags Great America is right in your backyard. You have season passes, and a trip to the park's Hurricane Harbor for you is like a trip, for the rest of us, to our municipal pool. We have heard about you. We're a little...
chicagotribune.com (8 days ago)
MiniTime: 7 Superlative Minor League Ballparks
(photo: supa_pedro/Flickr Creative Commons) For millions of baseball-loving families, summer isn't complete without catching a minor league ballgame. On the upswing for decades now, minor league ball promises more than the chance of seeing future MLB stars before they get called up to the "big show." Fans adore the...
huffingtonpost.com (8 days ago)
