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Hurricane Sandys Immense Energy Shook the U.S
2013-05-04 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Sandy, the superstorm that all but submerged New York, was powerful enough to set U.S. earthquake detectors quivering long before it hit the American coastline. It stirred up Atlantic Ocean waves that slammed into each other, started to shake the sea floor and then shook the Midwestern states so vigorously that the storm's progress could be tracked by seismometer. The windstorm-induced tremors were very tiny, and not unusual -- and say as much about the sensitivity of modern seismometers as...
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East Coast Rebuilding, But Vulnerable to Future Sandys
2013-04-17 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, local governments are rethinking how to best protect the U.S. coastline from storms and flooding, which appear likely to exert a larger toll as the result of sea level rise and climate change. The coast is now much less protected for the next storm, because Sandy's storm surge and winds destroyed dunes, flood walls and other barriers, said Joe Vietri, director of coastal and storm risk management for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a news conference here...
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In Sandy's Wake
2013-02-24 17:32:00| Waste Age
How the destruction and debris left behind by Superstorm Sandy forced waste handlers in New York and New Jersey to rethink their entire operations. read more
Hurricane Sandy's impact on Spirit less than expected, traffic up in December
2013-01-15 14:02:44| Airlines - Topix.net
Spirit Airlines' traffic saw an increase of 30.6 percent in December on a capacity increase of 27.6 percent, compared to the same period last year.
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