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Whirlpool Brings TLC to Sandy Relief Efforts
2013-06-04 09:47:21| Appliances - Topix.net
Not many people come back from Atlantic City as winners, but Discovery Communications and Whirlpool didn't go there to gamble.
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Tokyo prepares for a once-in-200-year flood to top Sandy
2013-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Tokyo, the worlds most populated metropolis, is building defenses for the possibility of a flood in the next 200 years that could dwarf the damage superstorm Sandy wrought on the U.S. East Coast. Japans capital, flanked by rivers to the east and west, as well as running through it, faces 33 trillion yen ($322 billion) in damages should the banks break on the Arakawa River that bisects Tokyo, according to government estimates. Thats more than five times the $60.2 billion aid package for Sandy...
Rockaways A Train Service Returns For First Time Since Sandy
2013-05-30 20:30:44| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the A train and the Rockaway Shuttle resumed service on the Queens peninsula at noon.
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Sandy reopened debate on climate change and hurricanes
2013-05-30 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: After Hurricane Sandy slammed into the northeastern United States in late October, it reopened a question scientists have been keenly considering since Hurricane Katrina: How, exactly, is climate change influencing hurricane activity? Some environmental advocates directly linked climate change to Sandy's large size and destructive storm surge. "Folks, this storm is exactly the sort of thing climate scientists have been worried about for years," wrote Amanda Staudt, a senior scientist at the...
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New York beaches open despite Superstorm Sandy scars
2013-05-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Not all the repairs are finished, not all the sand is replaced and not every nearby business has recovered. But seven months after Superstorm Sandy devastated hundreds of miles of shoreline, most of New York's beaches are officially open this Memorial Day weekend. After a cleanup effort that cost tens of millions of dollars, visitors from the Rockaways to the Hamptons will be able to enjoy miles of seashores that have been groomed and cleaned up by volunteers and work crews. In some places,...
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