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Paulsboro Train Derailment Begs Us to Ask: Do You Know What Is Transported Through Your Back Yard?
Last Friday’s freight train derailment in New Jersey in which several rail tank cars of vinyl chloride ended up in a creek off the Delaware River serves as a sobering reminder to emergency managers throughout the United States: do you know what is transported through your back yard? If so, do you have a plan […]
Raw Video of Paulsboro Train Derailment Carrying Vinyl Chloride
On Friday, November 30th a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed while crossing a bridge in Paulsboro, NJ, a town south of Philadelphia. Four tanker trucks overturned into the creak creating a hole in rail car containing vinyl chloride. Here is raw footage of the wreckage. NJ Train Derailment Tips Tankers (Associated Press, Nov 30) […]
Videos from Fire Island show damage from Sandy
The YouTube channel for Fire Island Videos is posting aerial footage of Sandy aftermath in the community of Ocean Beach on Fire Island in New York. Fire Island Sandy Aftermath – Ocean Beach Sandy Aftermath Fire Island Ocean Beach to Point O’ Woods
Animation shows Sandy’s development from formation to landfall
From YouTube user DailyOnTech: NOAA’s GOES satellites captured a global view of Hurricane Sandy’s birth to landfall. This animation of NOAA’s GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite observations from Oct. 21-30, 2012, shows the birth of Tropical Storm Sandy in the Caribbean Sea, the intensification and movement of Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean along the U.S. East […]
Hurricane Sandy water damage to NYC subway stations and tunnels
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is publishing videos to their YouTube Channel of conditions in some of the city’s subway stations and tunnels. South Ferry and Whitehall St Station Damage Hugh L. Carey/Brooklyn battery Tunnel Damage
Hurricane Sandy Social Media Resources – October 30
Videos Aerial View of New Jersey Coast Line After Hurricane Sandy http://youtu.be/sRAdgh9VH0o (National Guard) Sandy Fans Queens Inferno http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/7886178/Video-Sandy-fans-Queens-inferno (Reuters) Crews Working to Restore Power to Area After Sandy http://news.yahoo.com/video/philadelphiacbs3-15751053/crews-working-to-restore-power-to-area-after-sandy-31000340.html (Yahoo! News) NYC Tunnels and Subways Flooded http://youtu.be/3DPfLHQoSRs (Fox News) Hurricane Sandy Flooding Above Cars (East River, Manhattan) http://youtu.be/ZOKIkW6uAJ4 (Weather Channel) Superstorm Sandy: the economic […]
Infographics of Sandy’s Effects
As usual, the New York Times has some beautiful and informative data design Assessing the Damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Flooding Risks from Hurricane Sandy
Whenever a hurricane threatens a coastal area and flooding is possible, residents immediately ask: Will I be injured if I stay? Will my home be damaged? It’s not always easy for residents to get information to help them answer these questions. In this post, I will walk you through how to get this information for […]
Hurricane Sandy Social Media Resources – October 29 @ 5PM
What follows is a survey of photo, video, news and information content from social media resources and credible news sources. Hurricane Sandy is generating a lot of discussion and activity and people are sharing information and spreading news and content across all media. Videos Live Hurricane Sandy Coverage – The Weather Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXMU2qwCVag Coast Guard […]
Hurricane Sandy Social Media Resources – October 29
Hurricane Sandy is a Category 1 storm that is quickly becoming a “superstorm,” due to the prediction of colliding with a cold front. As the storm approaches the East Coast today, the storm is expected to produce massive storm surges, flooding, coastal hurricane winds, and Appalachian snows. IEM is monitoring social media accounts of the […]