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climateadaptation:

The HMS Bounty has sunk due to Hurricane Sandy. 14 crew were rescued, the captain and one crew are missing. Search crews are looking for them.

CBC, Time

gibblegabber:

and here’s what sandy’s doing in connecticut right now

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2:40 p.m. EDT Monday:According to CNN, nearly 300,000 customers are without power in seven states. New Jersey has the most at 92,000.

2:35 p.m. EDT Monday: Harvey Cedars, N.J., north of Atlantic City, N.J., recorded a peak wind gust of 69 mph. Barnegat Inlet, N.J., also north of Atlantic City, N.J., recorded a peak wind gust of 65 mph.

2:05 p.m. EDT Monday: More than 60,000 customers are without power across Long Island, according to Long Island Power Authority. Click here for map with outages.

2:00 p.m. EDT Monday: Hurricane Sandy still has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. The central pressure has lowered to 940 mb (27.67 inches Hg).

1:40 p.m. EDT Monday: According to FlightStats.com, 7,135 flights have been canceled in the U.S. today and 954 flights have been delayed.

1:10 p.m. EDT Monday: A couple of peak wind gusts associated with Hurricane Sandy in New York so far: Westhampton Beach, 59 mph; Islip, 60 mph; Syosset, 58 mph; Bayville, 56 mph.

1:00 p.m. EDT Monday: An 81-mph gust was recorded 6 miles west-southwest of Cuttyhunk, Mass.

12:24 p.m. EDT Monday: Wind gusts measured in Massachusetts include a 59-mph gust in Milford and a 64-mph gust measured at Buzzards Bay.

12:15 p.m. EDT Monday: A photo collection of Sandy’s impacts shows flooding in portions of New York City and New Jersey. An 80-foot piece of the boardwalk can be seen floating down the streets in Atlantic City, N.J.

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theweekmagazine:

A reader-submitted photo from Ocean City, NJ shows flooding before Hurricane Sandy even officially makes landfall. 

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onearth:

Today OnEarth Global Headquarters in New York City is shut down today, like much of the Northeast, so this will be a rather limited update. Plus, with apologies to folks elsewhere in the world, it’s pretty hard for us here in the danger zone to pay attention to anything else right now as Hurricane Sandy bears down. (And if you think we in the New York area are freaking out a bit, check out our neighbors down in Delaware, where every single road is closed this morning!) Here’s a quick rundown of what’s catching our attention as we wait for our power and Internet connections to disappear:

• OnEarth contributing editor Bill McKibben explains why the name “Frankenstorm” is an apt discription for this and other extreme weather events in the age of climate change, stitched together as they are from “some spooky combination of the natural and the unnatural.”
• Climate Central introduces us to the Fujiwhara Effect and explains how it is dragging Hurricane Sandy onshore. (Could the Fujiwedontwanna Effect do the opposite and get rid of this thing? Because that’s one effect we would be totally on board with right now.)
• The Wall Street Journal compares Sandy with last year’s Hurricane Irene, which struck roughly the same area, and finds that not only is Sandy potentially much worse, it’s also the largest storm in recorded Atlantic basin history, with gale force winds covering a diameter of more than 1,000 miles. Yikes!
• The National Weather Service is not exactly pulling punches when it comes to urging people in evacuation zones to take the warnings seriously and get the heck out: “IF YOU ARE RELUCTANT, THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, THINK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO REACH YOU WHEN YOU MAKE THE PANICKED PHONE CALL TO BE RESCUED, THINK ABOUT THE RESCUE/RECOVERY TEAMS WHO WILL RESCUE YOU IF YOU ARE INJURED OR RECOVER YOUR REMAINS IF YOU DO NOT SURVIVE.” Double yikes!
• How do Brooklynites know they’re facing a true state of emergency? When the kale is gone.
• Speaking of Brooklyn shitstorms, we would not like to be near the overflowing Gowanus Canal (one of the most polluted waterways in the nation) right now, no siree.
• You know all those great storm-tracking satellites we’ve got up in space that provide us with incredible data so that forecasters can predict the path of powerful storms days in advance and hopefully minimize destruction and the loss of human life? Yeah, we don’t want to pay for those anymore, so we’re at risk of losing them — just as the need for them is growing due to climate change.
• Here’s what the Times Square subway station, usually one of the busiest in the world, looks like when shut down and completely empty. Eerie.
• And here’s a brief history of total New York City subway shutdowns (hint: there are only two entries). And here’s what will happen if the subway tunnels flood.
• If you’ve still got access to Spotify, try out the New Yorker’s playlist of Sandy-themed songs.
• That deluded dad who wrote here on Friday hoping his son’s second Halloween in a row wouldn’t be ruined by extreme weather? Yeah, so much for that. Poor sap. (On the other hand, if you’re looking for a distraction from Sandy, here are cool eco-themed costume ideas!)

Good luck and stay safe, dear readers.

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Installment of ‘Today OnEarth’ to Freak Out About Snor’eastercane Sandy

peterfeld:

Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery, via @samir

ETA: This is actually a photo from last month.

Sandy’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 90 mph. In a few hours (6-10 p.m. EST) Sandy is expected to make landfall around Atlantic City, N.J., as a Category 1 hurricane.

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nighswander:

Flooding in Red Hook, Brooklyn this morning.