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What we didn't learn from Superstorm Sandy
2013-10-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Many of our immediate responses to Hurricane Sandy were successful. Scientists accurately forecast the storm; authorities ordered the proper actions; many people heeded the orders; and there was a massive government response in the aftermath. What went most wrong, and continues to go wrong, is our handling of environmental risks in the long term. Even when the present has delivered an unprecedented shock, we still have trouble accepting that the future will bring new ones, unlike those before....
Sandy exposed flood insurance failure
2013-10-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Aljazeera: It has been one year since Superstorm Sandy pounded ashore near Atlantic City, N.J., bringing death, destruction and massive flooding from heavy rainfall and coastal storm surge. Recovery continues, but often slowly and painfully. What is clear is that climate change and existing patterns of coastal development are raising risks of harm from major storms along our coasts. In order to face these dangers in a more resilient way, we must rethink how and where we rebuild. Reforming our current flood...
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For Westport hedge fund, Sandy wasn't the "Big One"
2013-10-27 02:53:38| Energy - Topix.net
John Seo, co-founder and managing principal of Fermat Capital Management, a Westport, Conn.
For Westport hedge fund, Sandy wasn't the "Big One"
2013-10-26 22:55:38| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
John Seo, co-founder and managing principal of Fermat Capital Management, a Westport, Conn.
Superstorm Sandy: A Year Later, A Slow Recovery for Thousands
2013-10-26 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wunderground: A year after Superstorm Sandy catastrophically flooded hundreds of miles of eastern U.S. coastline, thousands of people are still trying to fix their soaked and surf-battered homes are being stymied by bureaucracy, insurance disputes and uncertainty over whether they can even afford to rebuild. Billions of dollars in federal aid appropriated months ago by Congress have yet to reach homeowners who need that money to move on. Many have found flood insurance checks weren't nearly enough to cover...
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