Breakneck Coastal Development Put Thousands In Sandy's Path

Monday, November 12, 2012 Breakneck Coastal Development Put Thousands In Sandy's Path By John Rudolf, Ben Hallman, Chris Kirkham, Saki Knafo and Matt Sledge On the night that Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, Vinny Baccale was in his Staten Island living room, plotting a last-minute escape and regretting not evacuating, when his kids shouted to him from another room. Their neighbor was outside, trying to start his car in the rising water. Hurricane Sandy Challenges Short-Term Thinking On Nation's Coasts Sandy's Hard Hit In Connecticut Highlights Utility Lapses The World's Next Top Oil Producer California To Officially Launch Cap-And-Trade System This Week King Coal Hasn't Abdicated Throne In Kentucky BLOG POSTS Damon Dahlen: Hurricane Sandy Photos: My Superstorm Retrospective Two weeks ago, I found myself in a little over three feet of rising water, fighting off the current's attempts to tug me under, all for a photo. Miyoko Sakashita: You Can Tune a Piano, But PLEASE Don't Tuna Fish The fate of Atlantic bluefin tuna -- one of the most incredible fish in the sea, but also one of the most imperiled -- is again up for a vote. Richard Schiffman: Obama's Mandate to Tackle Climate Change It is perhaps no coincidence that six of the critical swing states which President Obama won -- Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, New Mexico and Wisconsin -- all suffered an uptick of extreme weather events, within the past year. M. Sanjayan: A Tsunami of Suds The soapy surge was well over two stories high in places. It rose from the fast-flowing creek that runs below the road, whose waters were now a mounting froth spilling over the banks. A scene like this can't help but make you grateful for the Clean Water Act in the U.S. Patrick McGinnis: Fuerza Bicicleta: Urban Biking in Latin America With the advent of bike sharing programs in major metropolises such as Paris, London and Barcelona, every citizen of a city, whether that person owns a bike or not, is now a potential biker. As a result, bike safe and bike-centric urban programs have become highly relevant to a much larger audience.

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