talkative videotex: One year ago today, much of New York City and the surrounding region was without power, its basement

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

One year ago today, much of New York City and the surrounding region was without power, its basement

One year ago today, much of New York City and the surrounding region was without power, its basements and transit tunnels flooded with seawater from the tidal surge and relentless rainfall of Hurricane Sandy, its suburbs caged in by fallen trees. Gawker's own Lower Manhattan servers were inundated and we were working on a bare-bones Tumblr to keep delivering the news. Here are some links to help remember where the city was last year, and to see how far we've come, twelve months after Sandy.