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We're Cranking Up Our FrankenStorm Factory Again: The 2013 Hurricane Season Is Going to Be Hell
NOAA's annual forecast is out, and the summer's going to be stormy.
Humans Built a Frankenstorm Factory, and Now We've Got to Live in It
A freak occurrence, two storm systems colliding, has thrown the East Cost into turmoil. The term “Franken-X” is now routinely deployed to denote anything that has been stitched together from a foreboding amalgam of parts. But this time the term rings...
There Are 26 Nuclear Power Plants in Hurricane Sandy's Path
If it knocks out power to any of the power plants that lie directly in its path, the frankenstorm of the century will ruin Tuesday, too. Heck, a nuclear meltdown would probably screw up the entire week.
Awaiting Hurricane Sandy in 10 GIFs
I eventually had to go up to the roof to capture some GIFable images of the coming storm.
Humans Built a Frankenstorm Factory, and Now We've Got to Live in It
Last year, for the first time, I found myself purchasing a stock of non-perishable foods, assembling a "go-bag," and taping up the windows of my Brooklyn apartment. All, of course, in preparation of a hurricane that looked like it was going to smash...