In “Hurricane Sandy: The AfterMap” you can drag the red line back and forth to explore storm damage through before and after imagery.
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Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction Mapped Out
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012Google Crisis Map for Hurricane Sandy
Posted by Content Coordinator on Monday, November 5th, 2012
This map displays information about current crises and events for which the Google Crisis Response team has collected geographic information. The data comes from a variety of sources, including official information sources and user-generated content. See the Layers list for additional details about each layer.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Hurricane Sandy Recovery: Assessing the Damage & Beginning To Rebuild
Posted by Content Coordinator on Monday, November 5th, 2012On New York City’s Staten Island: New Dorp Beach Residents Starting Over From Scratch Work On The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Continues In Rockaway, Queens, Resilient NY Residents Find Food And Clothing Beach Erosion in Ocean City, MD Assessing The Power Line Damage in Worcester, MA
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...New York: Mass Transit Agency Cameras Capture Damage from Sandy
Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) catalogs the damage left behind after Hurricane Sandy battered the eastern United States, leaving wind and flood damage throughout NYC’s metropolitan transit system. Flooding in Long Island Rail Road’s East River Tunnel Flooding in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Flooded subway station in Lower Manhattan
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...NYC: Before Sandy, Crews Prepare Penn Station for Storm Surge
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Late in the evening of October 28, 2012, LIRR crews erected a barrier to protect Penn Station from possible flooding from Hurricane Sandy. –mtainfo on YouTube
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Sandy Aftermath: Did Our Infrastructure Pass the Test?
Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012The worst is over from Hurricane Sandy, but now repairs and cleanup must begin. Take a look at the videos below to see how some of our infrastructure held up against Sandy.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Gold Hill, OR: Kane Creek Fix
Posted by Infra on Monday, October 29th, 2012Backhoes, dump trucks and other heavy construction equipment typically aren’t the machinery that comes to mind when you think of fish habitat restoration, but at Kane Creek, a Rogue River tributary near Gold Hill, these resources and more are clearing obstacles for the upstream migration of steelhead and other species. – OregonDOT on YouTube
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...PBS Newshour: Key to a Cool City? It’s in the Trees
Posted by Infra on Friday, October 26th, 2012Peter Calthorpe, urban designer and author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”, has worked on some of the biggest urban design projects in the United States over the last 20 years, in places including Portland, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and post-hurricane southern Louisiana. He said the best thing cities can do to keep cool is plant trees.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Global Gateways: International Aviation in Metropolitan America
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, October 26th, 2012
International air travel in and out of the United States more than doubled between 1990 and 2011. The growth in international passengers during the 21-year period was more than double the growth in domestic passengers and real GDP
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Norfolk, VA: South Norfolk Jordan Bridge Construction Animation
Posted by Infra on Thursday, October 25th, 2012Graphics provided by FIGG Bridge Builders. – VirginianPilot on YouTube
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