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6 months after Sandy, thousands homeless in NY, NJ
Associated Press: The 9-year-old girl who got New Jersey’s tough-guy governor to shed a tear as he comforted her after her home was destroyed is bummed because she now lives far from her best friend and has nowhere to hang her One Direction posters. A New Jersey woman whose home was overtaken by mold still cries when she drives through the area. A New York City man whose home burned can’t wait to build a new one. Continue reading
Report: Extreme weather events more likely, more often
West Deptford Patch: On an interactive map of the United States that records the number of extreme weather events that have taken place over the last several years, New Jersey might as well be the black eye. Continue reading
Planning Lessons from Sandy: Climate Change a Reality, Adjustments Needed
Patch: Climate change is a reality, experts say. Following Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the Jersey Shore, property owners will have to make some tough decisions about how, and if, they should rebuild Continue reading
A Shared Determination to Rebuild and Restore the Jersey Shore
New York Times: John Schaad, 53 a longtime Jersey Shore resident, was staring out to the sea and looking shellshocked on the Boardwalk just across from what is known as the Sinatra House, where the sounds of big-band music waft into the air all summer long as an endless parade of people sashay by. “You know,” he said on Thursday, “used to be no one wanted to say they were from Jersey. Now everyone knows the Jersey Shore Continue reading
