Hurricane Sandy has destroyed my neighborhood in Atlantic Beach, NY - located on the the south shore of Long Island. My home has been flooded with 4’ of water as the bay and the ocean came together. We have been without power or communication for over a week and will possibly remain in the dark and cold for at least a month. This is New York but Climate Change has no mercy no matter where you live.
50 people gathered in Brooklyn today to make a dot, then help with relief efforts throughout the city.
My sister a single mother of 3 girls, barely keeping her head above water, now has to worry about cutting up this beautiful tree that was in her front yard. We are so grateful it didn’t hit her roof.
Transit workers inspect completely flooded subway station on the A Line at Dyckman Street in upper Manhattan. They are reflected in the water which rises all the way up to the station platform.
NYC is a small dot in a big world… sandy left us flooded and in the dark
When we could finally take we our dog for a walk again my wife took this photo today five hours after the the Hurricane Sandy passed where it is usually high and dry along the Manumuskin Creek. To see this kind of flooding within easy walking distance of our home in Maurice River Township, NJ was unsettling. Just south of here the only road to Cape May, Rt. 47, was closed at Riggins Creek because of high water.
It is time our leaders started talking again about reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions. Save this wonderful planet.
Raymond Maher
Maurice River Township, NJ
We’ve never really had a problem with severe storms where I live in Long Island, but in the last 2 years we’ve had 2 evacuations as well as several hurricane and tornado warnings. My house has never flooded before, but Hurricane Sandy has put my entire backyard underwater, broke our dock, and flooded the streets high enough so that salt water is pouring into my parents cars through the doors into the interior as well as into the engine. I know one storm cannot be attributed to climate change, but the persistent extreme weather is a sign.Connect the dots!
Brown University students gathered in the storm with a climate dot. Rhode Island is experiencing flooding and high winds.
People of faith are connecting the dots, led by Fr. Al Merz from the Franciscan Peace Center.
People of faith are connecting the dots, led by the Environmental Justice reflection group from St. Anne’s Church on Charlotte Ave.
