Guardian: A massive storm blows in from the Atlantic, bringing the commercial capital of the western hemisphere to a complete standstill. Ferries stop running, trains are immobilized, and in several boroughs, fires rage out of control. "New York", a reporter at the New York Times marvels, is as "completely isolated from the rest of the world as if Manhattan Island was in the middle of the South Sea." Seeing their city utterly paralyzed by an act of nature, officials who tour the blacked-out neighborhoods immediately...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/02/sandy-subway-disaster-creates-historic-opportunity
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