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Boston Grapples With The Threat Of Storms And Rising Water
by Christopher Joyce

Pictures of interest ….
Athena—the season’s first major winter storm—is just beginning to hit New York City. This is bad news—the situation is still pretty rough for many residents. Hurricane Sandy really wreaked havoc in the city; here’s a collection of the most astounding before and after comparisons.

“All these fearmongers that are saying we shouldn’t build here, we shouldn’t build there, the water is coming up. To me, it’s Chicken Little,” said Mullican. “We can build timeless buildings and deal with what comes.”
After Hurricane Ike battered Galveston in 2008, storm-carried debris littered areas near imposing beach homes.