Imperfect Storms | John Michael Greer

June 26, 2013 (Archdruid Report) -- Last week’s post on the need to check our narratives against the evidence of history turned out to be rather more timely than I expected. Over the weekend, followi ...

Waters Off Northeast US Coast Unusually Warm, Says NOAA | Eoin O'Carroll

Sea surface temperatures on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf reached the highest recorded in 150 years, says an advisory issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A lobsterma ...

The Gift of the Snow Day | Deborah Goodwin

March 19, 2013 (Shapeshiftas.com) -- We heard starting about Saturday that maybe we were in for some snow. It seemed late. The sap was already running, we were in mud boots, and the car was caked in ...

The N.Y. Times Imagines Post-Sandy Looters | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. (Lesson: Don’t get used to the media love) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 12, 2012 "The revolution will not be objectively reported." - Richie Alexandro, "Meet Me at Zucco ...

Storm Threatens Sandy-Devastated Northeast With Chilling Rain | Brian K. Sullivan

A damaged boat sits outside a destroyed mobile home in the Paradise Park trailer park in Highlands, New Jersey, on Nov. 3, 2012. Photograph: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Nov. 5, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- A nor ...

Sandy’s Blackouts Leave 3.5 Million Customers Lacking Power | Mark Chediak, Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson

A fourth day of blackouts for about 3.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast taxed the patience of city and state officials concerned that utilities are moving too slowly to repair the ...

Occupy Wall Street Leading Massive, Volunteer-Powered Recovery Efforts in New York | The Troubadour

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Nov. 2, 2012 (Daily Kos) -- They are thousands-strong and growing: entering devastated neighborhoods yet to see outside help from established aid organizations. They are staff ...

The Tribes of New York: Back to the future? | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 31, 2012 “I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistak ...

Sandy gives Vermont a pass | Anne Galloway

Early Tuesday morning, near Wesford, Vt. Photo credit: Sara Klemm, Burlington Free Press Oct. 30, 2012 -- (Vt. Digger) -- Vermont Emergency Management officials are reporting no widespread damage fro ...

New York City floods as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. | Anna Louie Sussman and Michael Erman

The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it come ...

Sandy Strengthens as Hurricane Barrels Toward New Jersey | Esme E. Deprez and Brian K. Sullivan

Oct. 29, 2012 -- NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Sandy strengthened on its path toward New Jersey, where it is predicted to make landfall today while bringing a life-threatening storm surge as it w ...