Sandy has been pounding the eastern seaboard of the USA for a while now, and as I blog this it is continuing to approach New Jersey and Atlantic City.
Here's a few websites and resources which you might want to look at.
Remember the timing when teaching hurricanes - you need to teach them between April and October because they don't last into November... oh no, wait hang on...
Also, check the Guardian's page for a useful list of resources.
Kudos to David Drake for creating a Storify, with plenty of stories of the storm.
Google has produced a useful CRISIS map showing a range of information in the form of various layers, and there is a similar map on the Guardian World site.
Thanks to George Dailey for the tipoff to the NOAA image.
Thanks to Richard Treves for the lead to a very useful BBC page showing the comparative scale of the storm.
There's a million tweets and more on Twitter of course, with various hashtags....
Also, there's a useful reminder of the importance of checking that your information is
And finally, there's this list.
It's worth remembering that it has already been through the Caribbean, including a trip near Haiti, which caused devastating flooding to compound earlier problems.
There's plenty more of course, but here's some as a starter...
Here's a few websites and resources which you might want to look at.
Remember the timing when teaching hurricanes - you need to teach them between April and October because they don't last into November... oh no, wait hang on...
Also, check the Guardian's page for a useful list of resources.
Kudos to David Drake for creating a Storify, with plenty of stories of the storm.
Google has produced a useful CRISIS map showing a range of information in the form of various layers, and there is a similar map on the Guardian World site.
Thanks to George Dailey for the tipoff to the NOAA image.
Thanks to Richard Treves for the lead to a very useful BBC page showing the comparative scale of the storm.
There's a million tweets and more on Twitter of course, with various hashtags....
Also, there's a useful reminder of the importance of checking that your information is
And finally, there's this list.
It's worth remembering that it has already been through the Caribbean, including a trip near Haiti, which caused devastating flooding to compound earlier problems.
There's plenty more of course, but here's some as a starter...
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