As
Hurricane Sandy pummels the East Coast, people who still have power and
internet connections have taken to all forms of social media to show
the storm's effects and how they're coping. Mashable reported
earlier today that on Instagram "users are uploading 10 images per
second with the hashtag #Sandy alone." A number of photos have gone
viral today, but many of them are fake photos meant to dupe folks (you
can see the fakes here).
While some images have given a few moments of levity to an
otherwise instense and scary day, many more capture the horror that
millions are facing right now as the first reports of fatalities from
Sandy in the continental U.S. are begining to be reported. Below is a
collection, including some by brave AlterNet staffers in New York. We'll
continue to update this as the storm progresses.
This one is from AlterNet's Kristen Gwynne, taken in New York City by Houston St. of FDR Drive underwater.
This building in New York City on 8th Ave between 14th and
15th Streets show the entire front of the buildling blown off. The
photo is by @MegRobertson.
This one below is posted by @HobokenGirlBlog of lower Manhattan.
Instagram user nicksummers caught this picture of the lights out in the Village in NYC.
Things looks scary in Brooklyn as well. Here's a shot from
Instragram user doorsixteen of Plymouth St. and a flooded park in the
DUMBO neighborhood.
Here's one from earlier on Monday as the storm neared Virginia, posted to Flickr Creative Commons by doxella.
Further afield Instagram user factsoffishing posted this
picture with the caption, "Lake Erie is looking nasty now & #Sandy
is just getting started. Wave are predicted to be 22ft tonight."
More photos coming soon, here.
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