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Category Archives: Hurricanes

Disaster Coverage Still Has Blind Spot for Low-Income Victims | FAIR

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Neil deMause

Days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, the national news media expressed collective alarm at the discovery that in modern America, many people shelter in place during storms for the simple reason that they can’t afford to … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Hurricanes, Income Inequality, Media Crit

As Sandy Relief Efforts Fade, Crisis Far From Over (City Limits)

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Neil deMause

On Neptune Avenue in Coney Island, the throngs that surrounded the Coney Island Gospel Assembly’s relief site in November have mostly dissipated. The mobile medical office—a gift from a pastor in Joplin, Missouri—remains in place, and a Red Cross truck … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Hurricane Sandy

Sandy and Climate (Extra!)

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Neil deMause

Hurricane Sandy may be remembered not only as the most powerful storm ever to strike the Eastern seaboard, but also as the moment when a large segment of the U.S. media first allowed itself to say the words “climate change” … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Climate Change, Hurricanes, Media Crit

Grassroots Groups Have Taken Over Sandy Relief (City Limits)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Neil deMause

As with so many roads in the outer boroughs of New York City right now, the drive into Gerritsen Beach, on one of the less fashionable fringes of coastal Brooklyn, abruptly changes once one hits the flood zone. Suddenly, traffic … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Hurricane Sandy

In Storm-Battered Coney, a Trickle of Relief Faces a Deluge of Damage (City Limits)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Neil deMause

Drive along the Brooklyn beachfront, and at first, things don’t look quite that bad. Massive trees have fallen along Ocean Parkway and in Asser Levy Park, crushing unsuspecting cars; power is still out to most of the peninsula, so cars … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Hurricane Sandy

Gustav Reporting: The Aftermath

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Neil deMause

So the reports by CNN’s Gary Tuchman of serious flooding in the Lower 9th Ward – as well as his later report that the police were telling anyone in the area that the levees there could “explode at any time” … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricanes, Media Crit

Lower 9th Ward Is Flooding

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Neil deMause

With Anderson Cooper momentarily off the air (he’s moving his satellite truck so it doesn’t blow over), CNN has turned to Gary Tuchman, who’s finally made it to the Lower 9th Ward. There, he reports, a “deluge of water” is … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricanes, Media Crit

Your Reporting Dollars At Work

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Neil deMause

Best unintentionally funny moment of the Gustav reporting so far: Anderson Cooper, standing in the official reporting zone of the French Quarter, assuring viewers that “You don’t see anyone on the streets here except police and emergency personnel – anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricanes, Media Crit

Gustav Targets French Quarter, Some Other Places

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Neil deMause

Flipping cable channels for the latest on Hurricane Gustav, I can’t help notice a striking similarity to the run-up to Hurricane Katrina three years ago: Every single news station is reporting from the French Quarter, or the adjacent downtown region. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricane Gustav, Media Crit
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