Hurricane Sandy continued to dominate the Dish today, as Tomasky defended FEMA, Serena Dai assessed Sandy's cost and Ambinder reviewed local and federal relief efforts. Then as Governor Christie hailed Obama, Bill McKibben discussed Obama's record on the environment and lamented the flooding of the subway.
Mark Perry then took Christie to task on price gouging, Kent Sepkowitz worried about water supply and Chait supported politicization of Sandy. Bloomberg summed up the toll on NYC, Cuomo spoke truth about weather patterns and Nate Cohn praised meteorologists' forecasts. While Friedersdorf saw no reason to endanger reporters, Walter Russell Mead meditated on the storm. And after fires raged in the Rockaways, firefighters used a boat to make rescues.
Lydia Callis then signed the hurricane, Ingrid Norton reflected on Katrina and Isaac, and amateur photography thrived via Instagram. The inbox grew quiet due to power outages, rats survived and Brownie chided Obama unironically. A Twitter user then misled, Christopher Mims stressed the climate-change factor was unclear, and as Jeff Masters sized up Sandy, New Orleans advised New York. VFYW here and FOTD here.
In election news, Kornacki believed Sandy disadvantaged Romney, anti-marriage equality forces duplicated ads and Sasha Issenberg claimed use of voter data and analytics were mismatched. And in global news, war with Iran became more likely and Philip Gourevitch pondered the constant Sandy-attack under which Syrians live. Empty NYC here and VFYW contest-winner here.
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