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A house parked on top of a truck on the beach.

Rockaway, Queens.
November 6th, 2012.

A kitchen in Rockaway.

November 6th, 2012.

FEMA visits a home in Broad Channel, Queens.

November 6th, 2012.

I shot this eight days after the storm. This has been the only FEMA presence I’ve seen. They pulled out for inclement weather before the second storm hit. The Nor’easter Athena brought several inches of snow, and threatened to re-flood already compromised areas.

Santa crying on the porch.

Rockaway, Queens.
November 6th, 2012.

Beachfront Rockaway house which wears a wry face.

Rockaway, Queens.

November 6th, 2012.

Kyle and Colin found a neighbor’s golf clubs in a trash pile. At dusk, they returned some debris to the ocean.

Rockaway, Queens.
November 6th, 2012.

sandykatrina:

A simple note from Clayton says a lot:

This is the message I learned, and one I had tattooed on my flesh while NYC was still dark from Sandy.

Photo courtesy of Clayton - he is a native of New Orleans now a photographer based in Brooklyn.  You can see his beautiful work covering the gut wrenching damage of Katrina  here.

(via theremina)

The Red Cross had not yet opened the three temporary mobile kitchens that it announced on Thursday would be set up on Staten Island, in Riis Park in the Rockaways, and at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, the agency confirmed. The kitchens, which can produce 10,000 meals a day, would begin operating by Saturday, it said.

The organization’s response to Hurricane Sandy came under fire from public officials and volunteers, beginning with a televised tirade on Thursday by James P. Molinaro, the Staten Island borough president; he called the agency’s apparent absence from the relief effort an “absolute disgrace” and called on residents to stop donating money to the Red Cross.

Mr. Molinaro described visiting a shelter and seeing people arriving barefoot.

“They were in desperate need,” he said. “Their housing was destroyed. They were crying. Where was the Red Cross? Isn’t that their function?”

[NY Times]

When it comes to feeding locals in need, trust C Squat or #OccupySandy efforts. I know, the donations aren’t as tax deductible, but they get to people who need help.