People everywhere were stunned to read and see the effects of Hurricane Sandy on the Connecticut shoreline, New York and New Jersey. With the devastation occurring in an area so close to my home, I had the opportunity to donate time and energy as well as make a financial donation. On November 17, I joined…
As a born and raised New Yorker I've always deeply identified with the City. As an accidental environmental activist and broadcaster I always fear for our planet and all her inhabitants. Twenty years ago I helped to promote The World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, a paper that told us "No more than one or a…
Nov 29th I embarked on my adventure to the East Coast to volunteer for victims of the storm called Sandy that was devastating to this part of our country! I sat in the dark for 3 days in Lorain, Ohio back in October, 2012—believe it or not—as a result of the very same storm that…
During the storm I stayed with my two sons. One is 22 and he spent his time with friends outside, and the other is 36 and autistic. He stayed in the house that entire period of time, except once to get money with me at the bank. As for me, I stayed and walked 17…
I had just gotten on to my bunk bed, pulled up my blanket up to my head. Too frightened to sleep, I carefully pulled the covers off me and looked out the window. I saw the floating water, rising. I froze. I was too scared to speak/sleep. I sat down. Shivering, I got down from…
We first met Turner in the People’s Pantry, a community relief center in Toms River, New Jersey. Housed in a cavernous 20,000 square-foot storefront in a suburban shopping plaza on Fischer Boulevard, the Pantry has become a permanent fixture of the community. Like many other middle-class residents in limbo, Turner first came to the Pantry…
My brother-in-law, Thomas Perone, runs a company in Brooklyn he's spent the last few years building up from nothing. In the storm last week, he lost his kitchen and everything in it, when Red Hook was flooded. His business was totally wiped out. Since then, he's been using borrowed supplies, neighbors' kitchens, and donated food…
