Hurricanes and New York: A Visual History

Over at the Scuttlefish, a visual history of hurricanes and the damage they've left in "Yankee cities."

"New York has been hit by hurricanes before, and it hasn't been pretty. One of the most looming issues is that the region is relatively flat–there's no buffer zone, so there's nothing stopping a 10-foot storm surge from inundating New York."

(thanks, Brian Lam)