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• The good news: Insurers "flush with cash" in otherwise quiet hurricane season. The bad news: Floods in your home may not be covered.  (Wall St Journal)
• Could a harbor full of oysters have prevented the flooding? (NY Times)
• The real reason why developers don't disaster-proof: "You are basically selling a downer, and no one wants a downer." (Gotham Gazette)
• Power is still out in Manhattan below W. 34th Street; restoring it could take days (Village Voice)
• ConEd breaks down the outages by borough here, saying they're triple the size of anything seen here before (ConEd)
• In case you're wondering why you haven't heard from grandpa lately, maybe you'd better check ConEd's blackout map (ConEd)
• There's no timetable for restoring mass transit yet (NY Times)
• The flooding in Greenpoint may be especially hazardous to your health, plus it's gross (Greenpointers.com)
• Apartment building facade collapses on W.14th Street (Business Insider)
• ....and here's a video of the front of that building sliding right off (YouTube)
• Crane collapse at midtown trophy condo triggers evacuation of hundreds of neighbors (NY Times)
• More Zone A'ers evacuated this year than last; but evacuation centers only at 4% capacity (Crains via CurbedNY)
• Department of Silver Linings:  Here's how to score a job cleaning up after Sandy (Craigslist)

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