New York’s Alphabet City, Wednesday (Photo: Sean McPhillips, Salon).
Further downtown, bucket brigades carry diesel fuel up to a 17th floor generator to keep a data center online:
“After Sandy Knocks Out Power, Rescue Keeps Data Center Alive,” Gerry Smith, Huffington Post
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November 2, 2012 at 1:03 am
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