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City Life

Charge Your Phones, Follow Sandy on Twitter (Even Without Twitter)

Philly Mag editors are tweeting Hurricane Sandy news via @phillymag and @thephillypost. Follow us for updates. If the power goes out, and you aren’t on […]

City Life

Seven Mile Times Publishes Real Hurricane Photos

We didn’t expect to spend our day debunking hurricane photo memes. Oh well. If you want a look at the real damage being done by […]

City Life

Hurricane Sandy Should Make PECO Ashamed of its Twitter Account

With the ominous Hurricane Sandy set to make landfall in the Philadelphia area, Twitter users might be looking to the Twitter account of PECO (aka […]

City Life

Storm Shelter Population Grows Quickly

Officials now say more that 230 Philadelphians have taken shelter at one of the city’s three emergency storm shelters, in advance of Hurricane Sandy. The […]

City Life

That Awesome Photo of Soldiers Standing Guard During the Storm? Also Fake, Sort Of.

We honestly don’t know what makes people try to take a dramatic event and make it more dramatic with faked or misleading photos, but: That […]

City Life

PECO’s “Army of Thousands” Ready to Battle Sandy Damage

The power may go down when Hurricane Sandy hits, but PECO is working to ensure service is restored quickly. In a press release, the company […]

Foobooz

Who Is Still #OpenInPHL AND Who Is Now #ClosedInPHL

Han Dynasty’s Dan Dan Noodles in Manayunk – Great the next day too We’re still tracking tweets of bars and restaurants that are indeed #OpeninPHL but as […]

City Life

President Obama Asks for Cooperation in Face of Storm

President Obama today asked Americans in the path of Hurricane Sandy to heed evacuation warnings, saying they could endanger emergency workers otherwise. “Please listen to what […]

City Life

Mayor Nutter Says Shelters Already Holding 150 People

Mayor Michael Nutter says he’s pleased with the pace of neighborhood evacuations in the face of Hurricane Sandy. Three city shelters are already filling with […]

Foobooz

Photo of the Avalon, NJ Wawa

A familiar location to many Jersey Shore goers. The water is almost up over the sand bags at the Avalon Wawa. – Seven Mile Times

City Life

Chris Christie Uses His Power of Belittling People to Save Lives

You didn’t think Chris Christie would just try to organize an evacuation of New Jersey’s most flood-prone areas during a dangerous storm, did you? Nope! […]

City Life

Sandy on Sandy

“Sandy is Really Blowing Hard.” This is just one of the headlines I’ve been receiving via email, text and Facebook today. And I guess it’s to […]

City Life

That Awesome Hurricane Sandy Photo of the Statue of Liberty? Fake.

If you’re like us, you’ve seen your friends passing around this photo of the Statue of Liberty as Hurricane Sandy approaches: Cool, right? One problem: […]

City Life

Hurricane Sandy Has Already Submerged Atlantic City

No, Hurricane Sandy hasn’t made landfall yet. Doesn’t matter. Atlantic City has already been thoroughly flooded—and will get even worse when high tide hits tonight. […]

Foobooz

Hurricane Cocktails For A Rainy Monday

So perhaps you’ve heard the news that we have a bit of rain headed our way… Hurricane Sandy is currently bearing down on Philly (and […]