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Monday, February 18, 2013

Watch: Superstorm 2012: Tracking Hurricane Sandy's Path | Synopsis

Watch: Superstorm 2012: Tracking Hurricane Sandy's Path

90Q: A Curious Short-Lived "Tropical" Cyclone in the Southern Atlantic by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License

Excerpt:

Superstorm 2012: Tracking Hurricane Sandy's Path | Video - ABC News Hot Topics: Hurricane Sandy •Hurricane Tracker • HMS Bounty Home U.S. World Politics Video Investigative Health Entertainment Money Tech Travel Most Popular VideoHurricane Sandy: A Once-in-a-Generation Storm Hurricane Sandy Updates - ABC News Live... Hurricane Sandy Storm Surge to Cause Flooding Hurricane Sandy: Cruise Ships in the Storm Hurricane Sandy Closes Entire Cities WATCH VIDEO: Caught on Tape » Hurricane Sandy Swallows Beachside...

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Michael Bloomberg

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.0925752

Jimmy Kimmel

Overall Sentiment: 0.17561

Relevance: 0.0862769

Brian Ross

Overall Sentiment: -0.0149083

Relevance: 0.0785242

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Lara Spencer

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.0758852

Sentiment	Quote
0	Lara Spencer explains what has people buzzing on the "GMA" ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0 Mean: 0 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

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George Stephanopoulos

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.0730065

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Diane Sawyer

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.0726081

President Obama

Overall Sentiment: -0.1792

Relevance: 0.0696671

Ginger Zee

Overall Sentiment: 0.163072

Relevance: 0.0696082

Dr. Janet Taylor

Overall Sentiment: -0.200422

Relevance: 0.0680867

Robert Parker

Overall Sentiment: 0.134217

Relevance: 0.0680768

Dr. Besser

Overall Sentiment: 0.234583

Relevance: 0.0662515

Matt Gutman

Overall Sentiment: -0.253601

Relevance: 0.0658882

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Sandy

Overall Sentiment: 0.144585

Relevance: 0.881059

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

FCC Seeks Ways to Secure Communications in Storms | Reduction

FCC Seeks Ways to Secure Communications in Storms

Woman talking on cellphone by WarmSleepy
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License

Excerpt:

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced a series of hearings nationwide to try to find ways to avoid widespread loss of communications among first-responders, emergency managers and the general public in disasters like Superstorm Sandy. "This unprecedented storm has revealed new challenges that will require a national dialogue around ideas and actions to ensure the resilience of communications networks," said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. "As our thoughts and sympathies remain with those who have suffered loss and damage as a result of Superstorm Sandy, I urge all stakeholders to engage constructively in the period ahead," the chairman said. The hearings will begin early next year and will include ways to keep cellphone towers operating after storm damage and power losses. One in four consumers in areas hit hard by Sandy lost service because of the storm.

Concepts:

People:

Sandy

Overall Sentiment: -0.33419

Relevance: 0.810752

Chairman Julius Genachowski

Overall Sentiment: 0.0664958

Relevance: 0.7336

Schumer

Overall Sentiment: 0.0585224

Relevance: 0.568205

Sentiment	Quote
0.137356	"Mobile communication has become an essential part of our lives, and increasing its reliability must be a top priority," Schumer said ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.137356 Mean: 0.137356 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Disambiguation: Politician | SenatorReferences:

Sen. Charles, D-N.Y.

Overall Sentiment: 0.129065

Relevance: 0.234326

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Organization: Federal Communications Commission

Overall Sentiment: 0.106701

Relevance: 0.757581

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Organization: FCC

Overall Sentiment: -0.256475

Relevance: 0.310391

City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.301453

FieldTerminology: communications networks

Overall Sentiment: 0.16389

Relevance: 0.556206

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Protection From The Sea Is Possible, But Expensive | Synopsis

Protection From The Sea Is Possible, But Expensive

New York City, 1967 by gbaku
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License

Excerpt:

While New York City and other places along the Northeast coast are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, they're also looking ahead to how they can prevent flooding in the future, when sea level rise will make the problem worse. They may be able to take some lessons from coastal Norfolk, Va. , which is far ahead of most cities when it comes to flood protection. Just about everybody in Norfolk has a flood story. It's part of living in this low-lying port at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Donna Woodward's story is about how she gets to her job at the local public radio station when storm winds are pushing water toward the city. "I have actually bought full-body hip waders because Hampton Boulevard, which is the main artery that runs past our house, is always hip deep in water whenever it's like that," says Woodward.

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People:

Donna Woodward

Overall Sentiment: 0.140985

Relevance: 0.915955

Sentiment	Quote
0.0457068	"I have actually bought full-body hip waders because Hampton Boulevard, which is the main artery that runs past our house, is always hip deep in water whenever it's like that," says Woodward.
0.226376	"Our neighborhood, for instance, they spent some good money to elevate our street 18 inches," she says. ...
0.147567	"Our neighborhood, for instance, they spent some good money to elevate our street 18 inches," she says. "And ever since they've done that, honestly, we have seen, you know, like 4-foot, 3-foot tides that normally would have blocked off our street. No problem."
0.184112	"I love this house. I love Norfolk. I love living here," Woodward says. ...
-0.0193376	"I love this house. I love Norfolk. I love living here," Woodward says. "But it's incredibly stressful to know that this house either is going to have to be elevated or I'm going to lose it eventually."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 5 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.5844242 Mean: 0.11688484 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Paul Fraim

Overall Sentiment: 0.133315

Relevance: 0.521327

Sentiment	Quote
-0.124908	"The city is slowly sinking into the Chesapeake Bay, and at the same time the sea level is rising," Fraim says. ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.124908 Mean: -0.124908 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

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Tom McNeilan

Overall Sentiment: 0.106737

Relevance: 0.494946

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0885738	"The Hague is like many areas — you've got a little encapsulated basin with a small outlet. It provides an opportunity to create a barrier with a gate, so that you can close the gate, close the barrier when you have the tidal surge," says Tom McNeilan ...
0.0276485	"The Hague is like many areas — you've got a little encapsulated basin with a small outlet. It provides an opportunity to create a barrier with a gate, so that you can close the gate, close the barrier when you have the tidal surge," says Tom McNeilan of Fugro Atlantic. "It's not a trivial expenditure. You're talking tens of millions of dollars for that particular project."
0.0437071	"I think you could look at a picture of downtown Norfolk today looking over the flood wall and ask yourself: Would all that development have occurred without the flood wall? And I think the answer to that clearly is no," says McNeilan.
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 3 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0172182 Mean: -0.0057394 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Superstorm Sandy

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.346802

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: 0.258803

Relevance: 0.864347

Disambiguation: PoliticalDistrict | GovernmentalJurisdiction | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | WineRegion | FilmScreeningVenueReferences:

City: Norfolk

Overall Sentiment: 0.170676

Relevance: 0.829324

Disambiguation: AdministrativeDivision | USCountyReferences:

GeographicFeature: Chesapeake Bay

Overall Sentiment: -0.27055

Relevance: 0.437505

StateOrCounty: Norfolk

Overall Sentiment: 0.0915041

Relevance: 0.432958

StateOrCounty: Va.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.341173

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: New Jersey

Overall Sentiment: 0.286124

Relevance: 0.318049

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StateOrCounty: North Carolina

Overall Sentiment: 0.0128256

Relevance: 0.309611

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

Country: U.S.

Overall Sentiment: 0.0254886

Relevance: 0.309153

Disambiguation: Location | Region | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | FilmEditorReferences:

Company: Fugro

Overall Sentiment: 0.0891969

Relevance: 0.489424

Disambiguation: References:

Company: Fugro Atlantic

Overall Sentiment: 0.0326629

Relevance: 0.476768

Organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Overall Sentiment: 0.267717

Relevance: 0.359103

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Frustration Mounts Over Lingering Power Outages | Essentials

Frustration Mounts Over Lingering Power Outages

Coca-Cola hybrid electric truck in New York City by cokestories
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License

Excerpt:

Vincent Pina finally saw a couple of utility trucks coming down his street Thursday and started to wave in anticipation. But they just cruised past his house and kept on going. He hung his head in resignation. "The thing that gets me the most is that there is no flood damage. I don't have any branches down. I have no wires down," said the Long Islander, who put a hand-painted sign out front that read: "Still No Power." So why, he wondered, was it taking so long to get electricity? A week and a half after Superstorm Sandy slammed the coast and inflicted tens of billions of dollars in damage, hundreds of thousands of customers in New York and New Jersey are still waiting for the electricity to come back on, and lots of cold and tired people are losing patience.

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Vincent Pina

Overall Sentiment: -0.136011

Relevance: 0.513168

Sandy

Overall Sentiment: -0.221542

Relevance: 0.462891

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Overall Sentiment: -0.112593

Relevance: 0.45979

Disambiguation: Politician | OfficeHolder | TVActorReferences:

John Monticello

Overall Sentiment: 0.0695342

Relevance: 0.303637

Sentiment	Quote
-0.329006	"We lost power last week, just got it back for a day or two, and now we lost it again," said John Monticello ...
-0.278632	"We lost power last week, just got it back for a day or two, and now we lost it again," said John Monticello of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. "Every day it's the same now: Turn on the gas burner for heat. Instant coffee. Use the iPad to find out what's going on in the rest of the world."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.607638 Mean: -0.303819 Standard Deviation: 0

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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StateOrCounty: New Jersey

Overall Sentiment: 0.0687837

Relevance: 0.930032

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: New York State

Overall Sentiment: -0.100974

Relevance: 0.464686

City: New York City

Overall Sentiment: -0.0217209

Relevance: 0.89124

Disambiguation: PoliticalDistrict | GovernmentalJurisdiction | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | WineRegion | FilmScreeningVenueReferences:

City: New York

Overall Sentiment: -0.469366

Relevance: 0.497554

City: New Orleans

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.399545

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Country: U.S.

Overall Sentiment: -0.125632

Relevance: 0.333419

Disambiguation: Location | Region | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | FilmEditorReferences:

GeographicFeature: Long Island

Overall Sentiment: 0.22364

Relevance: 0.332896

Disambiguation: Location | Island | CityTownReferences:

NaturalDisaster: Hurricane Katrina

Overall Sentiment: 0.144133

Relevance: 0.320495

Disambiguation: TropicalCycloneReferences:

Organization: Energy Department

Overall Sentiment: -0.16831

Relevance: 0.332479

Disambiguation: AwardPresentingOrganization | GovernmentAgency | GovernmentalBodyReferences:

Organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Overall Sentiment: 0.0771345

Relevance: 0.304403

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Superstorm now ashore, its work is far from done | Essentials

Superstorm now ashore, its work is far from done

Me, New York City roofs, skyscrapers by wbaiv
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License

Excerpt:

After lashing coastal cities and inundating parts of New York City with 13 feet of water, the core of the hybrid storm is beginning a long slog across Pennsylvania and upstate New York, with its effects spreading as far west as Wisconsin and Illinois. The big storm, which has caused wind warnings from Chicago to Maine and Canada to Florida, will continue to be a problem for a couple more days with heavy rainfall, snow and local flooding. "This is going to be an event that for a period of time is going to alter the way we do things," Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday, warning residents of his state they would not escape with just a glancing blow.

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Daniel Brown

Overall Sentiment: -0.12157

Relevance: 0.692176

Disambiguation: Athlete | BasketballPlayerReferences:

Gov. Tom Corbett

Overall Sentiment: -0.11004

Relevance: 0.384145

Sentiment	Quote
0	"This is going to be an event that for a period of time is going to alter the way we do things," Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0 Mean: 0 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Disambiguation: PoliticianReferences:

Seth Borenstein

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.336654

Hill

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.331627

Disambiguation: References:

William Hill: dbpedia

Sandy

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.327069

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: National Weather Service

Overall Sentiment: -0.0803892

Relevance: 0.371791

Disambiguation: GovernmentAgencyReferences:

Organization: National Hurricane Center

Overall Sentiment: -0.0208943

Relevance: 0.358542

City: New York

Overall Sentiment: -0.11004

Relevance: 0.421362

City: Chicago

Overall Sentiment: -0.0393454

Relevance: 0.481947

Disambiguation: References:

City: Pleasant Prairie

Overall Sentiment: -0.0510633

Relevance: 0.365539

Disambiguation: References:

City: Philadelphia

Overall Sentiment: 0.0108452

Relevance: 0.332323

Disambiguation: AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | OlympicBiddingCity | PlaceWithNeighborhoods | AirportOperatorReferences:

City: Albany

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.325177

Disambiguation: GovernmentalJurisdiction | PlaceWithNeighborhoodsReferences:

City: Washington

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.313825

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StateOrCounty: Pennsylvania

Overall Sentiment: 0.074584

Relevance: 0.614817

StateOrCounty: Wisconsin

Overall Sentiment: 0.201822

Relevance: 0.437965

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: Maine

Overall Sentiment: -0.0542372

Relevance: 0.369933

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: Wayne County

Overall Sentiment: -0.0320829

Relevance: 0.343069

StateOrCounty: Illinois

Overall Sentiment: 0.0243604

Relevance: 0.338586

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USStateReferences:

StateOrCounty: Florida

Overall Sentiment: -0.0888718

Relevance: 0.335663

StateOrCounty: N.Y.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.304921

GeographicFeature: Lake Michigan

Overall Sentiment: -0.134728

Relevance: 0.369818

Disambiguation: Location | BodyOfWater | LakeReferences:

GeographicFeature: Lake Ontario

Overall Sentiment: -0.107481

Relevance: 0.333492

Disambiguation: Location | BodyOfWater | LakeReferences:

Country: Canada

Overall Sentiment: -0.0711629

Relevance: 0.34662

Region: mid-Atlantic

Overall Sentiment: 0.118935

Relevance: 0.342706

PrintMedia: AP

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.318384

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