Sandy’s caused a dam to burst in New Jersey.
Details lacking.
Post some details
Yup. Especially because it seems like half the stories - even when accompanied by photos - have turned out not to be true. (Not that there isn’t a lot of damage, it’s just that idiots are reposting photos from disaster films and saying “omg look what the hurricane is doing!!1”)
Here’s a link saying a levee was topped in NJ.
I think you heard a mis-reporting of the levee break story.
Aaand…now I have Led Zeppelin in my head.
There are worse things.
You don’t say.
It seems to be this story, from Northern NJ:
Curiously, none of the stories popping up seem to come from NJ sources, like NJ.com or the Star-Ledger
This story from last November from NJ.com says they’re worried about that very levee’s integrity:
Aha! Here it is:
The early AM story said it was a dam.
Hmm. Well I’ll be damned.
Damn levees.
did Chris Christie lean on it?