BREAKING: US economy adds 146,000 jobs in November
The U.S. economy added a solid 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest since December 2008. The government said Superstorm Sandy had only a minimal effect on the figures.
AP reports:Hiring remained steady during the storm and in the face of looming tax increases. But the government said employers added 49,000 fewer jobs in October and September than initially estimated. And the unemployment rate fell from 7.9 percent in October mostly because more people stopped looking for work and weren’t counted as unemployed.
Photo: A man walks past destroyed homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Queens borough of New York on Nov. 27, 2012. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
The good news: Things are improving. The better news: A tough month after Sandy didn’t crimp the improvement.
wnyc:
The subway comes back, in GIF.
Since Sandy left town, we’ve been downloading MTA subway-recovery maps to feed WNYC’s Changing Trains map. Our Steve Melendez put them together in a time-lapse GIF. Click through to the full-size image.
Great graphic — one that shows the speed of the recovery.
Meet Instacane: Some of it’s silly, some of it’s more serious — but all of it is related to Hurricane Sandy. Here’s how Instagram users are weathering the storm.
Apocalyptic photos from the MTA.
I mean, you can almost see the telepathic mutants.
Let’s hope these scenes remain this pristine, and there isn’t any flooding.
Hurricane Sandy continues to propagate northward, seen here using GOES-East infrared satellite.
Crazy stuff.
wnyc:
Embeddable Resources from WNYC ahead of Hurricane Sandy:
SANDY TRACKER
http://wny.cc/sandy-tracker
STORM-SURGE FLOOD ZONES (NY & NJ)
http://wny.cc/storm-surge
NYC EVACUATION ZONES (only NYC)
http://wny.cc/EvacZones
Disaster preparedness is a vital component of life for people living in high-risk weather areas these days – we implore everybody to stay calm, and prioritize their safety as Sandy approaches. It’s always the most important thing.
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Sandy Potential Impacts Norfolk to NYC, Boston
Depending on the path of Sandy, now brewing in the Caribbean, people along the East Coast during the week of Halloween could be looking a destructive storm or breathing a sigh of relief.
As of Wednesday morning, Sandy was just below hurricane strength with an increase in forward movement toward Jamaica.
Dear October: You’re not supposed to do this to us.
Another strong storm in a strong Pacific hurricane season: Currently a Category 3 storm, Jova could become a Category 4 relatively soon. It’s already the fifth major Pacific hurricane this season, and it’s one of three storms currently brewing along the Mexican coast. Either way, when it makes landfall, expect “torrential rain and coastal flooding.” Different models suggest that the storm could head a number of different directions — including a direct hit on Mexico. We’ll be keeping an eye on this one, folks. source
Tropical weather update: It’s early, but Hurricane Katia could prove to be quite a dangerous storm if it keeps on its current track toward Georgia and Florida. Meanwhile, Lee’s going to give Mississippi and Louisiana fits this weekend.
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