Hurricane Irene: New York City Live-Blog

With Hurricane Irene barreling toward new York City, I’ve decided to stay behind in my Manhattan Financial District apartment — located smack-dab in the middle of “Evacuation Zone A.” Keep refreshing this page as I live-blog the storm from my perch above lower Manhattan providing either the first pictures of Hurricane Irene new York City …

Best apps for tracking Hurricane Irene

If you’re in the path of Hurricane Irene and you haven’t gone through the App Store already looking for the best sources of info on the storm, there are others who have done it for you. Information Week, Appolicious, and MSNBC’s Technolog have all made lists of apps for various flavors of smartphones. Virtually all …