Who are in New York City on holiday now?

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Several feet of sand covers Tradewinds Lane after being deposited there by Hurricane Sandy in Sea Bright, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

A view of a football field littered with debris after water receded in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

 

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People walk by a destroyed section of the Rockaway boardwalk in the heavily damaged Rockaway section of Queens after the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy, on October 31, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City.

Men dispose of shopping carts full of food damaged by Hurricane Sandy at the Fairway supermarket in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn in New York, on October 31, 2012. The food was contaminated by flood waters that rose to approximately four feet in the store during the storm

 

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A pedestrian surveys fallen trees on top of parked cars in Queens, New York, on October 30, 2012.

Joseph Leader, Metropolitan Tranportation Authority Vice President and Chief Maintenance Officer, shines a flashlight on standing water inside the South Ferry 1 train station in New York, on October 31, 2012. The floodwaters that poured into New York's deepest subway tunnels may pose the biggest obstacle to the city's recovery from the worst natural disaster in the transit system's 108-year history.

 

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The remains of homes and businesses burned down during Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, still smoldering on October 31, 2012.

Burnt houses side-by-side with others that survived in Breezy Point, Queens, after it was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, on October 31, 2012.

 

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The remains of burned homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, with the Manhattan skyline in the distance after Superstorm Sandy, on October 31, 2012.

People embrace after looking through the wreckage of homes devastated by fire and the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, on October 31, 2012.

 

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Sorting the Real Sandy Photos From the Fakes


With Hurricane Sandy approaching the New York metro area, the nation's eyes are turning to its largest city. Photos of storms and flooding are popping up all over Twitter, and while many are real, some of them -- especially the really eye-popping ones -- are fake.

This post, which will be updated over the next couple of days, is an effort to sort the real from the unreal. It's a photograph verification service, you might say, or a pictorial investigation bureau. If you see a picture that looks fishy, send it to me at alexis.madrigal[at]gmail.com. If you like this sort of thing, you should also visit istwitterwrong.tumblr.com, which is just cataloging the fakes.

The fakes come in three varieties: 1) Real photos that were taken long ago, but that pranksters reintroduce as images of Sandy, 2) Photoshopped images that are straight up fake, and 3) The combination of the first two: old, Photoshopped pictures being trotted out again.

 

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An aerial photo shows the John B. Caddell, a 700-ton water tanker, grounded in New York, on October 31, 2012. The 167-foot tanker ran aground Monday night from the storm surge caused by Hurricane Sandy.

A runway at the Teterboro Airport is flooded in the wake of superstorm Sandy in New Jersey, on October 30, 2012.

 

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People affected by the power outages from Hurricane Sandy wait in a 2hr line at a gas station to purchase fuel for generators in Madison Park, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

A car from a kiddie ride from the Seaside Heights boardwalk lies half buried in the sand of Mantoloking, New Jersey, on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. The car was carried at least 8 miles by the ocean from the amusement pier that was destroyed in superstorm Sandy. Most of the multimillion-dollar homes along this old-money stretch of the Jersey shore were seriously damaged by pounding surf, wild wind and, in some cases, fire from ruptured gas lines.

 

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Damage to an amusement park left in the wake of superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

John Okeefe walks on the beach in front of a damaged rollercoaster that once sat on the Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

 

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Robert Bryce sets up a U.S. flag he pulled from rubble while walking on Route 35 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

Destroyed homes left in the wake of superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

 

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Floodwater from Superstorm Sandy is pumped into the ocean from the beach on October 31, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

Storm damage over the Atlantic Coast, seen from a helicopter behind Marine One with US President Barack Obama and Governor Christie as they view the hurricane damage in New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

 

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Smoking ruins, seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

A dog named Shaggy is handed from a National Guard truck to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner left a flooded building in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012. Some residents and pets are being plucked from their homes by large trucks as parts of the city are still covered in standing water.

 

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A man checks his car as oil-filled floodwaters continue to fill streets in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

People wait in line to purchase steaks while George Elizalde cooks the food on a grill in front of the Old Homestead Steakhouse in New York, on October 31, 2012. In lower Manhattan, some stores are open even though their power is still out. Others are busing essential employees to work.

 

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People visit the Karma Kafe, one of the few open businesses, which set up a sidewalk shop in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.

People examine the wreckage of a boat washed ashore in Great Kills, Staten Island, following Hurricane Sandy in New York, on October 31, 2012. The boats settled on Mansion Avenue after the storm surge from the hurricane saw waters rise waters 15 feet in the area.

 

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People gather around a campfire to keep warm in the lower east side in New York, on October 31, 2012.

People charge their cell phones at a generator supplied by a local theatre troupe in New York's Lower East Village in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, on October 31, 2012. The theatre set up a generator, power cords and a table for the community to charge their phones.

 

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A man looks at a damaged house in Seagate Association, a gated community, after Hurricane Sandy in New York, on October 30, 2012.

A view shows boats piled next to a house, where they were washed ashore during Hurricane Sandy, near Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.