Flooding Begins in Red Hook, Brooklyn

The Wall Street Journal's Metropolis blog is on the job:
In Red Hook, Waiting While the Water Rises

Carrie Melago for The Wall Street Journal

Valentino Pier in Red Hook.

As water started creeping into the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, some residents were still determine to stick out Hurricane Sandy.

“If you don’t have a sense of adventure, you shouldn’t be in Red Hook,” said Adam Slade, 49 years old, who was preparing his Van Brunt street home for the storm....MORE

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