Researchers battle storm's wrath

摘要

For Benjamin Bartelle, the first sign that Hurricane Sandy was no ordinary storm came when each of the lab's windows popped open, scattering papers across the floor. It was about 7.30 p.m. on 29 October, and Bartelle was on the fifth floor of the Skir-ball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, part of the New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. Outside, in exposed parts of the city, winds were gusting at up to 160 kilometres per hour as the storm made landfall.