1. A hosting company called Datagram thought it would be a good idea to put a data center in lower Manhattan.

 

Datagram is a building full of computers that never switch off. They host key portions of various websites, including Buzzfeed.com and Gawker.com, and possibly also Huffingtonpost.com and Bloomberg.com.

Datagram told Buzzfeed that its basement was flooded with five feet of water. Flooding at 33 Whitehall, where Datagram is located, is rare but, as Sandy proves, certainly not impossible.