The story of Hurricane Sandy is largely being told through photos, in part thanks to Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app bought by Facebook this year.
More than 244,000 photos have been posted to Instagram with the hashtag #sandy, according to app founder Kevin Systrom. More than 144,000 more have been posted under #hurricanesandy and another 23,000 photos under #frankenstorm.
"There are now 10 pictures per second being posted with the hashtag #sandy - most are images of people prepping for the storm and images of scenes outdoors," Systrom said in a statement that was posted to Poynter 
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     During Hurricane Katrina, a category three hurricane compared to Sandy a category one the images transmitted through the airwaves consisted of those presented by photojournalist yet the message seems quite different.