In late October of 2012 Hurricane Sandy hit the United States Atlantic coast devistating coastal communities. The storm had a disproportionate impact on low income and minority communities and exposed the vulnerabilities of these communities to climate change impacts even in a developed nation. In the aftermath of the storm many communities demanded new adaptation measures to protect the vulnerable from increased intensity and frequency of storms conneced to climate change. The storm also churned up long buried chemicals from industrial sites and lead to dangerous levels of several chemicals including phosphorus and arsenic in water sources as well as waste water overflow.