Thus The New York Times today. “The collective spirit that prevailed in the first days after Hurricane Sandy gave way to angry complaints of unequal treatment,” elaborates the newspaper. Indeed, this storm will be at the focus of social studies for quite a while. How do humans behave under adversity? Cooperation versus competition. Or even conflict. Now that about a half of humans live in urban areas, they depend on ever more complex social organization to stay alive. It is different in rural areas, where much depends on the individual, the family, and the neighbors. New York will offer yet another lesson on what to expect from climate change. As such, climate change is neither here nor there. It is the social context that brings it to the fore. Returning to New York, one can only hope that all the firearms that lay around do not come into play in a major way.