But while the storm pushed tenants and the authority to work together, Hurricane Sandy exacerbated anger over longstanding problems.
The confusion surrounding the announcement of a "lawful killing" from Mark Duggan's inquest has only served to exacerbate the anger and exasperation already present in many communities.
"These forces often operate with little or no accountability and exacerbate the anger and resentment felt by communities," the Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan wrote in its report on protection of civilians for 2009.
As the insatiable greed of corrupt officials and unfair economic practices further exacerbate public anger and hatred, a large-scale crisis, set off by events like an economic meltdown or a protest by peasants or migrant workers, could occur.
This seemed to exacerbate his anger, but thankfully he was diverted from giving me another tongue-lashing by a strident female motorist complaining about the lack of toilet paper in the ladies.
The publication of the list is likely to exacerbate Greeks' anger that their political leaders might have been reluctant to investigate the business elite, with whom they often have close ties, even as middle- and lower-class Greeks have struggled with higher taxes and increasingly ardent tax collectors.
Media figures have a responsibility not to exacerbate that anger -- even if they are pundits, even if they are conservatives, even if they want Obama to fail.
Moreover, cutting off aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the Palestinian Authority, would spell great harm for and perhaps even the end of the latter, and would exacerbate Palestinian anger against the United States.
The replays of Roger Clemens hurling a bat past Mike Piazza in Game 2 of the Subway Series exacerbated the anger and frustration of the Mets yesterday, as some of them spoke of the Yankees' pitcher with a derision barely contained.
Labour MP David Lammy has accused the Sun of exacerbating community anger over a fatal police shooting in Wood Green by describing the victim as a "gangster" after the police confirmed he was not a member of a gang.
