It is amazing what a half-second image can do.

Outrage from such a quick image—after an event like Superstorm Sandy, which created hundreds of heart-wrenching stories—is easy to invoke.

Allstate overlooked an image of Sheila and Dominic Traina's Sandy-destroyed home used in a recent television commercial praising its agents' response following the late October massive storm. And it's a shame, because many agents throughout the Northeast deserve to be thanked for helping customers while they likely had their own problems. It seemed to be a nice gesture from Allstate.

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