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Fri, 2012-11-09 21:05 — mdmcdonald
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March 23, 2006 - Final Report on New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency

Mon, 2013-01-21 22:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 

March 23, 2006 - Final Report on New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency (33 page .PDF file)
http://www.greatestchallenge.org/documents/hurricane_report.pdf

September 15, 2005 - Preliminary Report on New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency (20 page .PDF file)
http://www.monticellonys.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NYC-OEM-Brodsky-Hurricane-Evacuation-Report-2006-.pdf

“People would stop evacuating simply because they were unable to evacuate.”
-New York City Hurricane Evacuation Behavioral Analysis, April 2005

How the Coastline Became a Place to Put the Poor

Mon, 2012-12-03 00:00 — LuLu2012

City's Coastline

Photo by Meyer Liebowitz

nytimes.com - by Jonathan Mahler - December 3rd, 2012

In retrospect, after the storm, it looked like a perverse stroke of urban planning. Many of New York City’s most vulnerable people had been housed in its most vulnerable places: public housing projects along the water, in areas like the Rockaways, Coney Island, Red Hook and Alphabet City.

How is it possible that the same winding, 538-mile coastline that has recently been colonized by condominium developers chasing wealthy New Yorkers, themselves chasing waterfront views, had been, for decades, a catch basin for many of the city’s poorest residents? The answer is a combination of accident, grand vision and political expedience.

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NYC Rapid Repairs / NYC Restore / conEdison - Restoring Service

Sat, 2012-12-01 21:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Gary Vroegindewey

http://uwua1-2.org/

NYC Rapid Repairs is a program to make your home safe for return. The City is working with contractors to assess damage to your home from Hurricane Sandy and make the necessary repairs so that you and your family can have safe power and heat in your home. NYC Rapid Repairs is a program for property owners in the five boroughs. If you rent your home and there are unsafe conditions, call 311.

To be eligible for this program, your home must be deemed structurally safe by the NYC Department of Buildings as denoted by a Yellow or Green placard on your door, or no placard at all. You can still sign up for NYC Rapid Repairs if there is a Red placard on your door, but additional repairs will be necessary before your home is deemed structurally safe. If you have any questions about what you need to do to transition your home from a Red to a Yellow or Green placard, call 311.

NYC Rapid Repairs (page 1 of 5 .PDF pages)
http://uwua1-2.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CLICK-HERE-to-read-some-helpful-repairs-information.pdf

Long Island South Shore Hurricane Storm Surge Maps

Sun, 2012-11-25 18:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

              

Hurricane storm surge causes approximately 90% of all storm deaths and injuries and much of the damage, therefore it is important for residents of Long Island, New York to be aware of the areas that will be affected by the storm surge. The southern shore of Long Island is most vulnerable to storm surge inundation because hurricane landfall will first occur there and the low elevation will allow sea water to move well inland.

The height of maximum storm surge is a function of storm strength, location of eye landfall, tidal time of landfall, elevation, and speed of storm. The image below represents Long Island and the NY City metro region as they would be affected by storm surge from various strength hurricanes. The image is from the New York State Emergency Management Office GIS software that uses historical storm data and regional topography to estimate areas that would be inundated by water. (It should be noted that category 5 storm surges are not predicted because there is little probability of such storms and no historical data exists for reference.)

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