Blog Stats
- 51,232 hits
Subscribe
Topics
1821 beach Brooklyn climate change cold Coney CSO estuary evacuation flooding forecast Frankenstorm global warming harbor Hudson River hurricane Irene island Jamaica Bay landfall long island Long Island Sound Manhattan new jersey New York City plume pollution predicted restoration Rockaway Sandy sea breeze sea level rise sewage spring tide storm storm surge storm tide tide tropical urban water wave wetland wind
Tag Archives: sea level
Sandy We’re in Misery: Storm Recap
Now that Sandy has moved on, and some of us are lucky enough to have power and be getting back to “normal life”, I’m finally writing to recap what happened with the coastal flooding and how the forecasts compared to … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged Battery, elevation, evaluation, flood, forecast, Frankenstorm, hurricane, Kings Point, New York City, NYHOPS, P-Surge, Sandy, sea level, SSWS, Stony Brook, storm surge, storm tide, superstorm, tropical
2 Comments
What Height to Expect from this Evening’s Deluge
We are looking at a coastal flood around New York City region tonight that is nearly certain to be record-breaking. The morning flood at The Battery and other nearby locations was close to the flood elevation of Irene, and only … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged datum, evacuation, forecast, Frankenstorm, gale, hurricane, long island, Long Island Sound, MSL, new jersey, New York City, Newark, predicted, Sandy, sea level, seawall, storm surge, storm tide, tide, water elevation, wind
Leave a comment
Blowing out the Ocean’s Waters
A fellow blogger over at Spoonbeams read my post on king tides and beachcoming and asked what caused this Sunday’s extreme low tide in the Hudson way up near Germantown, which was baring previously unseen underwater obstacles. Here’s a plot … Continue reading
