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Search Results for: sandy
Sandy’s Staten Island Flooding Deaths: A Man-Made Disaster?
Ask people how fast the water came into New York Harbor with Hurricane Sandy, or how fast it rose, and you get a wide range of answers. Many people think it was like a tsunami that came in quickly, with … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, security, water, weather
Tagged adaptation, berm, danger, death, Father Capodonno, flooding, hurricane, levee, Midland Beach, mortality, New York City, protection, Sandy, Schuerman, Staten Island, storm surge, superstorm, wall, WNYC
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Touring Sandy’s Impact on Lower Manhattan
After an interview at Battery Park on Tuesday the day after for ABC News 20/20 Special “The Perfect Storm”, I went on a walk to see the aftermath of Sandy’s visit to lower Manhattan. My tour took me from Battery … Continue reading
Posted in photography, water, weather
Tagged elevation, Financial District, flood, height, high water mark, hurricane, landfill, photoblog, picture, plywood, Sandy, South Street Seaport, stairwell, storm, street, subway, superstorm, surge, vent, water
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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
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Sandy’s Storm Surge Forecast Interpretation: Steady and Not Good
The forecasts are gradually steadying for the storm surge flood elevations for Sandy, but strong uncertainty exists because the timing of the flood relative to high tide can make all the difference … The “central forecast” for the storm is … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged forecast, Frankenstorm, gale, harbor, hurricane, long island, Long Island Sound, new jersey, New York City, predicted, Sandy, storm surge, storm tide, tide, total water elevation, wind
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Sandy’s Flood Forecast Gets Bleaker (and Bleeker?)
Our six-hour update just came in and it’s not good news for New York City and areas of New Jersey inside NY/NJ Harbor — the model forecast for Monday night rose two feet higher at The Battery, so now it … Continue reading
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Tagged forecast, Frankenstorm, hurricane, long island, Long Island Sound, new jersey, New York City, predicted, Sandy, storm surge, storm tide, tidal range, tide, wind
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Sandy/Frankenstorm Storm Surge Forecast Interpretation
Here comes Hurricane Sandy, aka Frankenstorm — The “central forecast” for the storm is for it make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum winds of about 70-80 mph, and run a northwestward course over Southern New Jersey. Quite … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomical, forecast, Frankenstorm, hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, long island, Long Island Sound, new jersey, New York City, predicted, Sandy, storm surge, storm tide, tidal range, tide, wind
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Vanishing Glaciers, Rising Seas, and More Street Flooding in Low-Lying New York City Neighborhoods
A guest post by Dr. Vivien Gornitz The Okjokull glacier in Iceland is no more. In 2014, Oddur Sigurosson, a prominent Icelandic glaciologist, declared that the remnant ice was too thin to qualify as a glacier. A plaque erected … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, flooding, glaciers, Gornitz, ice sheets, New York City, NPCC, Rockaway Peninsula, sea level rise, spring tide, tides
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Riding on Carousels and Ocean Gyres
I had a little fun Friday with a television expert appearance, helping people understand a little mystery – what might have happened to a real estate sign from New Jersey that was found on a French beach. The story was … Continue reading
Posted in urbanoceanographer, water, weather
Tagged beach, carousel, CBS, drifter, Gulf Stream, gyre, hurricane, North Atlantic, real estate, Sandy, sign
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Repetitive Flooding Coming with Winter Storm Riley
Low-lying areas of the NYC Metro area should expect coastal flooding over multiple high tides Friday through Sunday, due to Winter Storm Riley’s winds coinciding with the month’s highest tides. The forecast for coastal areas is significantly worse than for NY/NJ … Continue reading
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Tagged compound flooding, flooding, new jersey, New York City, nor'easter, rain, Riley, storm surge
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