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Author Archives: Philip Orton
Next Mayor: Continue to Lead on Climate
This is an Op-Ed published in the New York Times Room for Debate forum . It was solicited by the RfD editor, with the topic being “transportation challenges for the next mayor”. It was eventually published under a somewhat different debate topic, … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, climate, opinion
Tagged air pollution, bicycle, Bloomberg, carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, debate, DeBlasio, emissions, flooding, marine, mayor, New York City, New York Times, nyc, Quinn, SBS, sea level rise, transportation
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Not a Priority: Federal Funding to Improve Flood Forecasting
Dear Dr. Orton: Thank you for your submission of the proposal [(censored) title relating to improving our Storm Surge Warning System’s forecasting of storm surges] to the [(censored) federal program]. Although your proposal ranked in the top group and was … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, security, weather
Tagged budget, budget request, federal funding, flood, forecast, funding, hurricane, priority, sequester, storm surge
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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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