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Author Archives: Philip Orton
Hurricane Irene: Parallels with 1821?
[temporary note: With Irene approaching our area, I’ll mention that it has shown some weakening instead of strengthening on Friday, so it extremely unlikely to have a similar strength or impact to the Hurricane of 1821. Check the latest updates … Continue reading
Posted in security, water, weather
Tagged 1821, evacuation, flooding, forecast, hurricane, Irene, landfall, long island, New York City, Norfolk, storm surge
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Pathogen Forecast for the Latest Hudson Sewage Spill
There was another sewage spill in the Hudson, from a broken sewage pipe at Ossining, New York. Fortunately, this time the volume was about one hundred times less than the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant spill back in July. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged beach, CSO, fishing, forecast, Haverstraw Bay, Hudson, Ossining, pathogen, plume, quality, river, Rockland, sewage, sewer, swimming, Tappan Zee, water, Westchester
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Where Is The Sewage Spill Plume Going?
Linked below is today’s updated sewage plume hindcast/forecast video based on the Stevens Institute of Technology NYHOPS ocean model and created using NOAA’s GNOME particle tracking tool. The simulation runs from 5:15 PM, Wednesday July 20th to 12:00 AM, Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged beach, Coney, CSO, forecast, Hoboken, Hudson River, island, kayaking, Long Island Sound, Manhattan, model, Riverbank, safety, sewage, Staten, swimming
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Bike Touring the Aftermath of the Riverbank Sewage Meltdown
You likely heard the news, that a fire at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, which lies beneath Riverbank State Park, disabled the facility Wednesday afternoon. As a result, the city cannot treat sewage from roughly half of Manhattan, and … Continue reading
Posted in water, water pollution
Tagged CSO, fecal, Hudson River, Identify, New York City, plume, Riverbank, sewage, visual
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Surf Temperatures Rising in Time for the Weekend
As our summertime weather turns spectacular in time for the weekend, the beach is getting pretty tempting. While the past two days have seen a dropoff in water temperatures along Long Island, the good news is that they are back … Continue reading
Posted in water
Tagged beach, cold, Coney, Coriolis, island, Long Beach, long island, Rockaway, SST, surf, upwelling, water temperature
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Jamaica Bay Restoration for JFK Airport Expansion?
Would you consider a trade-off of JFK Airport expansion for billions of dollars in funding to improve the environment of Jamaica Bay and surrounding neighborhoods? What is the expansion of JFK Airport worth to New York City, State, and the … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water
Tagged airport, beach, Bergen, Brooklyn, Canarsie, East New York, erosion, expansion, flood insurance, Howard, Jamaica Bay, JFK, Kennedy, Mill Basin, New York City, Ozone Park, Queens, restoration, Rockaway
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Jamaica Bay: What Restoration Steps would you Propose?
In an earlier post, I argued that Jamaica Bay is not New York City’s “crown jewel” and has many problems, such as sewage spills, low-oxygen dead zones, and disappearing marshes and islands. Hundreds of thousands of people living in neighborhoods … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, CSO, dead zone, ecosystem, estuary, Everglades, Jamaica Bay, marsh, New York City, oxygen, pollution, Puget Sound, restoration, Salazar, San Francisco Bay, sea level rise, South Florida, urban, wastewater
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Keeping Cool in the Heat Wave
The New York City Office of Emergency Management has put out a heat wave warning and opened up cooling centers for today and Thursday the 9th. This is a good example of the sort of emergency we should all be … Continue reading
Urban Air Conditioning On the Piers of Manhattan
I am spending the afternoon working from Pier 45 of Hudson River Park, just across from Christopher and 10th Streets. Not only is the temperature a comfortable ~75 degrees, but there’s a clean-air breeze (though sometimes a bit strong), cool … Continue reading
Posted in weather
Tagged Central Park, heat, hotspot, Hudson River, New York City, pier, sea breeze, temperature, wifi
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Jamaica Bay: Pollution, Flooding and Human Vulnerability
Jamaica Bay is often referred to as New York City’s “ecological crown jewel”, and it is indeed a spectacular location to view migrating birds or catch large sport fish like striped bass, among other positives. However, the bay has some … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water
Tagged CSO, dredging, effluent, flooding, Jamaica Bay, marsh, New York City, nutrients, restoration, sewage, storm surge, treatment, vulnerability, watershed, wetland
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