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Category Archives: water
Irene forecast: 11pm Thursday
[a more recent forecast followed this one – go straight to SeaAndSkyNY.com and scroll down to find the latest update] This evening, the Hurricane Irene forecast from the National Hurricane Center has held fairly steady, with little good news for … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged 1821, flooding, forecast, hurricane, Irene, landfall, long island, new jersey, New York City, spring tide, tide, tropical, wave
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Irene Update: 11am Thursday
[a more recent forecast followed this one – go straight to SeaAndSkyNY.com and scroll down to find the latest update] This morning, the Hurricane Irene forecast from the National Hurricane Center has deteriorated for New York and New Jersey interests. … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged 1821, flooding, forecast, hurricane, Irene, landfall, long island, new jersey, New York City, spring tide, tide, tropical, wave
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Irene Update, 2pm Wednesday
[a more recent forecast followed this one – go straight to SeaAndSkyNY.com and scroll down to find the latest update] The 2pm update from the National Hurricane Center shows a “best estimate” forecast track for Hurricane Irene clipping the Outer … Continue reading
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Tagged flooding, forecast, hurricane, Irene, landfall, long island, new jersey, New York City
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Updated Irene Forecast: Storm Still Targeting NYC
[a more recent forecast followed this one – go straight to SeaAndSkyNY.com and scroll down to find the latest update] Recent updates from the National Hurricane Center show a forecast track for Hurricane Irene over the Outer Banks at Category … Continue reading
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Tagged flooding, forecast, hurricane, Irene, landfall, long island, new jersey, New York City
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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
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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
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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
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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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