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Tag Archives: water
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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Trees Tell the Story of 500 Years of NYC Drought History
by Neil Pederson I didn’t see this coming. Yes, winter 2011-2012 has been quite unusual and it is becoming more obvious that almost anything can happen with our weather these days (see October snowstorm followed by days in winter 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in climate, water, weather
Tagged drought, dry, Ed Cook, history, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, index, measurement, Neil Pederson, New York City, rain, Richard Seager, tree, tree ring, water, wet
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Central Park North Woods and Waterways
A week ago I went on a tour of Central Park’s northern end, lead by Ken Chaya, maker of the definitive map of the park. We started at a pond called The Pool at 102nd Street, just inside the park … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Park, duck, egret, North Woods, pond, ravine, water, waterfall
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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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