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Storm Surge

Will NYC Build A Barrier To Protect From Surges?

AP | JEFF DONN | Posted 11.25.2012 | New York
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-- Think Sandy was just a 100-year storm that devastated New York City? Imagine one just as bad, or worse, every three years. Prominent planners and...

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Hurricane Sandy In Retrospect

Damon Dahlen | Posted 01.12.2013 | Green
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Damon Dahlen

2012-11-12-sandyphotopullTwo weeks ago, I found myself in a little over three feet of rising water, fighting off the current's attempts to tug me under, all for a photo.

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An Upper East Side Building Becomes an Oasis for Its Next-Door Neighbor

Ramaa Reddy Raghavan | Posted 01.05.2013 | New York
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Ramaa Reddy Raghavan

On Monday, October 29, Scott Falk was worried. He had made all necessary preparations for Hurricane Sandy as his building was designated a Zone A evacuation site. But it wasn't high tide as yet and already the storm surge had caused the FDR to flood.

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Why Are We Glued to the Weather Channel?

Paul Raeburn | Posted 01.02.2013 | Media
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Paul Raeburn

On Saturday, Linda Holmes of NPR's monkeysee blog watched 14 hours of The Weather Channel. Why oh why? she laments. Why did I ...

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What If Sandy's Storm Surge Had Slammed Miami?

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 11.05.2012 | Miami
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As Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the New Jersey coast, weathered Floridians may have dismissed its Category 1 status. But as soon as the storm m...

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Matt Sledge

Sandy Blackouts Worsened By Utilities Lacking 'Boots On The Ground'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.02.2012 | Green
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NEW YORK -- Two days after Hurricane Sandy walloped the East Coast, electrical utility companies warned hundreds of thousands of customers from Long I...

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Hurricane Sandy's Severity - #5, #6 or #8

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.31.2012 | New York
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John Tepper Marlin

We need a new indicator of likely flood damage, which would have to take into account the economic value of property in the track of the hurricane, the sea level of the land, and the size of the expected surge.

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NYPD Cop Saves 7 Family Members Before Drowning

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 11.01.2012 | Impact
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As stories of heroism are revealed in the aftermath of Sandy, the sacrifice of off-duty NYPD cop Artur Kasprzak will likely not be forgotten. Kaspr...

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Hurricane Irene Dumps Rain On East Coast

AP | By SAMANTHA GROSS and MITCH WEISS | Posted 10.27.2011 | Green
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By SAMANTHA GROSS and MITCH WEISS, Associated Press NEW YORK -- A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene shut down New York and menaced other...

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Joshua Hersh

Hurricane Irene: Jeff Masters' Must-Read Irene Blog

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.27.2011 | Green
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He may be nearly 1,000 miles from the storm's center, but few people in America have as good idea of what Hurricane Irene is doing -- and is about to ...

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