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Wayne.B

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:32:40 -0400, wrote:

It really would depend on how much damage there was around the rest of
the region.
Perhaps you just don't understand how hard it is to keep a million
people in food and water.
That was the problem in New Orleans. How do you come up with a
millions bottles of water in a few hours and then do it again
tomorrow, and then the day after.

That is one of the major differences between NYC and New Orleans. The
flooded areas of NO were completely cut off. The approaches to the
north end of Manhattan are a minimum of 25 feet off the water (Harlem
River bridges), to several hundred feet (George Washington and Henry
Hudson bridges). The East River bridges to Brooklyn and Queens are a
minimum of 127 ft above sea level. In addition you have the tunnels
to New Jersey and Brooklyn, all of which have their own emergency
power and pumps. All of the land areas to the north have very high
elevation except for Long Island Sound and Hudson River shore
communities.