What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

Well, the subject says it. Supposedly they could have a 10-12' surge
there from a hurricane.

What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Well, the subject says it. Supposedly they could have a 10-12' surge
there from a hurricane.


http://www.spike.com/video/day-after-tomorrow/2639605

What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:27:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Well, the subject says it. Supposedly they could have a 10-12' surge
there from a hurricane.


http://www.spike.com/video/day-after-tomorrow/2639605

Wonderful special effects. But judging from how high up the status of
liberty it goes, it's depicting a storm surge of about 200', not
10-12'.

What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

On Sep 1, 10:27*pm, JimH wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Well, the subject says it. *Supposedly they could have a 10-12' surge
there from a hurricane.

http://www.spike.com/video/day-after-tomorrow/2639605

Idiot.

What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:42:17 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:38:03 GMT, Steve wrote:


On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:27:43 -0400, JimH wrote:

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Well, the subject says it. Supposedly they could have a 10-12' surge
there from a hurricane.


http://www.spike.com/video/day-after-tomorrow/2639605

Wonderful special effects. But judging from how high up the status of
liberty it goes, it's depicting a storm surge of about 200', not
10-12'.


The History Channel did a show on this particular situation. They
point out that a big part of New York is actually below sea level too.
The subways and buried infrastructure along with the basements of all
the buildings. If the subway stations down near the battery go under
the whole system could flood. They also have the problem that a lot of
the emergency generators are in basements of buildings.
The level of disaster really depends on how long it goes on and if
they can keep power to the pumps.
If they ever lose lower Manhattan it will make the WTC collapse look
like a minor inconvenience

Flooding basements and subways is a little different than having your
ground level being 9 feet below sea level like it is in New Orleans.
At least you'll have a dry place to stand.

Steve

What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:30:58 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


The other problem would be evacuation. New Yorkers are not going to
evacuate. You might end up with several million people stuck in
Manhattan with no support. The bigger the city, the less it can support
itself once the infrastructure breaks down. We have seen how bad it gets
if you just turn off the lights. Add a hurricane with all that damage to
the mix and you have the setting for a disaster.

AIR Worldwide Corp. is an insurance-industry analyst. On AIR’s list of
“the top ten worst places for an extreme hurricane to strike,� New York
City is No. 2, behind only Miami. New Orleans is ranked fifth.

A Cat 3 or better hits New York every 50-75 years. Fortunately, due to
geography, they usually hit Long Island. Manhattan has had only one
direct hit, back in 1821.

What if: Hurricane Storm surge in NYC
 

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT),
penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of
rec.boats:

|Well, the subject says it. Supposedly they could have a 10-12' surge
|there from a hurricane.

Then in NewOrleansSpeak, they should be talking about not rebuilding?

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