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Re: No (N) trains to Coney Island starting October 21, 2019 to Spring 2020 |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Tue Sep 17 00:32:59 2019, in response to No (N) trains to Coney Island starting October 21, 2019 to Spring 2020, posted by gOld_12th on Mon Sep 16 23:53:17 2019. Are they raising the trackbeds and minding drainage? If so, smart.BUT, hurricanes are nothing new, it's just a question of when X scrap of land will get hit by one at the time of high tide. A high-tide repeat of the Long Island storm in the '30s would have flooded CIY and caused massive damage. "intense weather events like Superstorm Sandy expected to occur more often" This statement far exceeds what I expect from a public agency, it is actually true, and it was worded without hype. Intense flooding events have happened before, and the world is not collapsing. Now with slightly higher and gradually increasing temps plus 8-15" base sea level rise (ground has sunk in some places) above the 18th century level, the net result is more storms will make it into the intense category. When that intensity exceeds the design defense of historic structures, the results can be dramatic and big $$ damage. The next Sandy could be in 10 years or another 100 (but probably sooner), the time to prep for it is now. They got a lot of information into one statement, which is the exact opposite of what government usually does. |
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