Posted on 08/25/2011 12:02:37 PM PDT by blam
MAP OF THE DAY: New York City Hurricane Evacuation Zones
Dina Spector
Aug. 25, 2011, 1:44 PM
As hurricane Irene barrels toward the east coast, thousands of residents have already been evacuated from the coastal villages off North Carolina. Now New York, New Jersey, and Delaware officials are preparing for the possibility of mass evacuations.
New York city officials are still monitoring the storm and won't make any calls until Friday afternoon at the earliest whether to evacuate areas of the city susceptible to flooding, including Battery Park City in Manhattan, Coney Island in Brooklyn and Far Rockaway in Queens.
“We don’t have enough information yet to make that call,” Mayor Bloomberg said at a press conference in Queens this morning. “The timing is a bit up in the air, as it is with all these things. Sometime on Friday, late in the day. How many depends on how severe we think the storm is going to be. "
Earlier today, the mayor called the city’s elected officials and its state legislative delegation to City Hall for a briefing with police and emergency-management officials, according to Bloomberg.
If circumstances do reach worst case scenario, New York City's Office of Emergency Management has hurricane contingency plans in place. Each evacuation zone represents varying threat levels of coastal flooding:
Residents in Zone A face the highest risk of flooding from a hurricane's storm surge. Zone A includes all low-lying coastal areas and other areas that could experience storm surge in ANY hurricane that makes landfall close to New York City.
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Check out the map below: NYC Hurricane Map:
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Looks like they’re gonna have to evacuate Rikers. Maybe they can put those guys in Woody Allen’s apartment.
Lower portion of Manhattan has several lines going through it that are all underground. Coney Island on the other hand has mostly above ground lines with one exception. Trains run pretty much all over the place. Above ground will have a wind problem and below could have flooding.
“How long before one of the NYC council members..(all Dems) goes on air to say that he wants to see the subway system used to shelter people from the storm..”
Well then, all the Dems SHOULD use them for shelter.......
The subway tunnels will fill with fast-moving water. No way I would be down there during a major storm surge.
Heck, I hope they have an anti-surge protection program or them subways could be amphibious vehicles only overnight.. lots of rain, wind and surge bodes bad news .. no way to move the city .. not when Irene is gonna play Boardway, uninvited or otherwise. Central Park will need a redo after this one.. even tho its not likely hugh windage is ahead.. 100+ mph is still a good blow.. shelters and hotels will be jammed and damaged at the same time.. any one on the shore better be careful and either evacuate or batten down..
Clobberated for sure..... oops
Early 50's..I was about 7-8..so I think it was Edna that hit..Looking at the map..most of Rockaway is less that 4 blocks wide..maybe 1/4/-1/2 mile..including the beaches..from the Atlantic to Jamaica Bay on the other side, and maybe 2-3 feet above sea level..
The entire peninsula flooded..4 feet deep at least...the Atlantic and the bay were contiguous..one body of water..we spent a day, all night, and most of the next day on the roof...along with thousands of others..it was an adventure...wha I remember most, to this day, was lying on the roof with my brother, and watching all these people try and figure out the best way to go to the bathroom....I will say NO MORE..but you can imagine..
tough to tell but its on the water and looks green or yellow.
See post # 27
Seriously, if I was in NYC, I'd get out TODAY.
Instapundit has been linking to Weather Nerd, who has a good explanation of how serious this is (may become). http://pajamasmedia.com/weathernerd/2011/08/25/irene-clearing-up-some-misconceptions/ . He advises taking action today.
No you're not.
BTW..see my #28..
and hughes!
Maybe it will take out Krugman’s house so he can claim its reconstruction is a boos to the economy.
It looks like Wall Street is in the direct path.
Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?
My stepson, taking his first REAL vacation in years, went to the Outer Banks on Sunday with a group of friends. They were planning to stay until Saturday. Now they will head home to CT, probably racing the storm to secure their homes and businesses before Irene gets there.
Good luck implementing that...
New Yorkers, do not attempt to cross the Hudson to the west! There’s no other side! It’s an illusion! People fall off of the edge of the Big Apple (the world) there, into space!
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