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Wed, 2012-10-03 18:01 — mdmcdonald
The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about emergency management.

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ALERT - Mayor Announces Mandatory Evacuation of Four Health Care Facilities in the Rockaways

Mon, 2012-11-05 14:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nycgov.tumblr.com

This evening, November 6th, 2012, Mayor Bloomberg issued mandatory evacuation orders for four health care facilities in the Rockaways:

  • Park Nursing Home (181 residents)
  • Ocean Promenade Nursing Center (91 residents)
  • Peninsula Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation (180 residents)
  • Surfside Manor Home for Adults (173 residents)

The facilities are in the most heavily-impacted area of the Rockaways and have been successfully operating on generator power. The impending Nor’easter storm surge could compromise the facilities’ generators, putting the elderly residents at risk. All facilities will be evacuated tonight to protect the health and safety of residents and staff.

http://nycgov.tumblr.com/post/35162642365/mayor-announces-mandatory-evacuation-of-four-health

https://twitter.com/nycgov/status/265994702581547008

Super Storm Sandy: Tracking the Recovery on the Internet

Wed, 2012-10-31 23:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

On Staten Island, New York, a large ship is grounded on Front Street, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, as residents assess damage after Hurricane Sandy. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT / October 30, 2012)

latimes.com - by Deborah Netburn - October 30, 2012

The TV networks will give us the big news stories, but what about getting information on a hyper-local level — like, did your apartment flood, and do you have heat?

To start, keep close tabs on Facebook and Twitter for updates from your social network. It will give you a sense of how the people closest to you are faring without you needing to waste their valuable cellphone battery time.

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Google Crisis Map - Superstorm Sandy

Wed, 2012-10-31 23:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy

Sandy is a major storm, previously a hurricane, that has caused extensive flooding, power and transportation outages, and physical damage to the US East Coast and Caribbean. More than 100 deaths have been linked to the storm.

(GO TO THE SUPERSTORM SANDY GOOGLE CRISIS MAP)

Hurricane Sandy: Problems at Five Nuke Plants

Wed, 2012-10-31 23:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

A cooling tower is seen at the Salem nuclear power plant known as Artificial Island. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)

ABC News - by Mark Schone - October 30, 2012

The nation's oldest nuclear plant declared an alert and a second plant just 40 miles from New York City was forced to shut down power as five different nuke plants in Hurricane Sandy's path experienced problems during the storm.

Indian Point in Buchanan, New York, on the Hudson River north of New York City, automatically shut power to its unit 3 on Monday night "as a result of an electrical grid disturbance," according to Entergy, the plant's operator.

The connection between the generator and the offsite grid was lost, and the unit is designed to shut down to protect itself from electrical damage.

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Global Warming Systemically Caused Hurricane Sandy

Tue, 2012-10-30 18:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Residents in Little Ferry, N.J., were rescued from flood waters. (photo: Adam Hunger/Reuters)

huffingtonpost.com - by George Lakoff - October 30, 2012

Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy -- and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let's say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation.

There is a difference between systemic and direct causation.

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Incidents - Hurricane Sandy

Mon, 2012-10-29 23:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Flood waters rush in to the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft

Power out + backup generators have failed tonight at NYU Hospital, one of NYC's largest. Patients/staff being evacuated.

Ladder 169 evacuating 300 people from a Nursing home via boats. Coney Island Ave and the Belt Pkwy

The water level at the Battery in #NYC has reached 11.25 feet, surpassing the all-time record of 11.2 feet set in 1821.

U.S. Declares 'Alert' At Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant In N.J.

Hoboken, in Disarray, Calls for National Guard Help

National Guard evacuating hundreds in Greenwich, CT who did not heed warnings

CNN - State by State - From Maine to South Carolina, States Prepare for Storm

Sun, 2012-10-28 23:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

People stand on the beach watching the heavy surf caused by the approaching Hurricane Sandy, on Sunday, October 28, in Cape May, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the New Jersey coastline sometime on Monday, bringing heavy winds and floodwaters.  Getty Images

cnn.com - October 28, 2012

(CNN) -- States up and down the East Coast are preparing for Hurricane Sandy, which has sent rain to portions of North and South Carolina. Sandy could strike the U.S. coast anywhere from the North Carolina-Virginia border to Connecticut, a 700-mile stretch where state and local authorities are rushing to prepare for potentially devastating effects.

From north to south, here is a look at how coastal states are getting ready:

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NDBC - Hurricane Sandy - 30 Foot Significant Wave Heights - National Data Buoy Center Station 41001

Sun, 2012-10-28 16:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

ndbc.noaa.gov - October 28, 2012

The National Data Buoy Center has recorded a Significant Wave Height (WVHT) of 30 feet.  This data was recorded at Buoy Station # 41001 - EAST HATTERAS - 150 NM East of Cape Hatteras.

Significant wave height (meters) is calculated as the average of the highest one-third of all of the wave heights during the 20-minute sampling period. See the Wave Measurements section.

Recording - Station 41001
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=41001&meas=sght&uom=E&time_diff=-4&time_label=EDT

Information on Station 41001
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_history.php?station=41001

About Wave Measurements
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/measdes.shtml

Hurricane Sandy May Slam Into U.S. East Coast as Halloween Week "Frankenstorm"

Thu, 2012-10-25 23:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cbsnews.com - October 25, 2012 - Updated 9:48 PM ET

WASHINGTON An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.

U.S. government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess, now saying there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and maybe snow starting Sunday and stretching past Halloween on Wednesday.

Meteorologists say it is likely to cause $1 billion in damages.

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Universal Rules Discovered that Allow Anticipation of Critical Transitions

Tue, 2012-10-23 23:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

phys.org - October 22, 2012

Sudden shifts in complex systems such as the climate, financial markets, ecosystems and even the human body can be preceded by surprisingly comparable warning signals. It is crucial to be able to predict such transitions, but this is notoriously difficult. In an article in the journal Science of October 19, a group of Wageningen University scientists and colleagues showed that systems that are on the verge of a critical transition often emit comparable signals.

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