Posted Aug 26, 2011, 4:22 AM
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-hurr...-york-dc-2011-08-26?reflink=MW_news_stmp
10 hurricane survival tips for New York, D.C.
Hurricane Irene promises chaos most urbanites have never seen
By Jennifer Waters
August 26, 2010
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Winds can level old or weakened buildings, blow out windows, uproot trees, cars and air conditioners, tear down power lines and signs and scatter roof tiles. That in and of itself will be chaotic, but high winds aren’t always the worst culprits. It’s often the windborne debris — the sign, the tree limb, the roof tiles — that causes widespread damage to high rises and store fronts.
Moreover, water damage is a bigger danger to people thanks to storm surge, which is an abnormal rise of ocean waters — also loaded with debris — pushed to the shores by the force of the winds.
In New York, where the seawalls surrounding Manhattan, for example, are only five feet high in places, widespread flooding could occur, overwhelming subways, tunnels and roadways with what amounts to sewer water. Masters said that Irene could inundate portions of the coast under 10 feet to 15 feet of water “to the highest storm surge depths ever recorded,” he said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-irene-york-city-direct-hit/story?id=14382933
Hurricane Irene: New York City Direct Hit?
By DAN HARRIS
Aug. 25, 2011
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Philadelphia, Boston and New York are some of the largest metro areas in the United States, and Hurricane Irene is heading their way.
Tonight many of the forecast models show the center of the storm blowing straight through New York City.
There are dozens of models that are changing all the time, but this morning one had the Big Apple, and its 19 million people, taking a direct hit. The model showed the center of the storm going up Fifth Avenue past the iconic lions of the New York Public Library and then up the west side of Central Park.
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/...m-strikes-new-york-6323032?click=pm_news
What Happens When a Super Storm Strikes New York?
Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the Big Apple. But this scenario isn't out of the blue. Using U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' calculations,
PM examined how much damage a direct hit by even a mild hurricane could cause the city.
By Douglas Fox
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New York Harbor has often sheltered the city, dissipating energy from violent gales that start at sea. But now it plays an opposite role: It turns an otherwise moderate hurricane into a disaster. As the eye of the storm passes over Staten Island, the 100-mph counterclockwise winds shove 500 million tons of seawater directly into the harbor. The narrowing shorelines and shallowing sea bottom cause the mass of water to build. By the time the storm surge washes over the shores of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, it towers 11 to 15 feet high.
Water flows through New York's financial district and reaches 2 miles into southern Brooklyn and Queens, flooding 2900 miles of roads. Impromptu rivers gush into subway stations and pour through hundreds of sidewalk gratings....
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NEW YORK | City braces for possible evacuations/effects of Irene
Even if the storm weakens considerably, the winds still get amplified by the canyons among the skyscrapers. I suspect that street signs and street lamps and whatever else isn't tied down would just turn into flying debris. I'm pretty optimistic though, that NY will bounce back pretty quick from any and all damage. Stay safe NYC.
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