Alright here's part 2 of my Hurricane Sandy mitigation posts. In this post, I'll be taking a look into the post Sandy mitigation techniques; i.e. how they provide assistance, solutions and aid to the areas hit by the hurricane. I should also clarify here that when I say they, I'm referring to the U.S. government.
According to the Huffington Post, there are a few key ways to improve upon the protection in the area like lower cost solutions and sea walls. FEMA is also providing aid in the form of door to door assistance as well as Disaster Recovery centers being set up around the area.
I guess they're doing the best they can, but I agree with Huffington Post and many others who think that the term '100 year flood' should be changed. People seem to think that they only occur once every 100 years when in fact they are more like percentages, the likelihood of such a flood occurring is 1%.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
12/11/2012 ~ Apologies and Updates(Sandy Part 1/2(The Before))
I know I owe this blog an apology. I underestimated the amount of work that I would end up having with the amount of credits I am taking this semester, as well as the amount of hours I'd be busy with my job. Because of the crazy-business that resulted from this, I haven't posted since October. I know I can't make up for missing over a month's worth of posts, but I do want to touch on a few more things before I leave this post behind me.
Okay. I would be remiss if I didn't post about Hurricane Sandy. Since it's such a bit topic, I'm going to break it into two posts. This first one will be on the mitigation prior to Sandy, while the second will be on the mitigation after the hurricane.
Mitigation before Sandy hit consisted of prepping with sandbagging, providing residents with radios, generators & other materials to aid in the after process, evacuations, and warnings going out about a week before the expected hit.
NY Times; CBS; Aljazeera
Personally, I just don't think they knew how bad it would end up being, and therefore didn't prepare enough.
Okay. I would be remiss if I didn't post about Hurricane Sandy. Since it's such a bit topic, I'm going to break it into two posts. This first one will be on the mitigation prior to Sandy, while the second will be on the mitigation after the hurricane.
Mitigation before Sandy hit consisted of prepping with sandbagging, providing residents with radios, generators & other materials to aid in the after process, evacuations, and warnings going out about a week before the expected hit.
NY Times; CBS; Aljazeera
Personally, I just don't think they knew how bad it would end up being, and therefore didn't prepare enough.
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