On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:30 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > 1. Would you evacuate if you were in a Zone B/C area before the City >> > requires it? It seems like, even if the chances of serious flooding are >> > minimal, waiting until you know for sure might be too late, since there >> > will >> > be no way to get out of there. >> >> I would not. If I had a 22-year-old daughter at this exact moment >> (8:45 AM ET Saturday), I'd tell her to shelter in place. It's hard to >> say without knowing what, exactly, her living conditions are in terms >> of the structure she's in, etc., but assuming she's in someplace that >> has at least two floors, she should be fine. >> >> The two quick reports I've found from NY1 and WNBC indicate that the >> biggest risk is below Canal, south of where your daughter is, so as >> long as she's prepared to bunker down, she should be fine. (SNIP) > > Thanks to David, Joe and Ron for the info and advice. Looks like we are > going with the hunker down approach (she is in a second floor apartment). I > could not get her off the island by this morning anyway, and everything I > have read, as reflected by the feedback here, is that unless she is directly > flooded by the storm surge, the biggest danger would come from being out and > hit by debris caught in the strong winds, so I am nixing any plan for her to > walk or taxi to the hotel I found for her sunday morning. I did email her a > map from her apartment to her closest evacuation site (a high school) just > in case. I do keep hearing from people like sheriffs in North Carolina on TV > that more people die in hurricanes from "inland flooding than coastal storm > surge" (they repeat it just like that, as if it is a mantra in that part of > the country) - but I am guessing that does not apply to a place like > Manhattan (where rivers ring the edges, and do not thread through the > mainland, and they have such an effective drainage system) - at least, I > have not read any warnings about flooding in NYC from anything except storm > surge or getting caught in the subways or tunnels. > > Good luck to everyone from this list on the eastern seaboard - last week we > were amused out here by the quake anxiety 300 miles from the epicenter of a > 5.8; this week we are concerned about the destructive potential of a force > that seems more powerful (and is more mysterious to those of us out west).
Do you know what her neighbors are doing? There are two sets of issues with a storm like this, danger during the storm, and dealing with loss of services in the days after. As others have said, she should be in minimal danger if she stays indoors and away from upwind windows. And if there is a ridiculous amount of flooding she can go upstairs in her building. After the storm the power will probably be out for hours if not days and it's possible that water service will be shut down. If the first floor of buildings are subjected to flooding that means grocery stores, convenience stores, and restaurants will be shut down for days. If the tunnels flood and there's damage to the bridges, it's possible that food delivery to stores will be delayed. If the neighbors are around, this is one time that people instinctively stick together and help each other out. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
