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I think the rain in Newark was so unprecedented it broke all expectations of what was possible. It wasn't a one-in-anything flood.
by zz865 5y ago
I think the rain in Newark was so unprecedented it broke all expectations of what was possible. It wasn't a one-in-anything flood.
- TuringNYC 5y agoI realize it was rain (and not a hurricane) but we had very similar flooding back in 2012 (just 9yrs ago) with Hurricane Sandy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Sandy_in_New_Jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Sandy_in_... I'm not as familiar with NJ as I am with NYC -- but in NYC we had something similar in 2012 and again in ~1992 with a Nor'Easter. I'm just wondering if the risk distributions were' using are unrealistic?
- zz865 5y agoThe flooding from Sandy was due to extreme high tide, not due to rain. Lots of places away from the sea (like Queens) were bad this year but fine in Sandy, while places close to the sea shore (like Staten Island) were devastated with Sandy but no problem this year. So multiple threats which is bad.