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I live in Brooklyn. It's.... as bad as Ida was 2 years ago, maybe slightly less. My cellar flooded, but I was able to pump it out as the storm drains caught up
by lbotos 3y ago
I live in Brooklyn. It's.... as bad as Ida was 2 years ago, maybe slightly less.
My cellar flooded, but I was able to pump it out as the storm drains caught up. I've changed some plumbing in prep -- Ida I took 2' in the Cellar, today I had about 2" when I was able to pump out.
The most dangerous thing is cellar apartments (of which there are many illegal) that can flood quickly.
- michaelbarton 3y agoGlad to read to you’re much better prepared! Agree about the basement apartments, in particular it seems to be the ones with the doors that open inwards that become death traps with flooding
- EForEndeavour 3y ago> doors that open inwards that become death traps with flooding Do you mean doors that open outwards? The weight/pressure of floodwater outside the door would seal it shut from the outside, whereas it would eventually break open a door that opens inwards, right? Is it the violence of the breakin itself that's so dangerous with inward-opening doors?
- michaelbarton 3y agoPerhaps I'm misremembering this but IIRC the news at the time the pressure against the door from the inside made it too hard to pull open at get out.