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Would that rain have previously had somewhere to run off to, i.e. is over-development plus a lack of infrastructure projects to blame here? Or was the city alre

Would that rain have previously had somewhere to run off to, i.e. is over-development plus a lack of infrastructure projects to blame here? Or was the city already heavily developed like this and the storm just that much worse? I’m used to Charleston, SC flooding over the years and the worst spots always neatly lined up with the historical maps, specially the areas of the peninsula that were filled in with trash and covered with dirt. Areas that would have otherwise been low-lying wetlands were the streets you could kayak through.

grvdrm 3y ago
As others pointed out, generalizing across NYC is quite hard. Some areas - particularly in Brooklyn and Queens - are probably more developed than they used to be. What I was pointing to this something like this: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heavy-precipitation https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indica... From that article: > Heavy precipitation does not necessarily mean the total amount of precipitation at a location has increased—just that precipitation is occurring in more intense events. However, changes in the intensity of precipitation, when combined with changes in the interval between precipitation events, can also lead to changes in overall precipitation totals. In other words, 6 inches of rain fell at JFK over 4 days, that might be manageable for the infrastructure. Not so much if it happens in one day, which is what this articles speaks to.