re: #2 prairiefire

I really doubt the infrastructure will change. And it’s more than infrastructure.

It’s about zoning and building on barrier islands. It’s about doing more to make the power distribution system more durable - whether it’s burying lines in areas that aren’t flood-prone to making sure that they’re above ground in those that are flood prone. No one method will be a cure-all. Redundancy needs to be addressed.

It’s about adjusting infrastructure to recognize new technologies and storm protection systems.

But the costs aren’t going to come cheap - and everyone will balk at the cost to install protection systems like the tidal barriers that some have suggested.

Thing is - the storm protection system might protect Manhattan, but it wouldn’t help someplace like Long Beach or Long Branch.