re: #191 makeitstop

My wife reminds me that Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island 7 years ago today.

Doesn’t seem like that long ago.

We’re still dealing with the cleanup and infrastructure needs.

NJ Transit still hasn’t upgraded its facilities in Hoboken, though work is supposed to start there to address flooding from the Long Slip. They’ve moved some facilities to higher ground, but a Sandy event would still have catastrophic effect on NJ Transit (less if they follow their damned rules and shift equipment to higher ground from their Meadows facility).

LIRR has improved, but the big problems are the NEC tunnels - both on the Hudson and East River side that have to be repaired. Both are Amtrak owned. MTA subway tunnels are still being repaired, and that will take another few years to fix.

Barrier beaches are still threatened by coastal flooding, and we’re still building more along the shore than we should. A plan to build a barrier around Lower Manhattan/LES is in the planning stage, and construction could start soon.

There are still plenty of homes that have yet to be fixed, elevated above the flood level, etc. But the immediate damage is not as visible as it once was.