Hurricane Sandy

[JeffOliveira97]

Acompanhei bastante esse fenômeno da natureza aqui no Brasil !!!


PQ atacar um país tão importante, não dizendo que tem que atacar outros países

xD

[diablo234]

English?

[diablo234]

Here is an article on the Arverne by the Sea development in the Rockaways that mentions how it was able to escape the devastation found elsewhere.

A Much Criticized Pocket of the Rockaways, Built to Survive a Storm
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...rvive-a-storm/
By COREY KILGANNON


The morning after Hurricane Sandy battered the Rockaways last month, Phil Coxon, 70, who lives just off the water there, walked out his front door, “and it looked like any other day,” he said.

Sure, there had been some street flooding from encroaching sea waters, but nothing like the torrents that rushed head-high through many neighborhoods elsewhere on the Rockaway Peninsula, turning the area into a near-wasteland of flooded and wrecked homes and submerged cars.

Sure, the howling winds snapped one of Mr. Coxon’s shingles off, but nothing like the widespread wind damage to homes and stores farther away, in areas that still resemble a war zone.

Mr. Coxon and most of his hundreds of neighbors suffered no real flooding or damage to their homes. They live in a newer area called Arverne by the Sea, a vast $1 billion oceanfront development between Beach 62nd and 80th Streets that is home to over 1,000 families and is one of the largest residential development projects underway in New York City. It has also been much criticized, for its size, its ostentatious appearance and the quality of its housing.

In the days after the storm, things seemed almost idyllic within much of Arverne’s 117-acre footprint, compared with the mess and chaos in the rest of the Rockaways. Mr. Coxon said he was not surprised.

“I bought into this place because of the way it was built,” said Mr. Coxon, a marketing consultant who moved into his $700,000 townhouse in March, with his wife, Daria Mainetti, after living 20 years in Jackson Heights, Queens.

The development lies within evacuation Zone A, but Mr. Coxon and many of his neighbors ignored the city’s order to leave. While power remained out for more than a week, they formed group patrols to deter looters.

Arverne by the Sea has been controversial dating well before 2004 when people started moving in, including a longstanding criticism that the houses were of poor quality. It was the mantra of many dyed-in-the-wool Rockaway-ites that these pretty, modern homes were really flimsy matchboxes that would blow over in the first big storm.

But the development, which is eventually expected to include 2,300 two-family houses and condominiums, also weathered Tropical Storm Irene last year.

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[Narnian_King]

So I'm hearing that since the jersey shore is all washed up. Part of NYC's rebuilding program is to bring bars, clubs and business in South Beach, Father Capodanno, Midland Avenue and Midland Beach areas. SMH. So that means the Jersey Shore is moving back to Staten Island. smh.

[JohnFlint1985]

Originally Posted by Narnian_King

So I'm hearing that since the jersey shore is all washed up. Part of NYC's rebuilding program is to bring bars, clubs and business in South Beach, Father Capodanno, Midland Avenue and Midland Beach areas. SMH. So that means the Jersey Shore is moving back to Staten Island. smh.

not true. Jersey shore is being rebuild as we speak. it will take time of course, but the potential is there and didn't change.