update on post-sandy response and recovery issues
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POST-SANDY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER ??, 2012
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MORNING OF OCT. 30NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK
DOWNROADS CLOSED
TUNNELS CLOSED SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED
WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGESHIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE
ANSWERED EFFICIENTLYSTOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED
SCHOOLS CLOSED
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FLOODING IN BROOKLYN
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MORNING OF OCT. 30 : NEW JERSEY FLOODEDNO PART OF NEW JERSEY WAS
ABLE TO ESCAPE THE EXCEPTIONAL AND UNTHINKABLE FLOODING FROM SANDY’S SURGE
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HOUSES IN RUINS: SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY
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OCT. 30The President ordered FEMA
to organize Federal assistance under standing
legislation (the Stafford Act)
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HELP FROM EVERYWHERE BEGINS
• Millions of $ donated by strangers.• American Red Cross providing food, water,
medicine, and temporary shelter.• Samaritan’s Purse (just one example)
providing food, water, counseling, and assistance in removal of mud and mould from flooded homes.
• Utility crews from nearby states coming to help restore power and services.
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VOLUNTEERS CLEANING UP VOLUNTEERS CLEANING UP IN QUEENS, NEW YORKIN QUEENS, NEW YORK
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POST-SANDY PROBLEMS IN CARIBBEAN AND BAHAMAS
• Sandy has come and gone, but serious response and recovery problems of many kinds linger on in the Caribbean and the Bahamas.
• The threat of cholera in Haiti, already hit in 2010 and 2011 by an earthquake and a hurricane, is but one example.
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THE INITIAL CONDITIONS IN NY AND NJ WERE GRIM
• Widespread power outages• People with little or no food stranded
in homes that are flooded and cold because of the power outages and change in the weather.
• Standing water and debris everywhere.• Burned-out areas in Breezy Point,
Queens Borough, NY
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A DARK NEW YORK CITY
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BURNED-OUT AREA, QUEENS BOROUGH, NEW YORK
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NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER
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HOBOKEN NEW JERSEY: TAXIS UNDER WATER
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UNUSUAL DEBRIS: BOAT ON METRO NORTH’S TRACKS IN NY
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THE INITIAL CONDITIONS IN NY AND NJ WERE GRIM
• Salt water in tunnels, subways, and homes (Note: Salt water is a conductor) that could burn when the electricity is restored to homes and businesses).
• Additional dead bodies being discovered.
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FLOODED CAREY TUNNEL, NY (AKA BROOKLYN BATTERY)
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SEVENTY-TWO DEATHS ALONG EASTERN
SEABOARD (as of NOV. 3)
Preliminary Loss Estimate: $50 Billion
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DEBRIS IN NEW JERSEY
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THE INITIAL CONDITIONS WERE GRIM (continued)
• Millions are weary and discouraged • Inadequate communication is the norm.• Millions are unable to commute to jobs,
many of which are not open anyway, due to impassable roads, traffic jams, and no metro or no gas.
• Food and water shortages.
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NEW JERSEY: NOV. 2, 2012
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TAXIS UNDER WATER: NEW YORK CITY
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OTHER CONDITIONS THE FIRST FIVE DAYS (Oct. 30-Nov. 3)
• Horrific traffic jams in downtown Manhattan (if you could drive)
• Long lines of people and cars waiting for gas at all local service stations
• No gas at many service stations• Gas at some service stations, BUT no
generators to provide the electricity to pump the gas.
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BAD NEWS
A Nor’easter is expected on Wednesday, November 8.