Lucas Feuser
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Lucas Feuser
For entertainment, we had breathless newscasters standing in puddles in their wet-weather gear, heralding the Storm of the Century that no one believed would really happen. “What preparations are you making?” asked an out-of-towner. “We have a lot of tea lights!” said the New Yorker, suggesting that anything more might be overkill. Outside, there... See more
A Powerless New York During Hurricane Sandy -- New York Magazine - Nymag
How we prepare for crisis
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youtu.beHurricane Sandy - East Village
The idea of resilience can easily be invoked to protect the status quo and foreclose more transformative change, but resilience can be more just. Jill Eisenhard from RHI describes how they talked about resilience with Red Hook youth way before Sandy hit. And resilience, for them, was both the strength, motivation, or confidence within each of them... See more
Alissa Walker • New York Needs to Become a City That Floods Now and Then
“In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I didn’t understand it, but over time I came to realize it was perfect. Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual’s consciousness is a collection of memories we’ve
... See moreBut if you look at the early history of virtually any American city, that’s precisely what’s going on.10 Local coalitions of interests with a financial stake in population growth are competing to attract the recognition, infrastructure, and investment that will put growth on solid footing.11 Thus, all great cities begin.
Your City Shouldn’t Exist
New York After Snow
Remembering when we could count on storms to bury trash bags and cars, and offer us a few hours of quiet.
Remembering when we could count on storms to bury trash bags and cars, and offer us a few hours of quiet.
New York After Snow
This whole article has historical timeline photos of snow in NYC
But for hundreds of years, the harbor had given New York its power. In less than 24 hours, it took it away. As we are reminded more and more often these days, it doesn’t take long to turn everything on its head.
A Powerless New York During Hurricane Sandy -- New York Magazine - Nymag
It all comes back to what once was
“The city’s sewer system, the storm-water management system does not have the capacity to process water when you go above an inch and a half, an inch and three-quarters, in an hour,” Janno Lieber, the MTA’s chairman and CEO, told PIX11 on Tuesday. “Last night that rainfall was more than two inches in an hour; that’s when you get the backup into the... See more
