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General Category => Hackensack Discussion => Topic started by: Editor on April 17, 2007, 10:08:22 AM

Title: Flood
Post by: Editor on April 17, 2007, 10:08:22 AM: Latest stories:

Flooding leaves 2 dead, 1,700 evacuated (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTEzOTc5)
Flood for thought: Understand the science behind it (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTEzOTI1)
N.J. dams unbroken, but some overflow (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTEzOTI2)
Tuesday travel should be easier for commuters (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTEzOTI3)

Related topic ?: Climate Change (http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php?topic=785.msg2254#msg2254)
Title: Re: Flood
Post by: Editor on April 18, 2007, 09:19:46 AM: Flood watch: Latest news (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTEzMDgx)

Monday, April 16, 2007
9:00 a.m.

Hackensack Fire Department reported that approximately 25 people were evacuated from the North end of Hackensack on Sunday night and given shelter at the Civic Center on Central Avenue. There were no evacuations taking place by 9 a.m. today but the Fire Dept. was responding to calls of water in homes and businesses.

Storm leaves fields unplayable for days (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTE1MjIy)
Title: Re: Flood
Post by: Editor on April 28, 2007, 09:25:26 AM: More counties made eligible for flood aid (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTIzOTcy)

FEMA says municipalities to get aid (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTI0MDk5)
Title: Re: Flood
Post by: Editor on May 02, 2007, 09:09:30 AM: Latest story: 2,348 apply for storm damage aid (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTI2ODYx)
Title: Re: Flood
Post by: Editor on July 15, 2007, 11:38:54 AM: Latest stories:

Scientists offer grim outlook on New Jersey's climate (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTY2NzE0)

By 2100, the state would have no more snow. The ocean would rise 10 to 24 inches, wiping out 127 miles of shoreline -- and with it, 70 percent of the state's $30 billion tourism industry.

Towns push for more aid to add permanent safeguards (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTY5MjA4)

Bergen County is installing a new water main along River Street in Hackensack to alleviate flooding at the courthouse complex.
Title: Re: Flood
Post by: just watching on July 17, 2007, 07:26:07 PM: Yes, the Hackensack River is at sea level in Hackensack.

But if anyone thinks that sea level rise from global warming is going to put the riverfront and the whole surrounding area underwater, guess again. There is no way that public policy makers are going to let that happen. In 50 or 100 years, they will be building a dike across the base of the Meadowlands, and water will be pumped over as needed, just like in Holland.

Environmentalists might not like seeing the end of the daily tides in the Meadowlands and a transition to a freshwater ecology, but that's just too bad. Billions of dollars of real estate in North Jersey aren't going to be under the sea, when all that is needed is a good strong dike. In fact, there are already dikes in the Meadowlands. Take a look at the dike on Berry's Creek at high tide. It's downright scary, but it works. It's behind a warehouse somewhere in Moonachie or Carlstadt.
Title: Re: Flood
Post by: Editor on August 27, 2007, 09:50:54 AM: Latest story: Limits urged on building in flood plains (http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTg3MTEz)