[-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

Thu Nov 1 02:46:41 EST 2012

The very things that made New York such a powerful city -- the amount 
and quality of harbor space and its strategic location between the 
mainland to the west and New England to the northeast are now 
liabilities. The water is too close and the storm tides incredibly 
strong anyway magnified by the funnel of the Long Island Sound.  Add the 
very great population density making evacuation a nightmare. MOMA had a 
very interesting architectural exhibition a year or so ago on the 
subject of global warming and the city with interesting ideas about how 
to handle the rising water table. I do not remember handling hurricanes 
as part of it.

To Maria's list I would add d) because it is an adventure to take on the 
storm in spite of warnings to the contrary.

CS

  On 10/31/2012 11:30 AM, Maria Damon wrote:
> Yes, I was going to ask, Where to people evacuate *to*?
> I think people stay in their homes not because of bravado but because 
> a) they feel overwhelmed by having to make plans, b) they feel safe in 
> their homes because they are identified with them and have filled them 
> with their identities and view them as a haven even in the face of 
> empirical evidence to the contrary (like kids who stay with their 
> mothers' dead bodies after a carnage because they feel safe being with 
> their mothers) or c) because they have noplace to go.
>
> On 10/31/12 8:21 AM, G.H. Hovagimyan wrote:
>> The flooding and power outages are a bummer.
>> I live in zone B which is the secondary evacuation zone. Zone A is 
>> one block from me.
>> The subways are flooded and they are beginning to pump them out.
>> Last year we had a hurricane hit New York at the same time. It's odd 
>> because the year
>> before that we were sent emergency evacuation plans for our 
>> neighborhood in case of hurricanes.
>> The hard part is all the people who must evacuate. This also happened 
>> during 9/11 and the hurricane last year.
>> Without power the high-rise apartment building don't have water. So 
>> if you want to flush our bath you must carry water up the stairs.
>> And of course theres no elevator, no refrigeration for food etc..  
>> But this is the fourth blackout since 9/11.
>> New Yorker have no choice but to cope.
>> I have a house in the mountains of Pennsylvania. I split my time 
>> between New York and PA. We were up there when the storm hit.
>> We also have a backup propane generator because we tend to get hit 
>> with high winds that known out power up here.
>> I always thought of this place as a refuge and it appears to be 
>> becoming more so.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Maria Damon wrote:
>>
>>> wow~ chicago!
>>>
>>> On 10/30/12 8:03 PM, Lichty, Patrick wrote:
>>>> In Chicago, we're having 40 MPH winds and 20 foot waves out near 
>>>> Lakeshore Drive (LSD)
>>>>
>>>> Patrick Lichty
>>>> Assistant Professor, Interactive Arts & Media
>>>> Columbia College Chicago
>>>> 916/1000 S. Wabash Ave #104
>>>> Chicago, IL USA 60605
>>>> "Some distractions demand constant practice."
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au 
>>>> [empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan 
>>>> Marshall [Jonathan.Marshall at uts.edu.au]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM
>>>> To: soft_skinned_space
>>>> Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy
>>>>
>>>> I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were 
>>>> experiencing 40mph winds, so the effects in NY must be staggering. 
>>>> The news this morning was full of pictures of the sea moving 
>>>> inland, and the kind of heavy debris blowing around that Alan was 
>>>> talking about yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> hoping its moving out now.....
>>>>
>>>> jon
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au 
>>>> [empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alan Sondheim 
>>>> [sondheim at panix.com]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:15 AM
>>>> To: soft_skinned_space
>>>> Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy
>>>>
>>>> Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the
>>>> hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of 
>>>> suffering at
>>>> the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting this. But our 
>>>> roof and
>>>> our repairs held! Thanks to everyone who wrote in as well.
>>>>
>>>> love, Alan and Azure
>>>>
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