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Graybeard

(6,996 posts) Tue Oct 30, 2012, 12:16 PM Oct 2012

We get "The Storm of the Century" every 2 years now.

At his briefing today Gov. Cuomo said that it seems we get a Storm of the Century every couple of years now. He said NY is not accustomed to such severe weather so often. NY and the East coast will have to invest in infrastructure changes to cope with these conditions in the future.

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We get "The Storm of the Century" every 2 years now. (Original Post) Graybeard Oct 2012 OP

And it's always true... nt thereismore Oct 2012 #1

They really will need to develop infrastructure to deal with changing climate etherealtruth Oct 2012 #2

Um, Irene was only last year. Sandy's causing more flooding that Irene did. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #3

We also have three 24/7 news channels customerserviceguy Oct 2012 #4

thereismore

(13,326 posts)

1. And it's always true... nt

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 12:36 PM

Oct 2012

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

2. They really will need to develop infrastructure to deal with changing climate

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 12:43 PM

Oct 2012

Most of us will need to as well

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

3. Um, Irene was only last year. Sandy's causing more flooding that Irene did.

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:08 PM

Oct 2012

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

4. We also have three 24/7 news channels

Reply to Graybeard (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:32 PM

Oct 2012

that thrive on hyping things up. I don't mean to minimize the suffering of many people in my area, but there have been big storms for as long as we have kept track of such things.

Right now, we have way more infrastructure than what we had a hundred years ago when storms killed many hundreds of people. Our satellite alert systems can get people out of the way, but buildings and infrastructure remain in place for the most part.

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