Tuesday, May 16, 2006
In a Hurricane New York City Can't Evacuate
Concern about considerable loss of life arises because there are likely to be significant problems associated with evacuating New York City in the lead-up to extreme storms. Evacuation of the high-density regions near the flood-prone coastline would be extremely difficult because many evacuation routes, including both roads and public transportation, extend through areas that may be inundated with water. In addition, because many of the bridges connecting Manhattan to the mainland are elevated, they would respond to the wind effects of an approaching storm well before such winds would be felt at ground level. As a result, their use as evacuation routes would have to be restricted well before roads at ground level, further complicating an evacuation. The problem of unusable evacuation routes is compounded by the fact that, as of 2001, only 50% of households in New York City and 20% of households in Manhattan had access to their own vehicles, which would mean that a large percentage of the city’s population would need to be evacuated using potentially compromised public transportation systems.
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. . . so, yah mean we can't get out via the bridges???
yikes!
Concern about considerable loss of life arises because there are likely to be significant problems associated with evacuating New York City in the lead-up to extreme storms. Evacuation of the high-density regions near the flood-prone coastline would be extremely difficult because many evacuation routes, including both roads and public transportation, extend through areas that may be inundated with water. In addition, because many of the bridges connecting Manhattan to the mainland are elevated, they would respond to the wind effects of an approaching storm well before such winds would be felt at ground level. As a result, their use as evacuation routes would have to be restricted well before roads at ground level, further complicating an evacuation. The problem of unusable evacuation routes is compounded by the fact that, as of 2001, only 50% of households in New York City and 20% of households in Manhattan had access to their own vehicles, which would mean that a large percentage of the city’s population would need to be evacuated using potentially compromised public transportation systems.
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. . . so, yah mean we can't get out via the bridges???
yikes!
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