Army Corps continuing to make good progress on recovery efforts one year after Hurricane Sandy | Mt Kisco Real Estate
Waves of colorful sea creatures and mermaids flooded the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, N.Y., this summer for the annual Mermaid Parade. Just months earlier, in the very same spot, Hurricane Sandy with her massive waves stormed ashore but not in such a festive mood.
After the storm retreated, leaving the beach a mess, it seemed the parade - which draws thousands of costumed participants each year - would not return. But the mermaids did and showed tremendous community support in an event that’s ironically a celebration of the sea.
One of the mermaids, who is also a Brooklyn resident, said during the parade there was talk of how Coney Island has bounced back even stronger and the resilience and heart of the community is incredible.
The same could be said about the Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, which is overseeing a 60 project, $3 billion initiative to develop long and short term risk reduction strategies for coastal communities.
Hurricane Sandy
On Oct. 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy’s 80 mile-per-hour winds and 30-foot high waves pounded the eastern coast of the United States. The storm made its way from Florida up to Rhode Island. New York and New Jersey, which both are within New York District’s area of responsibility, were hit especially hard.
The surge of sea water inundated coastal communities, flooding roads, transportation systems and damaging electrical facilities causing wide spread power outages.
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/115855/army-corps-continuing-make-good-progress-recovery-efforts-one-year-after-hurricane-sandy
Immediately after the storm, the Army Corps was on the ground responding, both through its own response authorities and providing disaster response assistance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Army Corps trained response teams from around the nation came to the region to assist the New York District in unwatering subway tunnels, providing temporary emergency electrical power to critical facilities, removing tons of debris and closing barrier island breaches.
Sandy is also responsible for 60 deaths, $19 billion in damages and millions of cubic yards of sand removed from miles of coast. This sand loss makes coastal communities extremely vulnerable to future storms.
In January 2013, Congress signed the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 or the “Sandy Bill” giving the Army Corps funding and authority to take steps to restore coastal projects and navigation channels impacted by Sandy and reduce risk from storms to coastal communities in the northeastern U.S.
The Army Corps is carrying out this mission in several steps that are being performed simultaneously. Right now, Districts in the northeast are repairing and restoring previously constructed coastal projects impacted by Sandy, which includes replacing lost sand on beaches. They are also progressing on projects and studies that were underway before Sandy. In addition, the Army Corps’ North Atlantic Division, which the New York District is part of, is working on the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study that will provide strategies to help reduce risk from coastal storms to coastal communities.
Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/115855/army-corps-continuing-make-good-progress-recovery-efforts-one-year-after-hurricane-sandy#ixzz2j2vZgfqE
After the storm retreated, leaving the beach a mess, it seemed the parade - which draws thousands of costumed participants each year - would not return. But the mermaids did and showed tremendous community support in an event that’s ironically a celebration of the sea.
One of the mermaids, who is also a Brooklyn resident, said during the parade there was talk of how Coney Island has bounced back even stronger and the resilience and heart of the community is incredible.
The same could be said about the Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, which is overseeing a 60 project, $3 billion initiative to develop long and short term risk reduction strategies for coastal communities.
Hurricane Sandy
On Oct. 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy’s 80 mile-per-hour winds and 30-foot high waves pounded the eastern coast of the United States. The storm made its way from Florida up to Rhode Island. New York and New Jersey, which both are within New York District’s area of responsibility, were hit especially hard.
The surge of sea water inundated coastal communities, flooding roads, transportation systems and damaging electrical facilities causing wide spread power outages.
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/115855/army-corps-continuing-make-good-progress-recovery-efforts-one-year-after-hurricane-sandy
Immediately after the storm, the Army Corps was on the ground responding, both through its own response authorities and providing disaster response assistance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Army Corps trained response teams from around the nation came to the region to assist the New York District in unwatering subway tunnels, providing temporary emergency electrical power to critical facilities, removing tons of debris and closing barrier island breaches.
Sandy is also responsible for 60 deaths, $19 billion in damages and millions of cubic yards of sand removed from miles of coast. This sand loss makes coastal communities extremely vulnerable to future storms.
In January 2013, Congress signed the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 or the “Sandy Bill” giving the Army Corps funding and authority to take steps to restore coastal projects and navigation channels impacted by Sandy and reduce risk from storms to coastal communities in the northeastern U.S.
The Army Corps is carrying out this mission in several steps that are being performed simultaneously. Right now, Districts in the northeast are repairing and restoring previously constructed coastal projects impacted by Sandy, which includes replacing lost sand on beaches. They are also progressing on projects and studies that were underway before Sandy. In addition, the Army Corps’ North Atlantic Division, which the New York District is part of, is working on the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study that will provide strategies to help reduce risk from coastal storms to coastal communities.
Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/115855/army-corps-continuing-make-good-progress-recovery-efforts-one-year-after-hurricane-sandy#ixzz2j2vZgfqE
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