Saturday, August 10, 2013

Is Long sland Ready For Another Hurricaine?

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Hurricane season is here and are we ready for another hurricane? while many changes have been implemented some things haven't changed much. According to news 12 and their latest's reports we are still on risk of being hit and damaged as we did a year ago.
Robert Sinclair from AAA said "We are, in essence, in the same place we were last October"
Sandy destroyed 90 % of the waterside terminals in New York Harbor, which handles fuel deliveries from tankers and pipelines to our area. Sinclair says almost nothing has been done to storm proof those terminals in the aftermath of Sandy. Although Gov. Cuomo order that all the gas stations must have generators this measure will be effective until next year which means we are no different than last yr.
LIPA was largely criticized on how they responded to the customers and the way  they approached the chaos but LIPA has already handed a major part to its partner National Grid which will end the contract with LIPA in 2014. LIPA insist that's they have made some major changes to act if another natural disaster occurs.
 Experts agree there will be another big storm like Sandy, and they say Long Islanders need to be prepared for this type of occurrence once in a while.
Scientists say they have a pretty good understanding of how storm patterns move in large areas like the Atlantic. The difficulty comes when you're forecasting for a small, highly populated area like Long Island. 
However, as scientists try to understand what's happening to weather patterns the stakes are getting higher. Officials say heavy shoreline development on Long Island is a bulls-eye for future super storms. 
Experts say climate change occurs over decades, so the best defense is to make our area less vulnerable.

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