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We should all do our part to see that doesn't happen. Based on the events of last summer with Hurricane Irene, I think everyone now realizes we are very much susceptible to tropical weather here.
We had massive damage to the boardwalk and we lost30 % of the sand with Hurricane Irene
Your successes are too numerous to count — most memorably, your victory in the ‘Super Bowl’ of extreme weather years in 2011, when you saved countless lives with advance warnings for Hurricane Irene, the Joplin tornado, the Alabama tornadoes, and historic floods.More quotes »
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Village Issues Regulations On Generator Usage
As with numerous towns and villages across Long Island, last summer’s Hurricane Irene had its own devastating effect on the Village of Roslyn Harbor. The village, according to officials, suffered so much damage, including power outages, that many residen 1:27 AM from Roslyn News Read more »
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Legal pact permits NYC transit workers to don religious head wear
Commuters make their way through Grand Central Station during the morning commute in New York a day after Hurricane Irene hit the city, August 29, 2011. NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's transit system has agreed to allow Sikh and Muslim employees to from Reuters Read more »
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State Taking New Steps in Hurricane Preparedness
A home reflected in a neighboring flooded front yard on Mountain Avenue in North Caldwell, a road which experienced many downed trees as a result of Hurricane Irene. It was less than a year ago that Hurricane Irene inflicted serious damage on the east co from Caldwells Patch Read more »
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Hurricane Preparedness Week hopes to raise awareness of storms, powerful winds
Photo courtesy of Janice Denenberg PazOn Saybrook Street in Willowbrook, cars were underwater and homes were severely damaged after Willowbrook Pond overflowed during Hurricane Irene. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Borough residents got a taste of what a hurrican from SILive.com Read more »
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City Room: Still Suffering Summer's Storm-Anticipation Damage
When Amy Sedaris sees the X, she becomes sad. “I just imagine what their apartments must look like,” she said. Ms. Sedaris, the comedian, actress, West Village resident and self-styled Martha Stewart of the harried and downtrodden, was talking about a ci from The New York Times Read more »
