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Old 11-20-2012, 12:08 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if someone can give me a brief synopsis of which areas in southern Westchester (White Plains and south) were hit by flooding during Sandy and which areas were less hit by flooding and power outages?

What is the situation now? I've been listening to reports about Staten Island and New Jersey but haven't heard to much about Westchester or the Metro Area around Connecticut. Thanks for the info.
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Old 11-20-2012, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Bellevue, WA
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The only people that flooded were right on, or very close to the water...like within a quarter mile. There wasn't much rain at all(1 inch or so?) but absolutely crazy wind, which downed power lines and trees street by street, not town by town. We were without power 6 days yet 500 ft away they never lost it.

Irene was totally different as it was less wind and lots of water. If a house is in a 100 year flood plain or less, it probably got some water then.

For Sandy, Staten Island is below sea level which is why it and the Rockaways were decimated along with the Jersey Shore...the storm surge rose the water table up to 12 feet above normal! Outside of those areas, unless you were on the water or had a tree come down on your house, were basically back to normal within 7-14 days.
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Old 11-20-2012, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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The only people that flooded were right on, or very close to the water...like within a quarter mile. There wasn't much rain but crazy wind, which downed power lines and trees street by street, not town by town. We were without power 6 days yet 500 ft away they never lost it.

Staten Island is below sea level which is why it and the Rockaways were decimated along with the Jersey Shore...the storm surge rose the water table up to 12 feet above normal! Outside of those areas, unless you were on the water or had a tree come down on your house, were basically back to normal within 7-14 days.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
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Old 11-21-2012, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Live in NY, work in CT
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The only people that flooded were right on, or very close to the water...like within a quarter mile. There wasn't much rain at all(1 inch or so?) but absolutely crazy wind, which downed power lines and trees street by street, not town by town. We were without power 6 days yet 500 ft away they never lost it.

Irene was totally different as it was less wind and lots of water. If a house is in a 100 year flood plain or less, it probably got some water then.

For Sandy, Staten Island is below sea level which is why it and the Rockaways were decimated along with the Jersey Shore...the storm surge rose the water table up to 12 feet above normal! Outside of those areas, unless you were on the water or had a tree come down on your house, were basically back to normal within 7-14 days.
No part of the NY Metro area is below sea level (unlike New Orleans, part of what made Katrina such a problem is a significant part of that city and metro area IS below sea level, and most of the rest is <20 ft. above), but much of Staten Island and the Rockaways are less than 10 ft. above sea level and Rockaway as well as much of the Jersey Shore devastation (i.e. Long Beach Island) are on small "barrier islands".

For the most part Westchester and adjacent Fairfield Counties have near 100% recovered. I think the main area right now that still has significant damage is Playland, and there are a few people right on the immediate Sound Shore that did get significant property damage.
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Old 11-21-2012, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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No part of the NY Metro area is below sea level (unlike New Orleans, part of what made Katrina such a problem is a significant part of that city and metro area IS below sea level, and most of the rest is <20 ft. above), but much of Staten Island and the Rockaways are less than 10 ft. above sea level and Rockaway as well as much of the Jersey Shore devastation (i.e. Long Beach Island) are on small "barrier islands".

For the most part Westchester and adjacent Fairfield Counties have near 100% recovered. I think the main area right now that still has significant damage is Playland, and there are a few people right on the immediate Sound Shore that did get significant property damage.
Thanks much for the additional info.
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Old 11-30-2012, 09:48 PM
 
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Irene, was a totally different story for flooding in Westchester
There was lots of it.
I only drive through on Metro North, but could see lots of flooding next to the Harlem line tracks.
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Old 12-02-2012, 09:00 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Irene, was a totally different story for flooding in Westchester
There was lots of it.
I only drive through on Metro North, but could see lots of flooding next to the Harlem line tracks.
Thanks for the help.
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