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Hurricane #Sandy Resources: New York City Evacuation Map in the Eventuality of Major Water Surges Produced by Hurricanes

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Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas [detail]
Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas [detail] (Photo credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video)

 

As Hurricane Sandy started pummeling New Jersey shore, it is worth looking again at this map, published by The New York City Office for emergency Management, which indicates what New York City are most prone to flooding. The map displays in:

  1. Deep Orange – Area A, which could be flooded if a hurricane of ANY intensity makes landfall in the New York Area
  2. Yellow – Area B, which could be flooded if an intensity 2 and higher hurricane makes landfall in the New York Area
  3. Green – Area C, which could be flooded if an intensity 3 or higher makes landfall in the New York Area
  4. Dots: Unknown features

 

Map below is clickable and zoomable. Use the + / – signs to zoom in and out. Click on the map to pan around.

Click to see New York City Hurricane evacuation zone in full screen

Sorin Adam Matei

Assistant Vice President for Partnerships in Strategic Defense Innnovation and Professor of Communication at Purdue University, Director of the FORCES initiative leads research teams that study the relationship between technological and social systems using big data, simulation, and mapping approaches. He published papers and articles in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Information Society, National Interest, and Foreign Policy. He is the author or co-editor of several books. The most recent is Structural differentation in social media. He also co-edited Ethical Reasoning in Big Data,Transparency in social media and Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods (Computational Social Sciences) , all three the product of the NSF funded KredibleNet project. Dr. Matei's teaching portfolio includes technology and strategy, online interaction, and digital media analytics classes. A former BBC World Service journalist, his contributions have been published in Esquire and several leading Romanian newspapers. In Romania, he is known for his books Boierii Mintii (The Mind Boyars), Idolii forului (Idols of the forum), and Idei de schimb (Spare ideas).

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