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Clear winter skies over Clinton Hill. (Photo by Francisco Daum. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. It should be another mild day in the neighborhood, according to the National Weather Service [http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=NYZ075], with temps around the
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Part of Bloomberg’s Proposed Plan (Source: nyc.gov)Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ambitious and massive $20 billion storm protection program that seeks to safeguard New York City from future extreme weather catastrophes faces some serious obstacles before it becomes reality. The New York Times is reporting [http://www.nytimes.
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Source: 401(K) via FlickrWith the threat of climate change [/batten-down-the-hatches-now-or-suffer-the-great-flood-of-2080/] and redrawn flood zone lines [/new-flood-zone-lines-are-drawn-rates-to-increase-for-homeowners/] leading to skyrocketing insurance rates, you’d think the only thing that is certain to rise along the Southern Brooklyn waterfront would be encroaching flood waters and not property taxes. Well, property taxes
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Source: Daniel Schwen via Wikimedia CommonsFor many of us, Hurricane Sandy was a wake up call. The storm smashed our businesses, flooded our homes and disrupted our lives, showing how fragile we all are so close to the sea. While scientists, engineers and residents all grapple with questions concerning the
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Unless radical “hover home” technology gets developed in the latter part of the 21st century, the New York Times has a warning for you: the thousands of coastal communities dotting the edges of New York City [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/11/nyregion/an-expanding-flood-zone.html?smid=tw-nytimes] are
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New York State’s future will hold hotter summers, snowier winters, severe floods and a range of other symptoms of an environment in flux, according to the latest climate change predictions. That could mean disaster for waterfront communities like Sheepshead Bay. “The past year was a good teachable moment in