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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun Mar 30, 2014, 04:52 PM Mar 2014

One Idea For Protecting NY, NJ From Powerful Storms: Man-Made Islands

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The federal government will be evaluating some bold ideas for how to prevent damage from another Sandy-type superstorm.

As WCBS 880?s Jim Smith reported, one of the proposals would build a string of man-made islands off the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey to absorb the impact of another powerful storm.

The “Blue Dunes” proposal is part of Rebuild By Design, a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to come up with novel ways to protect against the next big storm. It is one of 10 projects that will be evaluated and voted on next week, but there’s no guarantee any of them will receive funding.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/30/one-idea-for-protecting-ny-nj-from-powerful-storms-man-made-islands/

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One Idea For Protecting NY, NJ From Powerful Storms: Man-Made Islands (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2014 OP

Maybe we can just float Corpus Christie out to sea and ....... well, never mind. n/t Smarmie Doofus Mar 2014 #1

Oh my! hrmjustin Mar 2014 #2

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction pipoman Mar 2014 #3

Smarmie Doofus

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1. Maybe we can just float Corpus Christie out to sea and ....... well, never mind. n/t

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Sun Mar 30, 2014, 05:02 PM

Mar 2014

hrmjustin

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2. Oh my!

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Sun Mar 30, 2014, 05:04 PM

Mar 2014

pipoman

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3. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

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Sun Mar 30, 2014, 06:45 PM

Mar 2014

It seems as dumb to me as rebuilding hundreds of houses in the Mississippi River Valley every 4 years.

I remember an old Native American man telling me that his people laughed at the White men for building permanent structures on river banks and in flood plains. They quit laughing when they saw the lengths they would go to keep those areas from flooding.

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