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Half hidden by shrubs and tree branches, there’s a bench in my backyard’s southeast corner, short and stout, its thin pine planks grayed by the elements and mottled with mint-green lichen. Weakened by age . . . more

9/5/20

Be prepared for hurricanes — now, not later

With all the news of the coronavirus crisis, it would be easy to forget that we are more than a month into the Atlantic hurricane season — and now is the time to prepare for the possibility of a major storm. more

7/10/20

Christa Farmer, a Hofstra University professor, discussed the science behind climate change on Long Island.

GOSR, Hofstra offer coastal sustainability seminars

Hofstra University and the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery are partnering to provide environmental education to Long Island communities through a certification program. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 2/20/20

A rendering of the Bay Park Conveyance Project, which will send treated effluent, or wastewater, from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility to an ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh via an aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway.

Bay Park sewage project moves ahead

Officials are eyeing Oct. 29, 2022 — the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy — as a completion date for the Bay Park Conveyance Project, now that they have sent out a request for qualifications to interested design-and-build teams. more

By Mike Smollins | 12/12/19

After a successful inaugural HurriCon event last year, Bethany Church is hosting its second annual comic book convention on Nov. 23.

HurriCON to hit East Rockaway on Nov. 23

Bethany Congregational Church hosts its second annual HurriCON comic convention on Nov. 25. more

By Mike Smollins | 11/21/19

Let’s get L.I. resiliency projects going — now

Nearly seven years after Superstorm Sandy struck on a late-October night, Long Island communities are still rebuilding. Homes are up in the air . . . more

9/20/19

Congress must act to extend flood insurance

Long Islanders can empathize with the victims of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas and left extensive damage in parts of the Carolinas. Nearly seven years after Hurricane Sandy hit, fears of the next Big One are still palpable in communities like . . . more

9/13/19

Be prepared for the next Big One

In the movie “Jaws,” Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn said, “You yell ‘Barracuda!’ and everyone says, ‘Huh?’ You yell ‘Shark!’ and we’ve got a panic on our hands.” The same could be said of hurricanes. more

7/18/19

Be ready when the next hurricane hits

With the anxiety of Superstorm Sandy never far from our minds, Long Islanders have watched painfully familiar scenes unfold across the South, the mid-Atlantic and the Caribbean over the past two years . . . more

By Neela Lockel | 7/6/19

Rob Hampson, a hydraulic/coastal engineer with the Army Corps of Enginners, left, reviewed the Back Bays study with Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy.

‘Waiting for 2030 is unacceptable’

Nearly three years have passed, but the Nassau County Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study to examine, in part, if storm gates can be installed at the Jones and East Rockaway inlets, will require more time, according to Scott Sanderson, section chief of coastal planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District. more

By Nadya Nataly | 6/26/19

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