Megastorm Aftermath

Megastorm Aftermath

1.  How high was Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge (sea wall)? _______________
2.  What is the elevation above sea level of:

Broad Channel _____________ Rockaways _____________ Red Hook _____________

Staten Island _____________ Lower Manhatten _____________

3.  The past century, how much has sea level risen around New York? __________________
4.  How much did the Jakobshavn Fjord recede between:

1902-2001 ______________ 2001-2010 ______________

5.  What did Verizon use to replace the copper wires for their phone lines? _____________________
6.  How much did is cost? _______________________
7.  How many gallons of sea water came into the subway system? ______________________
8.  What does the Netherlands means? ___________________
9.  What do the Netherlands use to keep out sea water? _______________ and _______________
10.  What is nature’s best defense against storms? _____________ and ______________________
11.  Which US city is sinking? __________________
12.  How much marshland was Jamaica Bay, NY loosing each year? __________________
13.  Climate models suggest overall the number of hurricanes might _____________, but the ones that do form

could be more __________________ than the ones today.

14.  What southern state will be flooded by sea level rise? _______________

Mega storm Aftermath

1.  How high was Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge (sea wall)? ___14 feet____________
2.  What is the elevation above sea level?
3. Broad Channel  0m
4. Rockaways _150m

• Red Hook 2m

1. Staten Island 32m
2. Lower Manhattan 5m
3.  The past century, how much has the sea level raised around New York? Approximately the sea level rises less than a centimeter annually but those few inches have added up over a century to 13-20centimeters more than it was in 1900
4.  How much did the Jakobshavn Fjord recede between?
5. 1902-2001 __more than 20kilometres
6. 2001-2010 more than 20 kilometers
7.  What did Verizon use to replace the copper wires for their phone lines? Fiber optic lines
8.  How much did it cost? $400billion
9.  How many gallons of seawater came into the subway system? 600million gallons of stormwater(Bailey & Lorraine, 2013).
10.  What does the Netherlands mean? _A country located in Western Europe on the North Sea
11.  What does the Netherlands use to keep out seawater? __The Dutch use dikes, barriers, and pumps to keep low-lying land free of water.
12.  What is nature’s best defense against storms? Natural barriers such as barrier island  and mangrove forests
13.  Which US city is sinking? New Orleans and Houston.
14.  How much marshland was Jamaica Bay, NY losing each year? ___10 marshy islands were lost in a year.
15.  Climate models suggest overall the number of hurricanes might decrease, but the ones that do form

Could be more dangerous and lethal than the one’s today.

14.  What southern state will be flooded by sea-level rise? Florida.