N.Y. mostly ignored call for disaster recovery plan
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- Published on Monday, December 10, 2012
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More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York politicians to prepare for a storm of historic proportions, spelling out scenarios eerily similar to what actually happened: a towering storm surge; overwhelming flooding; swamped subway lines; widespread power outages. The Rockaway peninsula was deemed among the "most at risk."
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/dec/09/ny-mostly-ignored-call-for-disaster-recovery-plan/
