Hurricane-proofing NYC with Dutch-style storm surge barriers across could protect us from #Sandy next time. Read at http://t.co/8bFFfVSA
November 02, 2012
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Growing up in New York City, I never had much consciousness of it as a coastal city. The beaches are in the farthest-off parts of the outer boroughs, and the population centers in Manhattan and Brooklyn are oriented inward rather than toward the waterfronts. But the devastating flooding of Hurricane...