Monday, March 10, 2014

First blog

 Hello my name is James Hull and I just read an article called "NewYork is Lagging as Seas and Risks Rise, Critics Warn"; I will analyze the opinions of the public based off the article while adding my own perspective.  This article is about NewYork City and its preparations for flooding and other climate changes.  As a fellow New Yorker, based on my past personal experience with a storm, I feel the city is not ready for flooding.  The need to improve their public transportation system as well as the structure of their buildings is a must.  We can't get prepared that easily like the other cities because it would cost too much to fix everything we needed.
   DOB from the NewYork Times article told his story about how he was trying to travel on the Path train when the flooding in 2007 happened. He explained how they had to change the train's course due to the high amount of flood waters. He wondered what would have happened  if he was traveling through the flood as it was happening and what the city would have done in that situation. It feel like the city should have been more prepared. Rama68 thinks just because we have expensive condos that NewYork can afford to fix the cars so they can float during floods. I notice Rama68 is from San Francisco and may not understand the process for that is not that easy and would probably cost more money than the condos he ranting about. His idea is a unrealistic concept. Mitch M ask where are the dramatic changes. For years we been warned about global warming changes but nothing is happening. I disagree with Mitch statement because climate changes may not be happening faster than expected but it is happening.

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