Are you ready for the natural disaster that will someday come our way? Particularly for the hurricane that could render Brooklyn a flooded hell? Most of us aren’t. Here’s a post from a Park Slope resident on Awearness that got us to thinking about the unpleasant again: I’ll come right out and say it: If […]

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As you have probably already heard, yesterday was the official start of hurricane season. Yesterday, we ran an image of potential flooding in Brooklyn and, today, we’re going to recall the story of the West Indian Monster of 1893 and one of its victims, Hog Island (yes, it’s in Queens, but it makes a point, […]

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In honor of today’s start of hurricane season, we present what is becoming an annual tradition here at GL: a look at what might happen to Brooklyn and all of New York City, courtesy of the Office of Emergency Management‘s hurricane evacuation map. Please note exactly how much of Brooklyn will be underwater in the […]

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Soon, it will be time for an entire new round of stories about how screwed we will all be when a major hurricane hits New York City. (Yes, we said when, not if.) In the meantime, anyone that wants to read how generally screwed Brooklyn and various parts of the city will be in general […]

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We are fascinated by those scary maps that show how screwed Brooklyn will be when the Big One–or even the Little One–comes roaring up the East Coast and slams into us. We are toast and, generally speaking, totally unprepared for the destruction and a flooded borough and all of the disruptions that it will entail. […]

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As you have probably already heard, today is the official start of hurricane season. In its honor, we’re recalling the, um West Indian Monster of 1893 and one of its victims, Hog Island (yes, it’s in Queens, but it makes a point, and Brooklyn was pretty trashed by the storm too). The 1893 storm, which […]

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