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A #sustainwhat takeaway from NY's tragic #FlashFloodEmergency, inspired by a listener who said her phone alert came with no call to action. Is it time for #flashflood "#DryOut" training in flood-risk regions akin to quake states' #shakeout work? pscp.tv/Revkin/1BdxYYq… 1/
One reason: Flash floods pose a distinctly different threat compared to coastal flooding. As @wxpizza notes, they can happen almost anywhere and are local. The response challenge is similar to that with tornadoes. @climatesociety & @NASA working on this. 2'
Learn heaps in this video by Miriam Nielsen, @zentouro at @columbiaclimate A warning that gets pushed to everyone's phone is an incredible tool, but more often than not it's just ignored. 3/
New: LIVE 1:30 pm ET! How Did Dozens Die from Hurricane Ida's Predicted Northeast Blow @wxpizza of @columbiaclimate No signup. Click to watch three ways: earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/ho… 
First there was the excellent forecasting of extreme rain risk, as early as Monday evening via many like @burgwx 1/
Official sources pushed hard, as with @NWSNewYorkNY issuing the first-ever #flashfloodemergency for the NY region: 2/
NYC is in a hell of water.
Sandy, in terms of the geographic area having been flooded, is a child’s play compared to this.
Sandy, in terms of the geographic area having been flooded, is a child’s play compared to this.
Car garages, apartments, streets and buildings that had no flooding during Sandy, have now 2 feet of water or more from end to end.
Sad and somber moment in Brooklyn as 4 Torah Scrolls (the 5 books of Moses written on parchment and considering the holiest item in Judaism) are removed from a synagogue submerged in water.
