Sandy’s Biggest Legacy – Better Forecasts
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 1st, 2022. Interested in...
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Featured in Newsday: Long Island Must Unite To Avoid Flood Risks
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on September 18th, 2022. You can read...
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The Latest Updates on Hurricane Henri For The New York Metro Region
During times of emergency, The Foggiest Idea consolidates the reports of various news outlets to...
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As Tropical Storm Isaias Shows, Past Lessons Easily Get Blown Away
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on August 10, 2020. Interested in...
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Interviewed by News 12 Long Island: After Seven Years, How Much Have We Learned From Sandy?
The following was published by News 12 Long Island’s Geoff Bansen on October 30, 2019. The...
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CityLab: On Long Island, Failure to Absorb Sandy’s Lessons
The following was published by The Atlantic’s CityLab on October 22nd, 2018. You can read...
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Both Harvey and Irma Show How Much Long Island Still Has to Learn
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on September 5, 2017, and republished by...
Read MoreLong Island May Never Be Fully Prepared for the Next Bad Hurricane
The following was published in the Long Island Press on June 12, 2016. You can read the original here. The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season may have officially begun June 1, but there’s already been significant activity. Recently...
Read MoreLong Island’s Utility Preparation Always Leaves Us Powerless for the Next Bad Storm
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. With a thunderclap, Syosset residents awoke long before dawn to witness what looked like a strobe light outside as flashes of lightning...
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Strong Storms, Weak Coasts – Boating Times Long Island
The following was written for Boating Times Long Island’s July issue. You can read the...
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The 2015 Blizzard Bust
The following was written for Long Island Business News. The Nor’easter churning up the...
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Susan Axelrod: Hurricane Sandy – The Effects Are Lingering, Big Time
The following was written on August 26, 2014 by Susan Axelrod, founder of Love & Quiches,...
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Temperature records across the NY region are falling one after another with this latest February warm spell.
Our climate sites at Islip and JFK have already broken record high temperatures for 2/16 with readings of 63°. Islip breaks the record of 59°, set in 2018, and JFK breaks the record of 61°, set in 1976.
Other Records:
NYC: 71 (1954)
BDR: 57 (2018)
LGA: 69 (1954)
EWR: 74 (1954)
#YIMBY Twitter may not have liked what I had to say on #housing in my latest @NewsdayOpinion op-ed, but @Newsday readers agree - #LongIsland needs local input on #housing. You can read a sampling of their published thoughts here: https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2023/02/14/newsday-readers-respond-to-murdocco-ask-hochul-to-find-open-housing-space/
Many thanks to Raymond Janis of @TBRNewsMedia for taking the time to talk to myself, @EdRomaine @NYAssemblyBrown and others about the prospect of the @MTA electrifying the @LIRR's Port Jefferson Branch. You can read his piece here: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/port-jeff-branch-riders-face-potentially-decades-more-electrification-woes/ #LIRR #GetaFoggyIdea