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During times of emergency, The Foggiest Idea consolidates the reports of various news outlets to...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Aug 5, 2020 | Environmental Policy, News | 0
During times of emergency, The Foggiest Idea consolidates the reports of various news outlets to...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 30, 2019 | Environmental Policy, Media Appearances, Storms | 0
The following was published by News 12 Long Island’s Geoff Bansen on October 30, 2019. The...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 22, 2018 | Environmental Policy, Storms | 1
The following was published by The Atlantic’s CityLab on October 22nd, 2018. You can read...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Sep 5, 2017 | Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on September 5, 2017, and republished by...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Aug 7, 2015 | Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
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...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 29, 2014 | Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
The following was written on August 26, 2014 by Susan Axelrod, founder of Love & Quiches,...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 31, 2013 | Environmental Policy | 0
The following was written by Karl Grossman, a friend of the Foggiest Idea. Karl Grossman is professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury and chief investigative reporter at Long Island’s...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 28, 2013 | Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
Sandy was created by some extraordinary meteorological circumstances. we must plan ahead for the “Next Big One”. However, the silver lining to all the misery the superstorm brought upon Long Island and beyond is that it made...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | May 24, 2013 | Quick Hits | 0
The following was published in Long Island Business News’ Young Island Recently, there have been a number of items in the news that I feel warrant discussion. Rather than pick just one, however, the following is a series...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Feb 16, 2013 | Economic Development, Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
The following was written for Long Island Business News, and published on 2/20/13. The piece can be read online here Newsday famously wrote that in 1978, Long Island was at a crossroads. They told their readers that we, as a...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Feb 11, 2013 | Economic Development, Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
An empty Long Island Expressway, westbound, near Exit 56 on 2/10/13The following was published on...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Jan 7, 2013 | Media Appearances | 0
My editorial response on Sandy’s impacts to Fire Island was recently aired during the week of 12/30/12 to 1/7/13 at the top of each hour on News 12 Long Island. The segment was presented by Peter Kohler of Cablevision...
Read MoreLooks like more storms are coming through too…
This afternoon’s thunderstorm was serious business - In one of the loudest sounds I’ve ever heard, lightning split a 75-year old Tulip tree! @NWSNewYorkNY
I used to love riding the M3s to Manhattan (when the AC was working!)
Some interesting points...
1. Commuters interviewed didn't seem to mind the retro M3s returning
2. The @LIRR kept the M3s in storage, almost as if it was in anticipation of the M9s being further delayed.
Meanwhile on that slender riotous island …
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-m3-train-cars-m9-ygpbfp8a
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