Newsday: Need Better Alerts for Extreme Weather
The following guest essay was published in the Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 edition of Newsday on...
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Tag: Superstorm sandy
The Foggiest Idea Wins First Place Prize at 2023 PCLI Media Awards
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Richard Murdocco Rich@TheFoggiestIdea.org The Foggiest Idea...
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Sandy’s Biggest Legacy – Better Forecasts
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 1st, 2022. This piece...
Read MoreQuoted in Newsday: Lindenhurst Program for Sandy-Damaged Properties Shows Mixed Results, Residents Say
The following excerpt is from an article by Denise Bonilla that was published on Newsday.com on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022. You can read the entire piece here. Richard Murdocco, adjunct professor of environmental policy at...
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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...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Document Dump Shows How Facebook is Toxic to Democratic Ideals. The Foggiest Idea Will No Longer Use the Platform
The following was written in response to the revelations about Facebook’s business practices that were recently published in the Wall Street Journal. You can read the series here. By Richard Murdocco Due to the recent...
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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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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...
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...
Read MoreReflecting on Sandy, and Planning for the Next Big One
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...
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One Year After Hurricane Sandy, We Are Still Vulnerable
One year after Hurricane Sandy rumbled up to our shores, Long Island is still woefully vulnerable....
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