https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/04/how-bloomberg-left-new-york-at-the-mercy-of-floods/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:16:50 -0400<![CDATA[Another former member of the panel, Klaus Jacob, a scientist at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, told The New York Times, in a prescient article published just six weeks before Sandy hit, that the city’s unwillingness to be more aggressive was akin to “Russian roulette.” Jacob believes that the city needs to build unbreachable gates to subways, tunnels and infrastructure to prevent water from rushing in. Despite the expense, he says that such a system would save billions by preventing storm damage.]]>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:02:54 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/04/how-bloomberg-left-new-york-at-the-mercy-of-floods-n97192