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Hurricane Irene’s projected track similar to path of destructive Floyd in 1999

>Hurricane Irene’s projected track similar to path of destructive Floyd in 1999

By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 04:14 PM

Hurricane Irene’s projected path bears an uncanny resemblance to 1999’s Hurricane Floyd, which passed by Florida before hitting North Carolina and skimming the Eastern seaboard.

That could mean serious trouble for those in Irene’s path.

Floyd was responsible for 57 deaths, $4.5 billion in damages and widespread flooding that kept entire communities underwater for weeks. Like Irene’s forecasted track, Floyd passed over the Bahamas and was originally predicted to hit Florida before shifting east.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-irenes-projected-track-similar-to-path-of-destructive-floyd-in/1188213

New Jersey Reduces Damage from Hurricane Floyd


https://www.nj.gov/njoem/pdf/dr-1295-nj%20full.pdf

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Waldwick officials to expand scope of Ho-Ho-Kus Brook fix

>Waldwick officials to expand scope of Ho-Ho-Kus Brook fix

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011  
BY JODI WEINBERGER
OF SUBURBAN NEWS
WALDWICK SUBURBAN NEWS

Waldwick – Borough officials have decided to expand plans to shore up the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook embankment by including the removal of rocks and sediment that has built up under a bridge on Wyckoff Avenue.

John Delia became the second homeowner this summer to seek the Borough Council’s help in containing water in the brook, the flow of which he said is being constricted by debris.

“This is a hazard to the people in the area because if we get nailed with another hurricane even close to Floyd, we’re going to get hit pretty badly,” Delia told the council at a meeting Aug. 9. “This is something serious. It’s getting worse year by year.”

https://www.northjersey.com/news/128368163_Flooding_remedy_may_be_expanded.html

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FLOOD WATCH…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI-STATE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

>FLOOD WATCH…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI-STATE THROUGH THIS EVENING.


FLOOD WATCH…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
459 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI-STATE
THROUGH THIS EVENING…

.AS A SLOW MOVING STORM TRACKS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND THROUGH
THIS EVENING…IT WILL CONTINUE TO USHER AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE INTO THE TRI-STATE REGION. THIS MOISTURE IS BEING ACTED
ON BY THE STORM…CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS MOST OF THE TRI-STATE INTO THIS EVENING.

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
459 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHERN FAIRFIELD…NORTHERN NEW
  HAVEN…SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN. IN
  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…EASTERN BERGEN…EASTERN ESSEX…
  EASTERN PASSAIC…EASTERN UNION…HUDSON…WESTERN BERGEN…
  WESTERN ESSEX AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
  BRONX…KINGS (BROOKLYN)…NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)…NORTHERN
  NASSAU…NORTHERN QUEENS…NORTHERN WESTCHESTER…NORTHWESTERN
  SUFFOLK…PUTNAM…RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)…ROCKLAND…
  SOUTHERN NASSAU…SOUTHERN QUEENS…SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND
  SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE…IS FORECAST TO FALL IN THE WATCH AREA…ON
  TOP OF THE 2 TO 11 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
  THIS COULD RESULT IN THE FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND FAST
  RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF
  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…AND SOUTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook is in major need of dredging, deepening, and cleaning

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photo by Boyd Loving 


The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook is in major need of dredging, deepening, and cleaning


No question about it: the turf field served to exacerbate the flooding conditions at RHS experienced yesterday. I can recall a graduation ceremony held at RHS in 2001 during which thunderstorms, of about the same severity and intensity as those we saw yesterday, rolled through the area before and during the ceremony. The grass was very wet, but the field did not flood. 


Here is what is going wrong: the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook is in major need of dredging, deepening, and cleaning; too, rules governing the construction of structures and fences within the flood plain of the brook need to be enforced. These are a few of the reasons why we are seeing the HHK brook overflow its banks with increasing frequency. And, of course, the turf field: located within the flood plain, it does not absorb the water but rather it collects it. Hence an area of pooled water that is very much in evidence in the photos provided

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Ridgewood High School Athletic Stadium Floods – Graduation Ceremony Moved To RHS Front Lawn

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Ridgewood High School Athletic Stadium Floods – Graduation Ceremony Moved To RHS Front Lawn
Boyd Loving


The HoHoKus Brook overflowed its banks on Thursday afternoon flooding the RHS athletic stadium.
 
The graduation ceremony for the RHS class of 2011 was moved to the front lawn of RHS as a result.
 
Workers moved chairs from the athletic field to the front lawn following a heavy downpour in mid afternoon.

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photos by Boyd Loving

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Ridgewood : Flash Flood Watch

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FLOOD WATCH: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
349 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

…PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER
HUDSON VALLEY…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…NEW YORK CITY AND NASSAU COUNTY…

.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA FROM A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WISCONSIN WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR THE
CONVERGENCE OF MOISTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN…RESULTING
IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
349 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011.

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Report: Pedestrian bridge at Ridgewood High School needs work

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Report: Pedestrian bridge at Ridgewood High School needs work

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011  
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

A pedestrian bridge that connects the two athletic fields at Ridgewood High School (RHS) – crossed by hundreds of students each day – has structural deficiencies that have yet to be addressed by the school district, and vehicles have been seen using the bridge despite a weight limit, according to a village resident who lives near RHS.

The pedestrian bridge connecting Stadium and Stevens fields at Ridgewood High School was closed following flooding in April.
More than two years ago, the Ridgewood school district received an engineering report on the pedestrian bridge over the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook between athletics fields at Ridgewood High School (RHS), citing concerns with the bridge’s structural integrity.

The report, prepared by Mark Micucci of Micucci Engineering and delivered to the district in January 2009, notes that the exposed top side of the bridge is in “relatively good condition” and its underside in “fair condition,” but reveals problems with the structure of its abutments, particularly its southern abutment.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/123598184_Report__Pedestrian_bridge_needs_work.html

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Another $21k Down The Brook : Turf field’s ‘wrinkle release’ costs $21,000

>Ridgewood turf field’s ‘wrinkle release’ costs $21,00
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Staff Writer

The final repair of the wrinkles left on new turf installed on Ridgewood High School’s (RHS) Stadium Field after flooding this month cost the school district about $21,000, Superintendent Daniel Fishbein disclosed at a Board of Education (BOE) meeting Monday night.

Answering an initial question from BOE member Laurie Goodman, who asked for a cost estimate of the cleanup of the fields following heavy rains on April 16, Fishbein responded that the cleanup was being conducted by the district’s contracted custodial company, “so there’s no additional costs.”

However, when The Ridgewood News questioned Fishbein during the public comment portion of the meeting about the cost of hiring an outside company, LandTek, to repair the turf wrinkles, the superintendent reported that the field repair in fact cost about $21,000.

“I’m sorry. There was a cost for LandTek. I neglected to say that,” he said, adding that he considered the repair of the wrinkles a “correction” and not a “clean-up” cost.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/120734824_Ridgewood_turf_field_s__wrinkle_release__costs__21_000.html

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April showers leave wrinkles on Ridgewood fields

>April showers leave wrinkles on Ridgewood fields
Monday, April 25, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Staff Writer

Another weekend of heavy rains and flooding from the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook damaged the artificial turf fields at Ridgewood High School, and prompted a new flurry of concern from neighboring residents.

A district worker cleans Stevens Field. The district hired a company to clean the fields after they were flooded in March, but decided this month to do the cleanup in-house.
Consecutive days of rain in March also left the fields flooded, and a cleanup effort following those storms was still under way when recent rainfall dropped on the village.

The cleanup last week was proceeding differently at village and school fields than in March. After paying a private contractor to clean the fields last month ($21,000 for the RHS fields and $9,500 for Maple Park Field), both the village and school district chose to use in-house employees last week. The village and school district rented a sweeper to clean the fields.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/120609369_Rainfall_again_damages_Ridgewood_sports_fields.html

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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

>THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
IN…
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…
WESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…

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New Village Manager Kenneth Gabbert has "Flood Zone" Experience

>In a Friday, September 11, 2009 article,”Flooding concerns no longer a worry in Little Ferry” ,Kenneth Gabbert presented some ideas as to flooding issues in the town of Little Ferry ,perhaps since so many Village assets and resources are currently situated in flood zone’s maybe the VC thought it was finally time to start addressing this issue?

https://www.northjersey.com/news/58812822.html

The unusually wet summer might’ve dampened many barbecues and vacations this past season, but Little Ferry officials are relieved that the high precipitation totals didn’t rain on their parade. In the past, the amount of rainfall in the area — more than 14 inches in June and July alone — would have likely resulted in major flooding, but improvements to drainage and pump stations have decreased the number of sticky, or in this case, wet situations.

“Since the addition of the three Losen Slote pump stations, the amount of flooding has been greatly reduced,” Borough Administrator Kenneth Gabbert said following last month’s mayor and council meeting, a session in which flooding issues emerged.

According to Gabbert, Little Ferry last suffered borough-wide flooding in 1992. Since then, only patches of flooding have appeared despite the fact that the entire municipality is in a 100-year flood plain.

The combination of high tide and heavy rain in a short period of time resulted in the 1992 flooding. At that time, pumps had not been installed to remove water.

“In contrast,” Gabbert said, “the 1999 Hurricane Floyd which devastated north and central New Jersey for weeks caused minor flooding in Little Ferry.”

Flooding has been limited because of the borough’s “aggressive” handling, including the addition of pump stations and maintenance of storm drains.

“On the rare occasions where basements take in water, the DPW and Fire Department are active with pumps,” Gabbert said, adding that the borough provides large garbage receptacles to collect any damaged items and debris and arranges special pickups.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/58812822.html