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Sunpurpleshine t1_j1fk53b wrote

Reply to comment by HobbitFoot in RIP To Anyone Travelling Out of Hoboken by Castor_and_Pollux123

No matter where the water is coming from the drainage system has to be replaced to increase a far greater capacity. This is because the Hudson may be the source currently, but truth is water will make it to the lowest spots from anywhere and new sources will pop up bc the land can’t handle the water. Our drainage systems have to be built to larger capacity. The flash floods should not be assumed to not increase and cause even more flooding than seen here in future years.

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HobbitFoot t1_j1flf8k wrote

It is hard to drain a place that is being flooded by a river.

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Sunpurpleshine t1_j1gbu4x wrote

It’s going to have to happen one way or another. Obviously the water flow system in place has to be replaced to handle more water (from the river and future other areas as well) and the river needs yo gage new drainage age points created. Of course it’s hard to do or it would have been done by now, nonetheless it still has to be done. The weather is not waiting on us.

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