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KaiDaiz t1_iu4rmz4 wrote

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in NYC chief housing officer: The era of YIMBY is here by ToffeeFever

Doesn't need to be in flood prone area to be flooded considering most flooding is a result of backflow. Basements are lowest point in building so highly susceptible to backflow issues.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4t3gl wrote

Yes, it does. They know exactly where this is likely to happen.

>A stormwater risk map issued by the city in May showed serious possible flooding at homes where 10 people drowned in their basement apartments when record-breaking rainfall pummeled the city Wednesday night.

https://www.thecity.nyc/environment/2021/9/3/22656482/mayors-map-showed-ida-victims-risk

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KaiDaiz t1_iu4tip8 wrote

and I'm telling you you don't need to be in a flood prone area to experience flooding. every basement and building has a risk

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elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4tr9b wrote

And I'm telling you in the 90 years my family has lived in Brooklyn, they've never experienced flooding in their basement or even neighborhood because they didn't live in flood-prone areas.

But I guess you think that's dumb luck instead of science.

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KaiDaiz t1_iu4uey4 wrote

it has happen..heck even in ida and insert whatever major storm - folks complain their toilets/sinks erupted in geyser. they were no where near flood risk area. Why it happen? backflow. system was overwhelm, Feel free to google and read their stories.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4uuxm wrote

We are talking about people dying, not about toilets overflowing. This is the comment I responded to above:

>Bro people be dying out here in NYC basement units

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KaiDaiz t1_iu4va46 wrote

um not a mere overflow...it can fill up rapidly and in drastic cases totally flooding basements quickly and trapping folks since it's the lowest point of a building,.

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