KaiDaiz t1_iu4rmz4 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:25 PM

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.

elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4t3gl wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:35 PM

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

KaiDaiz t1_iu4tip8 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:38 PM

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

elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4tr9b wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:39 PM

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.

KaiDaiz t1_iu4uey4 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:44 PM

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.

elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4uuxm wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:46 PM

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

KaiDaiz t1_iu4va46 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:49 PM

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,.