What is a far worse thing happening on Broad Channel Island are the 200
- 300 fuel oil tanks that are turned over, missing and leaking all over
town because of Sandy. We have already seen some oiled birds. Add to
that many propane tanks that were also carried away by the storm. I have
to think that this happened wherever Sandy's surge hit an area. Though
NYC sanitation is doing an amazing job I have yet to see the NYC
Department of Environmental Protection in the area.
There is no electricity in the town and cell phone reception is nil so
residents are having a hard time calling to get help turning tanks back
over or retrieving them once they are found. A pretty dismal situation.
Terry Clarke
Broad Channel
On 11/4/12 4:46 PM, John Askildsen wrote:
i have been following the discussion thread on the pond conditions at JBay. i
am not so sure that salt water intrusion into these ponds is the worst thing
that could happen. yes, a lot of fresh water pond life will perish. but
flushing out these ponds with salt water may not be bad either. once the breach
is fixed, the ponds will refill with fresh water i would imagine.
but in the meantime a lot of the 'gook' in those ponds will be flushed out and
perhaps open doors for new life to be breathed into the ponds. i am no
freshwater ecologist. so i will defer to the professionals, should they chime
in on this discussion.
almost all of the oceanfront ponds on the east end of long island are flushed
out on some sort of schedule, and they seem to do just fine.
JPA
John Askildsen
Millbrook, New York
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