About me: What would you do if there was another city wide blackout? Or a flash flood covers Manhattan? Or another Blizzard with snow 4 to 6 feet high? Fire in your office building, apartment building or school? Remember 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina? Both emergencies one man made, the other was an force of nature. We can be better prepared.... Think about it.
None of us want to think about this stuff at all. However.... When these things happens, we should be ready. A friend of mine and I are working on a Documentary Film on Public Safety in New York City. I have learned a lot from the research and interviews we have done. I would like to share some of this very fundamential things we all can do to make us ready for a real emergency.
Who I'd like to meet: Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has a great readiness program called Ready New York. Check it out and let me know you thoughts. Even if you don't live in NYC, you can still use this imformation. Be well and stay smart....
hey:) what's up? i'm performing on Friday, June 22 in NYC! it's gonna be a "SPECIAL INDUSTRY EVENT", so i hope you'll join me. Only a portion of the tickets will be made available to the public, so tickets are limited.
watup watup watup ! just stoppin by remindin ya to check out my new song "say say" posted on my myspace, feat my man WHO?DAT ..u wont be dissapointed!i appreciate that,have a great week
Remembering Hurricane Katrina:
A Special Rock and Roll Speakeasy This Week
On Wednesday 8/30, I will be donating half my DJ earnings to victims of Hurricane Katrina. So come on down and drink up for a good cause!
I'll be spinning my usual mix of local and indie rock with some international friends thrown in for extra flavor.
Hope you can make it!
CoCo 66
66 Greenpoint Avenue
b/t Franklin and West
L to Bedford / B61 to Greenpoint Avenue
L to Lorimer / G to Greenpoint Ave
B24 to Greenpoint and Franklin
myspace.com/coco66
Special Action Alert:
City's Bike Safety Efforts Are Not Enough
City Hall Rally to Demand New Safety Plan to Address Chronic Hazards
TOMORROW MORNING
Thursday, June 29, 2006
8:30 am
City Hall
In the past three weeks there were four serious bike crashes in New
York City, three of them resulting in the deaths of individual cyclists,
Donna Goodson, Dr. Carl Nacht and Derek Lake.
All four crashes were caused by dangerous conditions that are
commonplace on New York City streets but should not be: drivers and passengers
opening car doors into the path of cyclists; drivers failing to yield to
cyclists and hazardous street conditions that can send bikes out of
control.
Call on Mayor Bloomberg to get serious about making New York City a
safe place to bike. It is the City's job to install protected bike lanes
and greenway paths and ticket speeding drivers and double parkers.
Cyclists can't do this. The City must!
Thursday, June 29, 2006
8:30 am
City Hall
Bike parking available at rally or under the archway at the Municipal
Building, 1 Centre Street (& Chambers).
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And tomorrow evening don't miss:
Time's Up! Memorial Ride: Thursday, June 29, 6:30 pm Hudson River
Greenway at 42nd Street (in front of the Intrepid)
Noah Budnick
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Transportation Alternatives
Your advocate for bicycling, walking and sensible transportation.
127 West 26th Street, Suite 1002, New York, NY 10001-4010 Phone (212)
629-8080, 5, 1 Fax (212) 629-8334
Email: projects@transalt.org . www.transalt.org
Body: George called yesterday, in the hospital again........
They've ruled out meningitis thank goodness!
I'm trusting he'll be out in a few days (again).
Take a minute to hear me out because my pal the prolific writer George Tabb and others
need help! I'm not only talking about the immediate financial assistance (though that is needed) I'm talking about standing up for them. Anybody who admires George's books or columns or his bands (or never heard of the guy but thinks it sucks that thousands of
good people are getting a raw deal) please get involved in some way, in any way,
because this means a lot to him (DUH)! Not just his own health. Help George get better
so he can become one of the strong advocates for the others in this whole freaking mess. He's always done benefits for cancer, aids, helped champion many causes, well, this
is what's on the front burner.
And please send some good energy with the power of your thoughts George's way
so he can get out of the hospital soon!
Re: First Annual 8RM MUSIC FESTIVAL
2006 Theme: PUBLIC SAFETY AND READINESS
Date: Wednesday July 26th, 2006
Location: CBGB's, 315 Bowery, New York, NY 10003
Cover: $10
This premier festival is a joint project of Filmmaker/Promoter Ellis Peters and Downtown Multi-Genre artist Honeychild Coleman (Badawi / AFROPUNK / Sistagrrl Riotts). It will feature a variety of signed and unsigned Dub, Rock, Noise, Hip Hop and Pop acts from multiple boroughs of the city and Europe.
We strive to promote readiness awareness about an issue that affects everyone in New York City. We all can be more prepared for such emergency situations as these by planning ahead. With Hurricanes, Blackouts, Fires, and Flash Floods affecting New Yorkers at one point or another in recent years, we feel s strong need to bring public awareness to ways to put the odds more in our favor.
This Year's Acts Include:
BADAWI (Raz Mesinai)
BLOODWEISER
DEJLIGT (UK / Italy)
FUNKFACE ALL-STARS
HONEYCHILD COLEMAN
JUNETEENTH
MADAM ROBOT AND THE LUST BRIGADE
M. SAYYID (Airbourne Audio)
NO SURRENDER
RICANSTRUCTION
SO'LIL
SOUNDPOOL
VIOLATOR
Hurricane Evacuation Plans For NYC Areas
With Many Storms Expected, City Prepping For Worst
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK
As hurricane season approaches, city officials are updating evacuation plans and scheduling drills to test their tactics, the emergency management commissioner said Thursday.
Next month, senior-level officials at the police and fire departments, transit agencies and others will stage a tabletop drill. Later in the summer, they plan a field exercise, Commissioner Joseph Bruno told the City Council during a budget hearing.
The simulations are designed to teach officials to make quick decisions about how and when to evacuate certain areas of New York, with particular focus on special-needs populations like hospitals and nursing homes, said Jarrod Bernstein, a spokesman for the Office of Emergency Management.
OEM Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder
Hurricane Season Could Hit Our Area Hard
May 22: Very Active 2006 Hurricane Season Predicted
Eye Of The Storm: Understanding Hurricanes
During the field drill, officials plan to set up an evacuation center and several shelters to test how the facilities might operate when deluged with people. City employees will most likely play the roles of the hurricane victims and evacuees.
In a real hurricane, authorities would open dozens of evacuation centers and hundreds of shelters citywide.
The city's highest-risk zones include lower Manhattan, Brooklyn's Coney Island, the Rockaways in Queens and the perimeter of Staten Island. Officials say 30-foot-high storm surges could drown those areas during a major storm.
The most recent major hurricane in the area was Gloria in September 1985. It caused thousands of people to evacuate their homes on waterfront areas.
Among the worst in city history came in 1938. The storm, known as the Long Island Express in the days before hurricanes received official names, was responsible for more than 600 deaths
