Monday, October 29, 2012

Hurricane: Why people don't go to evacuation centers - Reason #2



Reason #2

Now I'm a quick learner, but each time I've tried to use the  Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder on the OEM website to determine if I am in a Flood Area - ( specifically for Hurricane Sand - Zone A) - I invariably don't type in my location exactly the way this low-tolerance search program wants it.





You try.

Someone just reported that the site isn't working right now.


4 comments:

  1. I tried the Hurricane Zone Finder yesterday because my mother in law lives in Brighton Beach. Although I knew it was Zone A, I wanted to see what it said. NOTHING - that is what it said.

    Andrea

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  2. I just tried it for a friend who lives in Zone B... not clear from address locator results if he actually lives in Zone B. The arrow was a tad outside of the orange color, but the orange color encompasses the road he is on, so he would be in Zone B? Would be nice to have a message saying: this address is in Zone B, rather than just a map visual where you have to make the determination yourself.

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  3. Andy thanks for trying the site. You're so right - if you recall, one of the things residents had the hardest time working with was the "legend" - I agree that the visual display ( the map) has to have a clear statement or story as well.

    You live in Zone xxxxx. This means.........

    Is that what you mean?

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    1. It doesn't even say, "You live in Zone B, based on the address you provided." It just shows a map with a grey bubble arrow pointing at your address, and you are supposed to infer whether that arrow is encompassed by the color or not.
      http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm

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