The state oil and gas commission is trying to compile a comprehensive list of
facilities in the flooded areas and their status, including what chemicals they had on site.
Not exact matches
While officials dismiss accounts from inmates that cells
flooded as a result of the storms, a comparison of prison locations with data from the Dartmouth
Flood Observatory shows that the
areas surrounding several
facilities did
in fact
flood.
The
facilities have been on the front lines, dealing with a
flood of patients that
in some
areas has reached crisis levels.
Both the Ocean Breeze and Prince's Bay campuses are located
in flood - prone
areas of the Island and
flood waters came within inches of its
facilities during Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall
in late August 2017, brought more than 64 inches of rain to the Houston
area,
flooding 200,000 homes, 13 Superfund sites and more than 800 wastewater treatment
facilities.
Detroit's school
facilities are
in a state of critical disrepair; necessary repairs can't be afforded, and large
areas of the city have no schools, while other neighborhoods are
flooded with options.
The opening of the new campus of the Humane Society of St. Thomas (HSSTT)
in 2012 was a major turning point; till then, its only shelter was an uninviting old building with limited
facilities for animals
in a run - down,
flood - prone
area.
The
facility is tiny and cramped, with no ventilation, poor acoustics, crumbling walls, cracked floors, unsafe heating and electrical systems, a failing septic system, lack of natural light and outdoor animal holding / housing
areas that
flood in the winter and are impossible to disinfect.
In 1969 the river breached the north bank, flowed through an
area that had historical been part of the estuary,
flooded a new golf course and Harbor Boulevard, and deposited silt and debris into recently completed Ventura Harbor just upcoast from the reclamation
facility.
The Gaylord Opryland Resort, the Grand Ole Opry and other Nashville -
area facilities owned by the company were hit by
flooding in May this year.
Exxon's Beaumont and Baytown
facilities are
in low - lying
areas that are already prone to
flooding, but will be much more so with sea level rise and more extreme storm events.
It has been tight - lipped even about the risks for its massive oil refinery
facilities in coastal
areas subject to storm surges and
flooding and associated with sea - level rise and the projected increased intensity and rainfall rates of North Atlantic hurricanes.