Wednesday, September 2, 2015
BRONX NEWS: Food Truck Party on Fordham Road
BRONX NEWS: Food Truck Party on Fordham Road: Food Truck Party on Fordham Road BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- On Friday, September 4, 2015, from 12pm-6pm, the Fordham Road Business Imp...
Food Truck Party on Fordham Road
Food Truck Party on Fordham Road
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- On Friday, September 4, 2015, from 12pm-6pm, the Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID) will be hosting its monthly “Fordham Fever Fridays” event in the Muller Park & Plaza at Fordham Road and Creston Avenue.
The Food Truck Extravaganza will consist of various food trucks, an inflatable bounce house for children, giveaways and music provided by DJ Lexs. Bronxites will have the chance to explore new foods to stir their taste buds. Incoming Fordham University students will also be able to explore the area surrounding the campus and enjoy what the Fordham Road section of the Bronx has to offer. There are over 300 specialty shops and chains in the area for those who need to pickup any last minute Back to School items. Muller Triangle is conveniently accessible by the Bx1, Bx4, Bx12, BxM4 buses as well as the 4, B and D Trains.
About the BID
The Fordham Road BID focuses on sanitation, marketing and promotions and capital improvement projects for the Fordham Road area. Our sanitation services include the following: street cleaning/snow removal services seven days a week, graffiti removal for street furniture, and various community beautification projects, including tree plantings, banner installation and annual holiday lighting. Business marketing and promotions currently include production and distribution of area map and guides, programs and events (such as a discounts and newspaper advertisements) and conducting frequent outreach to the press to generate editorial coverage of the neighborhood.
For more information about Fordham Fever Fridays, please contact Yasmin Cruz of Image Marketing Inc. at 718.395.1932 or Events@ImageMarketingInc.com
www.FordhamFeverFridays.com
BRONX NEWS: Ozone Advisory
BRONX NEWS: Ozone Advisory: Ozone Advisory AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY ISSUED FOR NEW YORK STATE Ozone Advisory in Effect for New York City Metro and Long Island N...
Ozone Advisory
Ozone Advisory
AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY ISSUED FOR NEW YORK STATE
Ozone Advisory in Effect for New York City Metro and Long Island
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Marc Gerstman and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., J.D. today issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City Metro and Long Island regions for Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
The pollutant of concern is: Ozone
The advisory will be in effect: Wednesday, September 2, 11 a.m. through 11 p.m.
DEC and DOH issue Air Quality Health Advisories when DEC meteorologists predict levels of pollution, either ozone or fine particulate matter are expected to exceed an Air Quality Index (AQI) value of 100. The AQI was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale, with a higher AQI value indicating a greater health concern.
OZONE
Summer heat can lead to the formation of ground-level ozone, a major component of photochemical smog. Automobile exhaust and out-of-state emission sources are the primary sources of ground-level ozone and are the most serious air pollution problems in the northeast. This surface pollutant should not be confused with the protective layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere.
People, especially young children, those who exercise outdoors, those involved in vigorous outdoor work and those who have respiratory disease (such as asthma) should consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity when ozone levels are the highest (generally afternoon to early evening). When outdoor levels of ozone are elevated, going indoors will usually reduce your exposure. Individuals experiencing symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain or coughing should consider consulting their doctor.
Ozone levels generally decrease at night and can be minimized during daylight hours by curtailment of automobile travel and the use of public transportation where available.
New Yorkers also are urged to take the following energy saving and pollution-reducing steps:
use mass transit or carpool instead of driving, as automobile emissions account for about 60 percent of pollution in our cities;
conserve fuel and reduce exhaust emissions by combining necessary motor vehicle trips;
turn off all lights and electrical appliances in unoccupied areas;
purchase and install energy efficient lighting and appliances with the Energy Star label; and
reduce or eliminate outdoor burning and attempt to minimize indoor sources of PM 2.5 such as smoking.
use fans to circulate air. If air conditioning is necessary, set thermostats at 78 degrees;
close the blinds and shades to limit heat build-up and to preserve cooled air;
limit use of household appliances. If necessary, run the appliances at off-peak (after 7 p.m.) hours. These would include dishwashers, dryers, pool pumps and water heaters;
set refrigerators and freezers at more efficient temperatures;
A toll?free Air Quality Hotline (1-800-535-1345) has been established by DEC to keep New Yorkers informed of the latest Air Quality situation. Further information on ozone and PM 2.5 is available on DEC’s web site at http://www.dec.ny.gov and http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/air/ozone.htm on the DOH website.
Air Quality Health Advisory regions consist of the following: Region 1 Long Island which includes Nassau and Suffolk Counties; Region 2 New York City Metro which includes New York City, Westchester and Rockland counties.
AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY ISSUED FOR NEW YORK STATE
Ozone Advisory in Effect for New York City Metro and Long Island
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Marc Gerstman and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., J.D. today issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City Metro and Long Island regions for Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
The pollutant of concern is: Ozone
The advisory will be in effect: Wednesday, September 2, 11 a.m. through 11 p.m.
DEC and DOH issue Air Quality Health Advisories when DEC meteorologists predict levels of pollution, either ozone or fine particulate matter are expected to exceed an Air Quality Index (AQI) value of 100. The AQI was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale, with a higher AQI value indicating a greater health concern.
OZONE
Summer heat can lead to the formation of ground-level ozone, a major component of photochemical smog. Automobile exhaust and out-of-state emission sources are the primary sources of ground-level ozone and are the most serious air pollution problems in the northeast. This surface pollutant should not be confused with the protective layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere.
People, especially young children, those who exercise outdoors, those involved in vigorous outdoor work and those who have respiratory disease (such as asthma) should consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity when ozone levels are the highest (generally afternoon to early evening). When outdoor levels of ozone are elevated, going indoors will usually reduce your exposure. Individuals experiencing symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain or coughing should consider consulting their doctor.
Ozone levels generally decrease at night and can be minimized during daylight hours by curtailment of automobile travel and the use of public transportation where available.
New Yorkers also are urged to take the following energy saving and pollution-reducing steps:
use mass transit or carpool instead of driving, as automobile emissions account for about 60 percent of pollution in our cities;
conserve fuel and reduce exhaust emissions by combining necessary motor vehicle trips;
turn off all lights and electrical appliances in unoccupied areas;
purchase and install energy efficient lighting and appliances with the Energy Star label; and
reduce or eliminate outdoor burning and attempt to minimize indoor sources of PM 2.5 such as smoking.
use fans to circulate air. If air conditioning is necessary, set thermostats at 78 degrees;
close the blinds and shades to limit heat build-up and to preserve cooled air;
limit use of household appliances. If necessary, run the appliances at off-peak (after 7 p.m.) hours. These would include dishwashers, dryers, pool pumps and water heaters;
set refrigerators and freezers at more efficient temperatures;
A toll?free Air Quality Hotline (1-800-535-1345) has been established by DEC to keep New Yorkers informed of the latest Air Quality situation. Further information on ozone and PM 2.5 is available on DEC’s web site at http://www.dec.ny.gov and http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/air/ozone.htm on the DOH website.
Air Quality Health Advisory regions consist of the following: Region 1 Long Island which includes Nassau and Suffolk Counties; Region 2 New York City Metro which includes New York City, Westchester and Rockland counties.
BRONX NEWS: Bronx reporter remembers covering Katrina
BRONX NEWS: Bronx reporter remembers covering Katrina: Bronx reporter remembers covering Katrina Ten Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Continues to Rebuild By David Greene BRONX, ...
Bronx reporter remembers covering Katrina
Bronx reporter remembers covering Katrina
Ten Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Continues to Rebuild
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Never in modern times has an American city been lost, but that's exactly what happened to New Orleans in the wake of the "100 Year Storm," known forever as Hurricane Katrina.
My week long visit to survey and record the devastation is forever etched in my mind and the feelings of helplessness for the city and it's people has never completely gone away.
With the advancement of the relatively new technology of Google Maps, I took a handful of the 1,000 photographs and sought the same locations via Google for a then and now prospective.
The view of the New Orleans Superdome from atop US 90, looking across the flooded Poydras Street in Downtown New Orleans was simply heartbreaking.
The Bethany Lutheran Church that lost it's roof in the storm has been completely rebuilt, although noticeably smaller than what it once was.
Somehow The Delgado Community College Charity School of Nursing, under an estimated 6-feet of water was somehow salvaged, but a photo on Google Maps shows the back of the facility was still under construction as of last year-- 9-years after the storm.
The photos that bring home the power of that storm is a shot of a young animal rescuer sailing her boat across Industry Street at Spain Street in Roch, Louisiana. In the photo was home after flooded home, but pictures on Google Maps today show that there are just two homes on the street.
The Category 3 hurricane packing winds of up to 125 mph, made landfall on August 29,
Officials now say that 1.5 million people were evacuated from Louisiana and 1,836 died and 2,500 were missing from the affected states.
The damage was estimated at over $100 billion, by far the costliest disaster in American history.
#Katrina #NewOrleans
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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