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Well nothing major happned here except for a tree falling on the west bound belt parkway.

Flood Watch - Be Prepared

UPDATED 4:10 p.m. Friday: Rain from the outer fringes of Tropical Storm Hana is expected to hit Brooklyn, NY tonight. It will continue to be rainy and windy (15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph) during the day Saturday, with highs in the upper 70s.

The wind will get stronger in the afternoon and into the evening — 25 - 35 mph with gusts up to 45 (remove small items from balconies). According to Weather Underground, very heavy rainfall is likely and may result in flooding. The rain should stop by noon Sunday

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DEP is anticipating that tomorrows storm will overflow and cause flooding in the Sheepshead Bay and in the Gerritsen Beach Area.

DEP is clearing catch basins in preparation for the storm water but they are asking for your help to sweep the areas around the catch basins and sewers, making sure they are clear.

Catch basins are the drains at the end of the dead ends.

Also a few other tips:
Keep driveways clear, If you have a pump make sure its working, do not use a washing machine or dish washer, secure items in yards.

Also watch out for the high tides:

Saturday

High 12:45 AM - 4.1ft
Low 6:15 AM - 1.1 ft
High 1:11 PM - 4.8 ft
Low 7:18 PM - 1.3 ft

Sunday

High 1:35 AM - 3.9 ft
Low 7:05 AM - 1.4
High 1:59 PM - 4.6 ft
Low 8:24 PM - 1.4

HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROPICAL STORM WILL SPREAD WELL
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT… WITH
THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3
TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WITH SOME POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

FLASH FLOODING OFTEN LEADS TO IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS THAT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS BUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER AND
CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO
WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

Check out:

• New York Weather Alerts Weather.gov
• New York City’s storm and hurricane guide
• National Weather Service - Brooklyn, NY

This came in via E-Mail:

My wife and I were riding bicycles in the late afternoon along Belt Parkway last Saturday. As we approached exit 13, we saw lots of cars parked on either side of the bike path. We were not sure what the deal was, and there were lots of people in the area near Floyd Bennett. As we rode back cars were backing up and existing right from the bike path. As you can imagine from the pictures attached, it was quite dangerous and awful for the bicycle riders like us. We did see a few of these vehicles being ticketed, but the number of cars seen within that area was unbelievable.

After some quick research I found videos and pictures of an event last Saturday at Floyd Bennett Field called “Duck Curry Competition 2008″.

From the pictures and video it seemed like a great event, but I’m not going to be talking about the event. This is about people parking on the bike path and causing a dangerous situation

More than likely there was plenty of parking inside Floyd Bennett Field for the event but we as people are lazy and didn’t want to drive all the way around for the event.

Upcoming Event: Saturday September 13, 2008
11:00 am to 4:00 pm (rain or shine)

This years fun run is dedicated to the loving memory of Marlita Mattaliano and Francis T. Walsh

The southern Brooklyn Fun Run is an idea of Dan Foster to bring people together to support cancer awareness. Dan has been an active crusader to support cancer awareness for over 10 years. His activities have helped raise thousands of dollars for various charities that work with improving the care and information for those affected by cancer. Through his activities Dan has touched the lives of thousands of different people that share the same life altering experience with them and their families.

Here is last years event

This was sent in via AIM (Instant Message) and we just had to post it.

If you dont know why this is funny check out this previous post: Big Al Moving in to Mike and Gerard’s

Jet Ski In Gerritsen Beach from Gerritsen Beach on Vimeo.

I’m not going to say I warned you, but I did. Unless you want your picture taken, people have to be careful not to speed in the the area of the creek that a speed limit a no wake zone exist. NYPD harbor is making sure to patrol our area.

Take this as your another warning, DO NOT LAUNCH JET SKIS from the point.

It appears as though this pair of jet skiers were receiving a summons for speeding.

PhotoJeff is a flickr photographer that takes amazing pictures of Gerritsen Creek, wildlife and plant life. I enjoy his pictures and check regularly for updates.

The entire marsh is a no wake zone are and as reported before, it is very hard to enforce. PhotoJeff take pictures of some of the obvious offenders in his Salt Marsh Hall of Shame Set and posts about his frustrations.

Marine Park
Brooklyn, NY
Salt Marsh Nature Center

This area of Gerritsen Creek is a no wake zone. This is to protect the wildlife (and plant life) here including the migratory and local birds, terrapins and fish. There are lots of places for folks to water and jet ski, etc. Some however feel it is their cultural right (no joke this is what they say) to use this part of the U.S. and N.Y.C. parks area for what ever purpose they feel. Now to be fair, for many many years this area was just an overgrown swamp. Recently however, some very wise people realized it is important to the quality of life and economy of NYC to preserve and revitalize our green spaces and waterways. This was quite a shock to some of the local residents who were accustomed to dumping in this area, blasting their motor boats around the creek, etc. Some took to this transition easily and some still resist. There are limited resources to police these areas and folks like these get to do as they wish with no consequence. Hence, my Hall of Shame. Though I doubt there will be a direct impact on these individuals I hope by putting this out there I will have some small, more general, positive effect.

A little late but I don’t have internet at the beach.

And here is the comment of the week:

To better represent south Brooklyn, a larger group representing all of the groups involved is forming. It will be called the South Brooklyn Civic Alliance. It is being organized by Marine Park and Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civics.

More information on this as it comes.

Here is the list of civics that are invited to join:

1. Flatlands Civic Association - Hawkeye
2. Fraser Civic Association - Red Tornado
3. Gerritsen Beach Property Owners Association - Superman
4. Manhattan Beach Community Group - Martian Manhunter
5. Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association - Flash
6. Marine Park Civic Association - Batman
7. Sheepshead Bay-Plumb Beach Civic Association - Aquaman
8. South Canarsie Civic Association - Green Lantern

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Here is the Gerritsen Beach Area Link

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