Tropical Storm Isaias “This was the worst property storm damage we have had since
Hurricane Sandy.” – NST General Manager Glen Kotowski
BY JILL DAVIS
When you hear about
a tropical storm, you
might say, “Meh,
what’s the big deal, at least it’s not
a hurricane.” But the difference be-tween
a tropical storm and a hurri-cane
can be very slim, literally the
difference of wind speeds of just
one mile per hour. A tropical storm
is categorized as such if its wind
gusts attain 73 mph , but at 74 mph,
the storm is called a hurricane.
Tropical Storm Isaias made the
distinction pretty much meaning-less
when it hit NYC on Tuesday,
August 4. It came and went quick-ly,
but the damage in Queens was
severe, with more than 9,300
reports of downed trees, far more
than any of the other boroughs. To
help expedite the massive clean-up,
Governor Cuomo declared
a state of emergency in Queens
County.
Meanwhile, North Shore Towers
had its own state of emergency to
deal with, as shown in the pho-tos
here. General Manager Glen
Kotowski reported, “The high
winds took down dozens of trees
on the property including on the
golf course, the front entrance and
the Grand Central Parkway service
road was impassible to access the
property. Many sections of fencing
on the property were blown down
or crushed by fallen trees. ”
Damage wasn’t limited to fallen
16 NORTH SHORE TOWERS COURIER ¢ September 2020