world according to ack ~ adam karas » hoboken http://adamkaras.com/blog the blog of Adam Karas on b2b, usability, web 2.0 and a dash of NYC & Hoboken Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:18:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cell Signal Map http://adamkaras.com/blog/2007/08/22/cell-sigmal-map/ http://adamkaras.com/blog/2007/08/22/cell-sigmal-map/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:58:14 +0000 ack http://adamkaras.com/blog/2007/08/22/cell-sigmal-map/ Hoboken411
Here is another handy Google Maps mash up for checking and posting your cell signal strength based on your location. Looks like Hoboken has a few and NYC has quite a few.

Thanks to Hoboken411.

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The Hoboken hoods on Google Maps.

Hoboken Hoods

So according to this, I’ve lived in LoHo West and West Side Yo

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For the close to six years I have spent in or around Hoboken, flooding is nothing new. After any decent storm it is common to see many intersections a big puddle. This is partially due to Hoboken being at sea level (the area used to be an island surrounded by swamp) and the complete lack of infrastructure building by the city. This is Hudson county by the way and huge amounts of luxury development don’t require city services it seems.

But this morning was something special, I have never seen so much water in this Mile Square. Some photos for your viewing pleasure:

Lake and 3rd and Jefferson

Corner Puddle

Unlucky Basement

Making the Crossing

Pumpin'

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So with all the global warming talk, Flood Maps makes it interesting to play around with sea level changes to see what impact a rise would have.

Above is Hoboken with a 1 meter sea level rise, based on NASA data. Not too much of a change except a few spots to the north filling up. But at 5 meters Hoboken is an island.

Hoboken with 5 meters of sea rise:
Hoboken-5

Hoboken with 10 meters of sea rise:
Hoboken-10

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For those looking to live in Northeast PA and work in the city, the Scranton to Hoboken train line inched closer, also called the Lackawanna Cutoff.

NJ bought the PA rail land in 2001 and started the design work in 2002. Currently the draft Environmental Assessment / Environmental Impact Study is complete with the costs being $551 million without property costs, which is not currently funded. This would reduce some of the traffic on I-80 in NE NJ, and it would be interesting to see how the split passenger/freight track sharing works out.

More information at PennJerseyRail and NJTransit.

Thanks to Third Rail.

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