Week 4 - Hazard Mapping_8

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Dec 6, 2023

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Hello class, The potential hazard I went with for this discussion post is Lake Mahopac in Mahopac NY. Mahopac is a suburban town in Putnam County NY with a little less than 9000 people spread out over roughly 7 very hilly square miles. It has 4 volunteer firehouses with EMS, 1 police precinct, the closest hospital is Putnam Hospital in the neighboring town of Carmel, and it has 1 main high school with a few elementary schools mixed in. It is a mixture of private houses, wooded areas, a commercial strip along route 6 and Lake Mahopac. One of the main attractions for the town is the lake itself. In the winter time it attracts people who ice skate and go ice fishing. In the summer time it is filled with people and boats. Some of the hazards presented by Lake Mahopac are both human and natural. The human ones presented are based of the attraction presented above. When the lake freezes people go out on the ice to ice fish or kids go out not understanding the dangers, which can lead to ice rescue situations. In the summer time people come from all over to ride jet skis, go on boats and swim in the lake. At times it looks like the lake is overcrowded and with some people who are unfamiliar with the lake this can be a recipe for disaster. For this discussion, I will focus on the potential for flooding of Lake Mahopac. In the map below I marked the main potential flooding zone in red and labelled it "A." The secondary potential flood zones are marked in yellow and labelled "B1," "B2," "B3." I went with this type of labeling because Mahopac is very hilly and the hills will create channels for the flooding to spread if the flooding is severe enough. Some other vulnerabilities on the map that are concerning to me is 2 of the 4 fire houses in the town are in potential flood zones, with 1 being in zone "A," which is the biggest firehouse in the town, and another being in zone "B1." Another concerning point is that the only police precinct is also in zone "A." Route 6 runs through both zones "A" and "B". It starts just south of the lake and then follows up the east side of the lake. Route 6 is the major road not only
because it is a commercial district in Mahopac but it is also the road that leads to both the Taconic Parkway and I684. If Lake Mahopac were to flood this road would be heavily affected causing both damage to the stores and traffic issues for people leaving. This assignment was my first time using this tool. The google maps was fairly straight forward with the assistance of the instructions and help page. In my current and future roles I can see myself using it to aide in area familiarization, how we respond to different locations in our area, and help mark where there are hazards that are out of the ordinary for us. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit? mid=1lMAgFaWtdCn151YBRSZMLyRVKN65ON8&usp=sharing
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