This Is Unsettling - NYC Emergency Management Department New Public Service Announcement On Nuclear Preparedness, Better Safe Than Sorry Says Mayor Eric Adams

According to this NYC Emergency Management Department press release issued yesterday:

New York City Emergency Management Department today launched a new public service announcement (PSA) that focuses on nuclear preparedness. While the likelihood of a nuclear weapon incident occurring in/near New York City is very low, it is important New Yorkers know the steps to stay safe. The new PSA encourages New Yorkers to take key, simple steps in the event of such an incident.

“New York City Emergency Management has a multitude of free resources for New Yorkers to prepare for emergencies, including no-notice events,” said New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol. “As the threat landscape continues to evolve, it is important that New Yorkers know we are preparing for any imminent threats and are providing them with the resources they need to stay safe and informed.”

The PSA outlines three key steps New Yorkers should take:

• Get inside.
• Stay inside.
• Stay tuned.

NYC Emergency Management works with several local, state, and federal agencies to organize emergency response. In partnership with NYPD, FDNY, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, MTA, and FEMA, the agency hosts the PlanNowNYC website, which focuses on preparing for terrorist attacks and other no-notice events, including nuclear events, as well as the steps to take if such an event occurs.

The City also uses several forms of media to alert the public in an emergency, including Notify NYC, the City of New York's free, official emergency communications program. New Yorkers are encouraged to sign up for these free emergency alerts in their preferred language and format by visiting the website at NYC.gov/notifynyc or by calling 311.

Mayor Adams defends NYC public service announcement on surviving nuclear attack: ‘Better safe than sorry’ https://t.co/LLw7pw8OgT

— MSN (@MSN) July 12, 2022

With nearly 400,000 views in its first day of release, Mayor Eric Adams defended New York City's newest PSA, saying a nuclear attack preparedness spot from the Office of Emergency Management was a "great idea" born out of the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine https://t.co/5dCkAQbumL

— Kelly McKinney (@kellymnyc) July 12, 2022

NBC News reports:

Even then "stay inside" doesn't go very far: Are you even at home? If not, will others let you inside? What about children at school? Do they try to get home? What if your building collapsed? What if you were injured in the blast and need medical care? What about food? Water?

— Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) July 11, 2022

The Dogs Of Chernobyl, A Close Up And Personal Story Told By Roosevelt Island Resident And Animal Welfare Professional Stephen Quandt Describing Spay, Neuter And Research Campaign Of Dogs Descended From Pets Abandoned After Nuclear Plant 1986 Disaster

Stephen Quandt is a Roosevelt Island resident and animal welfare professional. Mr Quandt has worked with the ASPCA Field Investigation and Response Team, Animal Cares Center of New York and currently in private practice doing feline behavior consulting.

Mr Quandt

Photo Of Sthephen Quandt By Rita Gassanova Inside Chernobyl Dog Clinic

shares his experience working with the Clean Futures Fund Dogs Of Chernobyl Project.

According to Mr Quandt, in 2019,

I went to Chernobyl to participate in a spay/neuter campaign for the dogs that were descended from the pets left behind after the nuclear plant disaster of 1986. With many personally shot photos  I tell my story of meeting the inhabitants of the mostly abandoned town of Chernobyl City, the totally abandoned city of Pripyat and the dogs (and some cats!) that we encountered. It is a story of resilience, hope, life and even heroism....

It's quite a story - read it below.

Here's more on the Dogs of Chernobyl from the Clear Futures Fund.

Roosevelt Island Resident Stephen Quandt Presents "My Story of the 2019 Spay/Neuter Campaign for the Dogs of Chernobyl Project and the Clean Futures Fund" Webinar Sunday March 14

Roosevelt Island resident Stephen Quandt reports:

The Dogs of Chernobyl 38 Years After the Nuclear Reactor Accident, My Story 

Date and Time 

Sun, March 14, 2021 

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT 

$5 

My Story of the 2019 Spay/Neuter Campaign for the Dogs of Chernobyl Project and the Clean Futures Fund 

 About this Event 

38 years after the nuclear accident I went to Chernobyl to participate in a spay/neuter campaign for the dogs that were descended from the pets left behind after the nuclear plant disaster of 1986. With many personally shot photos and videos I tell my story of meeting the inhabitants of the mostly abandoned town of Chernobyl City, the totally abandoned city of Pripyat and the dogs (and some cats!) that we encountered. It is a story of resilience, hope, life and even heroism. Q&A to follow.

 Click here to register for Stephen Quandt's webinar:

 The Dogs of Chernobyl 38 Years After the Nuclear Reactor Accident, My Story

More info on the Clean Futures Fund Dogs Of Chernobyl Clear project at their website.

Roosevelt Island Underground Nuclear Reactor Was Proposed By Con Ed - In Late 1960's

This earlier post described a:

... proposed Con Ed Nuclear Power plant in Long Island City across the East River from Roosevelt Island...

Well, it gets worse. The NY Times City Room Blog reports today:

... Con Ed was not done trying to build a nuclear plant in the city, though. In 1968, it floated a plan to build an underground reactor — “because it would provide the nth degree of safety” — beneath an abandoned hospital site at the south end of Welfare Island, now Roosevelt Island, a few hundred feet from the Ravenswood plants and that much closer to the East Side of Manhattan. It went nowhere....

Sounds like a crazy idea, doesn't it. Well, the idea is coming back, but not thankfully for Roosevelt Island. According to New Scientist:

... Nuclear power is going to be a tough sell going forward given the ongoing radiation leaking from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, but what if future reactors were buried underground?

It may sound like a crazy idea, but Singapore, a tiny island country whose population would have no place to go in the event of a wide-scale evacuation, is giving buried nukes a closer look.

The thinking is that you could bury a small reactor in a shallow layer of bedrock, perhaps 30-50 meters underground. Then, if things at the plant go south for any reason, the granite will provide natural containment; simply cement in any access tunnels going down to the facility and walk away....

 Image of underground mini nuclear reactor from New Scientist