No Flooding Protections In Store For City’s Largest Food Hub

"Located within one of the meat-market warehouses, this family-owned wholesaler emphasizes power-security concerns after three of four Con Edison feeders failed during Superstorm Sandy, an event its owner says nearly caused catastrophe. The operation stores much mechanical equipment in subterranean tunnels, a layout the owner likens to an aircraft carrier, and he disputes assumptions that vendors can simply cancel orders before storms or easily redistribute perishable stock if the peninsula floods, warning that a failure at the facility would have a broad, “heart-wrenching” ripple effect on city food distribution." - Yoav Gonen THE CITY