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Minor repairs made to weir at Scudder’s Pond neighbors were concer ned about the water height, quality, odor, and declining birdlife. She A broken weir at Scudder’s said that while the pond’s Pond, which had led to low health had fluctuated over the water levels, foul odors and ris- years, she had never rememing concern among neighbors, bered a smell like this emanating from the water. has been temporari“ We w a n t t o ly repaired by the know who is actualVillage of Sea Cliff ly in charge, what’s while Nassau Coungoing on, what’s the ty plans a permareasoning?” she nent fix. said. “And we don’t Residents living seem to be getting near the pond the infor mation be gan noticing a that we want to get, sulfur-like smell and so we thought beginning around maybe we have to July 22, with some be a little more initially mistaking forceful.” it for something The cause of the more serious inside decreasing water their homes, such levels, according to as a dead raccoon. ErIc SWENSoN the Hempstead Har“At first, I was Hempstead Harbor bor Protection like ‘Oh, low tide,’ but then it was a Protection Committee Committee’s Executive Director Eric very pungent, sulSwenson, was a colfurous smell” said Kate Duggan, who lives near the pond. lapse of the weir, a structure “My house, all the windows and similar to a dam that regulates doors and stuff are closed, the water levels, located at the air conditioning is on, and you western end of the pond. With the weir compromised, could still smell it from inside the pond has not functioned as the house.” Lorraine Aguilar, who has it should, leading to lower lived on the pond for nearly water levels and stagnation. three decades, said she and her Continued on page 2
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Chief Joshua Carson, left, and gaison alvarado showed how to prepare for catastrophes.
Emergency training hits home Residents gather to learn how to survive disasters By lUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
Around 75 North Shore residents attended a workshop at the Sea Cliff Fire Department on July 31 designed to help them prepare for any type of natural or man-made disaster. The workshop was a collaboration between the State’s Citizen Preparedness Corps and Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, whose office has been hosting the workshop with the state for around five years “I thought it was a very successful event and very effective. The feedback has been terrific,” she said. “A lot of what is discussed is common sense, but it makes you really think about things, and it reminds you of
how important some things are.” The Citizen Preparedness Corps, part of the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, aims to give residents the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster or emergency, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. The course introduces responding to natural or humancaused disasters. “Offering these programs to our constituents is a really helpful big thing that we do and collaborating with the state makes it easier,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “I would hope that we continue to do it and educate as many people as we can.” Workshop participants are taught to Continued on page 5
he weir has collapsed, which means the pond drains out into a pipe that goes into Hempstead Harbor.