Here’s some scary news for New Yorkers (and everyone else, really) from Andrew Rasiej’s (I Want My Wi-Fi!) Campaign Blog:

If a category 4 hurricane hit New York dead on, the New York City Hurricane Evacuation Map predicts the South Bronx and northern Queens would be severely flooded, along with most of southern Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Here in Manhattan everything below Broome Street will be inundated with flood water. The Hudson would reach Seventh Ave, and the East River would surge to First Ave.

The map shows the Atlantic Ocean storm surge reaching as far inland as Flatbush, just south of Prospect Park, with Howard Beach under 31 feet of water.

Meteorologists say that this is not a question of if, but when.

More scary news: The idea of a National Tech Corp, which was incorporated into the federal Homeland Security Act, hasn’t been implemented by the Department of Homeland Security. This means that the US will likely struggle once again, as it is now in New Orleans and surrounding areas affected by Katrina, to rebuild communication and blasted technology when our next disaster hits.

Thanks to Doc Searls Weblog for spreading the word.