🌱 How vulnerable is Bellport if another 1938-style hurricane hits?
Bellport, New York Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Bellport! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How vulnerable is Bellport if another 1938-style hurricane hits?
Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Spring Fling and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A little rain in the morning, with a high of 51 and low of 42 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 67, low: 49.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 44 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 100-Year Hurricane in NYC Could Cost Insurers More Than $100B: KCC (insurancejournal.com) — Bellport is highlighted as the exact landfall point of the devastating 1938 Category 3 hurricane, which would cause over $20 billion in insured losses in New York if it struck today. New modeling shows that a major hurricane hitting closer to New York City could now generate more than $100 billion in insured losses, underscoring the region’s growing coastal risk. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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2nd Annual Spring Fling
Mastic Beach Property Owners Association,
7:00 pm
Friday April 24
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Other local events
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Marketing Advisory
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
11:00 am -
Half Day Battle Judge Meeting
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
1:30 pm -
Adult Services Advisory Committee
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
2:00 pm -
Paper Quilled Snails [1st-3rd]
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
6:00 pm -
South Country Differ-abilities Awareness Fair
South Country Ambulance , 5 Cottage Pl , Bellport
12:00 pm -
Community Mental Health Promotion and Support
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
10:00 am -
Cinco de Mayo Taco Craft [K-2nd]
South Country Library , 22 Station Rd , Bellport
6:00 pm -
West Side Story - Bellport
Gateway Playhouse , 215 S Country Rd , Bellport
2:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
Friday May 1
Tuesday May 5
Saturday May 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Technology Advisory Committee
Suffolk Cooperative Library System , 627 Sunrise Hwy , Bellport
10:00 am -
National Poetry Month: Community Service
Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library , 407 William Floyd Pkwy , Shirley
4:30 pm -
BAR-PTA Parent Craft Night
Barton Elementary School
6:15 pm -
CAN - Earth Day
Canaan Elementary School
7:00 pm
Wednesday April 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Burlington Coat Factory Corporation posted a job opening for Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Patchogue. Apply here.
- American Regent, Inc. posted a job opening for Material Handler (3pm-11:30pm) in Shirley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bellport here.
🗞 Nearby News
Patchogue
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Brookhaven
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- Home Depot eyes same-day, next-day delivery site in New York (retaildive.com)
Yaphank
- Walmart Pilots Store-Based Marketplace Fulfillment, Home Depot Eyes Same-Day Delivery DC in New York & Dairy Queen Expands Voice AI Drive-Thru Pilot (omnitalk.blog)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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