New York and New Jersey are back in kayaks.

A nor’easter hit the Northeast. People paddled flooded streets in coastal New York and New Jersey. More than 100,000 lost power across the region. In Brooklyn, a NYCHA worker was killed by a falling tree.

We’ve been here before. Sandy was 2012. Nearly 14 years of warnings, studies, and “resilience” talk. Some projects got built. Not enough. The storms keep coming, and low-lying streets still go under.

Mayors and governors send the warning. Then the crews show up with pumps. What still lags is the fix that lasts: drains and coastal protection.

High-tech century. Low-tech flood response. How much longer?

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