two saved, one swept away. they had more than 8 inches of rain during the storm. the flooding was worse than superstorm sandy. state-wide there was flooding at newark airport. veteran facility. one hospital, countless homes and as you ve been talking about with bill, countless cars abandoned along the side of the road with many streets impassable. door-to-door evacuations are taking place in trenton as the delaware river overruns its banks. some of the streets were so impassable there were six feet of water in some locations in passaic. in new york city alone the situation very dire as many as eight deaths there. major roadways were impossible. subways were flooded, dozens of planes stuck on the tarmac at jfk airport and lastly as we were talking about power, more than 100,000 in just new york,
February 25, 2021
This rendering of a multispace area is part of UW student Claire Larson’s award-winning design for a veterans’ facility. (Image courtesy of Claire Larson)
A veterans’ living facility that addresses the tenets of social sustainability and equity earned a University of Wyoming student third place in the Pacific West region in the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) competition.
Claire Larson, a senior in UW’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences from Columbus, Ohio, was given the IDEC competition prompt as part of her contract design class during the fall semester.
Larson did background research on physical disabilities and mental and psychological impairments veterans might have, and how they would affect the design of the space.