Weather Alert -- Hot temperatures and drought emergency in NYC
It's already hot and steamy in New York. Be sure to bring your sunscreen and summer clothing. You may need a light jacket in the evenings. Remember too that New York is in a drought emergency. Although recent rains have helped make up for the exceedingly dry winter, reservoirs serving the city are at only 80 percent of normal capacity. Many restaurants are serving water only on request and all buildings ask that your report leaky faucets. Please use water as sparingly as possible during your visit.
Your hosts, the members of the Roebling Chapter, are hard at work finalizing arrangements for the 31st annual meeting. Tours will explore not only Brooklyn's prominence as a transportation center but also the many manufacturers and processing plants that support the great metropolis to the west.
As with all SIA tours, the 2002 conference tours are dependent on the willingness of site owners and managers to permit visits. After September 11, many companies and governmental agencies in New York City have new security concerns and requirements. Negotiations with some sites are ongoing as our conference brochure goes to press and, although we hope to receive full commitments from sites now listed only as possibilities, and even add some special surprises, please understand that tour content may change.
We will be making use of the subways and our feet for transportation to many conference events. Please dress comfortably and wear walking shoes. Remember that for tours of factories, hard-soled shoes and long pants are required. If you have your own safety glasses and hearing protection, bring them along. Your registration confirmation will indicate which sites also require hardhats.
On-line and mail-in registration is now closed.
However, you are welcome to register in-person at the Conference Registration Desk at the Marriott Hotel in Brooklyn, NY, starting on Thursday June 6, 2002 (see registration desk times in **Final Schedule of Events** above). There are still tours available on Friday, Sunday and Monday.
You are also welcome to register for the Digital Recording Strategies for Historic Structures Training session. Please contact Bob Kapsch, Board Member for Training Sessions, via email at: Robert_Kapsch@nps.gov
If you are only taking the Digital Recording Strategies for Historic Structures training session, you do not have to pay the SIA Conference registration fee or the late registration fee.
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