NYC Subway System Post-Sandy: Like right out of a disaster movie...

[mixiboi]

[Gladys]

Only in the movies you don't really deal with the aftermath. that's the real drama.

[eldondre]

Only in the movies you don't really deal with the aftermath. that's the real drama.

if one were to guess which stations flooded south ferry would be at the top of the list, situated as it is in a man-made extension of Manhattan near the water. I read the system's pumps date to 1938. If ny can't afford to replace its infrastructure how can we hope to?

[Bixbyte]

That is what I like about Philly.
We never see these scenes in our city.
Between two Rivers the storms 99.9% of the time veer overhead.
But we had some damage. I see down trees everywhere.
Still the storm appears to have hit everywhere else worst.
PHILLY did very well for a direct hit.
They charge us extra insurance to pay claims for the rest of the country.
My agent was brow beating me about my property and the recent national claim losses.
I told him it is safer in Philly.
My power was off for 14 hours.

[MarketStEl]

More accurately, Bixbyte, what saves us is those 40 miles of dry land called New Jersey that separate us from the ocean:

As bad as it was, Sandy could have been worse | Philadelphia Real Estate Blog

[stonefly]

More accurately, Bixbyte, what saves us is those 40 miles of dry land called New Jersey that separate us from the ocean:

As bad as it was, Sandy could have been worse | Philadelphia Real Estate Blog

exactly

[eldondre]

More accurately, Bixbyte, what saves us is those 40 miles of dry land called New Jersey that separate us from the ocean:

As bad as it was, Sandy could have been worse | Philadelphia Real Estate Blog

can we have t-shirts that read "as much as I love to hate jersey, I'm glad it's there"
you're absolutely right. geography is powerful, jersey is a lot of coastal plain (er flood plain) separating the piedmont (PA) from the ocean. it's also why William Penn chose Philadelphia no? it offered some protection from the elements. it also means we'll never be one of the world's great ports but you can't have everything.

[Hospitalitygirl]

That is what I like about Philly.
We never see these scenes in our city.
Between two Rivers the storms 99.9% of the time veer overhead.
But we had some damage. I see down trees everywhere.
Still the storm appears to have hit everywhere else worst.
PHILLY did very well for a direct hit.
They charge us extra insurance to pay claims for the rest of the country.
My agent was brow beating me about my property and the recent national claim losses.
I told him it is safer in Philly.
My power was off for 14 hours.

You're in Rhawnhurst, correct? You lost power? Fortunately my parents didn't but there certainly are a few trees down.

[mixiboi]

More fun news from NY:

io9.com Updates: Did the Superstorm force diseased rats out of the subway?

Humans weren’t alone in being displaced earlier this week by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Video images of flooded subway stations in Lower Manhattan revealed the extent of damage inflicted by the storm surge — flooding that would have surely forced thousands of rats out of the subways and into more populated areas. This has experts worried, and they’re warning that these rats may start to spread diseases like leptospirosis, hantavirus, typhus, salmonella — and even the plague.

Speaking to the Huffington Post, ecologist Rick Ostfield highlighted the concerns. “One of [the] things we know can exacerbate disease is massive dispersal,” he said. “Rats are highly social individuals and live in a fairly stable social structure. If this storm disturbs that, rats could start infesting areas they never did before.”

[mixiboi]

Gawker made this cute mp of what trains will be running tomorrow in NYC:

1: Operating between 242nd Street and Times Square

2: Operating between 241st Street and Times Square (express between 96th and 42nd)

3: Suspended

4: Operating between Woodlawn and Times Square, and between Borough Hall and New Lots Ave. in Brooklyn

5: Operating express between Atlantic Ave. and Flatbush

6: Operating between Pelham Bay Park and Times Square

7: Suspended (Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle in full service)

A: Operating between 168th St. and Penn Station, and between Jay St. and Lefferts Blvd.

B: Suspended

C: Suspended

D: Operating between 205th St. and Herald Sq., and between Atlantic Ave. and Bay Parkway

E: Suspended

F: Operating between 179th St. and Herald Sq., and between Jay St. and Avenue X

G: Suspended

J: Operating between Jamaica Center and Hewes St.

L: Operating between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Parkway

M: Operating between Myrtle Ave. and Metropolitan Ave.

N: Operating between Herald Sq. and Ditmars Blvd.

Q: Suspended

R: Operating between Jay St. and 59th St. Brooklyn

Pretty much you'll be catching the bus a lot....

[MarketStEl]

Gawker made this cute mp of what trains will be running tomorrow in NYC:





Pretty much you'll be catching the bus a lot....

Okay.

What this tells me is that the 60th and 63d Street subway tunnels did not flood, but the 53d Street tunnel and all the tunnels to its south did.

Which does puzzle me a bit, for the news stories I read said that seven of the East River subway tunnels flooded. Then again, I think their counts may have been off, as was mine in my RE Blog post, for there are 10 subway tunnels under the East River.