Posted on 10/31/2012 11:14:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Hurricane Sandy has moved on but the damage remains. The following picture of Times Square posted on Gizmodo caught my eye. Fortunately, it does not look real. Lights should not be on and there would be debris everywhere.
However, the Metra chairman did say water was "literally up to the ceiling" at one downtown station, so take this image and use your imagination, adding dead rats, debris, and whatever else suits your fancy.
Bloomberg reports the
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Pretty amazing that those lights work underwater.
The initial estimates I heard was that the system would be up and running in 3 to 5 days. I thought yeah right, 3 to 5 months is more likely.
Fake photo?
My thoughts exactly. From what I know of fluorescent lighting, they can’t. I think the pic is faked.
My thoughts exactly. From what I know of fluorescent lighting, they can’t. I think the pic is faked.
There are (or were) a lot of street people living under the city...
I wonder what else they might find.
Forget the lights, Sandy rained such pure rain it stays clear even underground!!!!!!!
This is hugh and series!
The pResident said things have changed, we now have ships that go under water. Just get some of those, problem solved.....
Maybe the guy who spec’d the job insisted on submesibles? That’s some forethought!
It’s supposedly a photo shop picture
erm, submersibles
Photo shop
A pet shop aquarium in NYC is not that clear. Never mind a flooded subway!
That picture is fake. The flooding did not reach Times Sq subway stations. It flooded Lower Man subway stations around the Battery where the sea surged over bulkheads.
My guess is parts of the subway system will be restored over next weeks, full system service will be months away.
Sorting the Real Sandy Photos from the Fakes:
lol! Wouldn’t it now.
Thanks!
Goodness, I never knew that a pic of the flooded out New York subway system would look like the guy was swimming around in distilled water. LOL
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