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New York Subways Are Shut Down as Hurricane Irene Nears
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/nyregion/new-yorkers-warned-of-possible-electrical-shutdown.html?hp=&pagewanted=all ^ | Aug 27 2011 | James Barron

Posted on 08/27/2011 4:30:34 PM PDT by equaviator

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To: library user

I’m sure this storm is generating a lot of tornadoes.


41 posted on 08/27/2011 6:59:57 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mkleesma

Tell that to us here in eastern NC whose homes are underwater and don’t live on the Outer Banks and are in places that don’t typically flood. We have steady to heavy rain for 32 hours straight and still a few more hours to go. 6 hours ago we had 17 inches of rain... I guess that’s a plain old heavy rain event in your book. Along with the thousands of huge trees, hardwoods as well as pines that have come down.


42 posted on 08/27/2011 7:00:28 PM PDT by myrabach
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To: holyscroller

No NYC busses either. Labor issue, I’m told. Drivers won’t work if the trains don’t run.


43 posted on 08/27/2011 7:08:27 PM PDT by Tenega
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To: library user

Ok, I see you and me were had. Any destruction is bad but good to see it was merely one portion of the mall.


44 posted on 08/27/2011 7:09:17 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: equaviator
Let's all play the game and then be in line for more Obama stash money.

Heh. In Oklahoma we call 80 mph winds a thunderstorm. My pity level for the east coasters is negative 5. Send some rain this way.....sissies.

45 posted on 08/27/2011 7:19:52 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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To: myrabach

TS Allison visited Houston in 2001, left and then returned. Caught under a high pressure system she dumped 40 inches of rain on the city. The 610 loop around the city acted as a giant bowl. When the water finally drained on the interstate, they found 18 wheelers two deep that had been totally buried under water. Called the 100 year flood. Didn’t think it would ever quit raining. Some memories just never go away.


46 posted on 08/27/2011 7:23:21 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Grams A
Caught under a high pressure system she dumped 40 inches of rain on the city. The 610 loop around the city acted as a giant bowl. When the water finally drained on the interstate, they found 18 wheelers two deep that had been totally buried under water. Called the 100 year flood. Didn’t think it would ever quit raining. Some memories just never go away.

Sure could use some of that water now....talk about "feast or famine."

47 posted on 08/27/2011 7:26:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: bravo whiskey
maybe they can take a census of all the people who actually live in the subway and tunnel complex.

Can rats swim?

48 posted on 08/27/2011 7:28:35 PM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: dfwgator

Sure could use some of that water now...”

You betcha. It did rain for about 20 minutes near our home earlier this week though. Heard a lawn and garden guy last weekend say that because of the kind of soil we have, it would take two to three years of normal rainfall for complete restoration.


49 posted on 08/27/2011 7:36:50 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Grams A

I had moved from Houston by 2001, but I was there for TS Allison in 1989 (30” rain, flooded the TX Medical Center, metro buses under water, etc.). I know what you mean about indelible memories!


50 posted on 08/27/2011 7:40:06 PM PDT by Magic Fingers
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To: ELS
Can rats swim?


51 posted on 08/27/2011 7:41:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Seaplaner
I disagree on point #2.

Even though the City has regressed, in terms of quality of life, since the Giuliani Era, it's still the safest city in the country.

There was actually a reduction in crime during the 2003 blackout.

52 posted on 08/27/2011 7:59:06 PM PDT by OddLane (If Lionel Hutz and Guy Smiley had a lovechild together, his name would be "Mitt Romney." -KAJ)
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To: OddLane
Thanks, my FRiend, and I'm hoping you are completely correct.

Following the storm (and lack of crime outbreaks) I'm prepared to cheerfully admit an error in doubting the collective character among the Big Appelonian Peeps.

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53 posted on 08/27/2011 8:07:27 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Seaplaner

Power is out at my place. I’m having to type this by candlelight.


54 posted on 08/27/2011 8:40:06 PM PDT by conservaterian (Sarah/DeMint '12)
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To: animal172
Last time I was there I thought they were using the subway system as a landfill. Nasty!

And then there's the all pervasive smell of urine.

55 posted on 08/27/2011 8:45:55 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Seaplaner
There are still people leery of leaving their belongings and houses, FWIW.

I still think the chance of your house being looted in a place like Long Beach, vs. your chance being caught in the storm, are minimal.

56 posted on 08/27/2011 8:57:28 PM PDT by OddLane (If Lionel Hutz and Guy Smiley had a lovechild together, his name would be "Mitt Romney." -KAJ)
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To: equaviator
New York Subways Are Shut Down

Where will people get their sandwiches?

57 posted on 08/27/2011 9:08:38 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: dfwgator

Brain Bleach Aisle 51. STAT!!!


58 posted on 08/27/2011 9:21:01 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (0 - 537 They ALL must go.)
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To: UCANSEE2
Have you seen the cell phone commercial that the guy who's dancing gets the text message late and it's for a “flash mob”. Was flash mob originally a term used for a spontaneous dance event or was this cell phone commercial playing off the “flash mobs” and trying to turn it into something else? If it's the latter it sure seems in bad taste.
59 posted on 08/27/2011 9:23:09 PM PDT by Almondjoy
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To: Almondjoy
Based on the info I have noticed over the past few years, 'flash mobs' originally started as a way to have 'surprise' events for the public, for entertainment or personal purposes.

I believe the term for what is being done now is 'wilding' or what I would call anarchy. The media wants to continue to 'confuse' the public by using the wrong label, just as they refuse to mention race in their articles, even when it seems to dominate the entire subject.

60 posted on 08/27/2011 10:25:50 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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