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State commission to recommand ways to seal off the subways

Started by Harry , Jan 07 2013 08:17 AM

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#1 Harry

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 08:17 AM

[float=left]Attached File  donohue7n-1-web.jpg   41.08K   9 downloads[/float]A state commission will recommend the installation of solid roll-down gates at subway station entrances to prevent Hurricane Sandy-style flooding, a source told the Daily News.

Such gates are a far better defense than the sandbags the Metropolitan Transportation Authority placed outside some stations in lower Manhattan, an unsuccessful effort to stop torrents of water filling tunnels from track to ceiling.

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#2 pjbr40

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:58 AM

i have to say no matter how hard you try, mother nature always find a way and win.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 10:52 AM

The flood water was too much for any protection. Wen you are dealing with millions of gallons of flood water, stopping a few thousand (or even million) gallons isn't really going to change anything. We chose to live on what is basically a big island with 80% of our infrastructure below ground or right next to the shore line. Now we need to live with those decisions.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 10:58 AM

i have to say no matter how hard you try, mother nature always find a way and win.


could not agree more with statement. perfectly stated.
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#5 Grand Concourse

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 11:49 AM

Better something than nothing. At least the idea should be towards minimizing the damage. What they should think of adding are those gates for the river tunnels.
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#6 College Pt Man

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 11:58 AM

Well that's only beneficial to underground stations. Nothing can really stop ground level segments like the A from still being effected.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 12:42 PM

They could throw a giant waterproof tarp over the tracks?
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 12:52 PM

I think the idea was not so much to stop the water from entering, but rather to keep it away from sensitive areas.
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#9 Quill Depot

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 03:53 PM

They could throw a giant waterproof tarp over the tracks?

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i have to say no matter how hard you try, mother nature always find a way and win.


Really, you gotta be a Lhota to think this is gonna work...
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 05:03 PM

Meaning what? Do nothing and let the same problems happen again requiring a full shut down for repairs? What about preventative measures?
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 05:11 PM

Meaning what? Do nothing and let the same problems happen again requiring a full shut down for repairs? What about preventative measures?

sadly most people do not think get used to it.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 05:28 PM

I say we buy tons of sponges...
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#13 Quill Depot

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Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:12 PM

I thought that was a foamer joke
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:15 PM

Really, water is a liquid. There are cracks and dips everywhere that run to the subway. I'm sorry, but these proposed solutions are not the most practical.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 08:40 PM

Really, water is a liquid. There are cracks and dips everywhere that run to the subway. I'm sorry, but these proposed solutions are not the most practical.

So why do they need to keep the subway system with all of cracks and dips... :huh:
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:02 PM

I say we buy tons of sponges...


Or Mighty-Thirsties from our good friend Anthony Sullivan.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 11:50 PM

Or Mighty-Thirsties from our good friend Anthony Sullivan.


...or the sham-wows, I hear those hold water pretty good
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Posted 08 January 2013 - 01:39 AM

Lol, I don't trust that guy with the headsets. Way too shifty IMO.
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Posted 08 January 2013 - 04:39 AM

Not a really great solution. Sealing the entrances of subway stations during natural disasters like hurricanes will not always work. There may be even problems underground that would still flood a station.
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 10:38 AM


...or the sham-wows, I hear those hold water pretty good

Rain-X might be a fine alternative

 

 

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