Could New York City Subways Survive Another Hurricane? (New York Times article)

[AndrewJC]

Surprised nobody's posted this yet (or did I just miss it?) - it's a fascinating read:

 

Could New York City Subways Survive Another Hurricane?

Illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

 

By ROBERT SULLIVAN Published: October 23, 2013    A good place to see how and why the Metropolitan Transportation Authority just barely survived Sandy last fall is the entrance to a tunnel at 148th Street and Lenox Avenue, in Central Harlem, where, just before the storm hit, a crew of carpenters built a plywood dam 8½ feet tall by about 55 feet wide. That ad hoc, low-tech, last-minute construction held the New York Harbor at bay and not only saved the city hundreds of millions of dollars, but also made it possible for the subway to come back to life as quickly as it did.

 

 

 

Full article here

[Union Tpke]

I read the article. It's a good article. Thanks for posting.