Yeesh:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said early on Tuesday that the storm was the worst disaster in the history of the New York City subway system.
“The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night,” said Joseph J. Lhota, the authority’s chairman, in a statement. “All of us at the M.T.A. are committed to restoring the system as quickly as we can to help bring New York back to normal.”
He outlined the extent of the damage that city workers and residents would face in the coming days:
- As of last night, seven subway tunnels under the East River flooded. Metro-North Railroad lost power from 59th Street to Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line and to New Haven on the New Haven Line.
- The Long Island Rail Road evacuated its West Side Yards and suffered flooding in one East River tunnel.
- The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel is flooded from end to end and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel also took on water and was closed. Six bus garages were disabled by high water.
I'm glad everyone seems to be okay.
Has anyone heard from DX?
Addendum:
The New York City subway system, hit by unprecedented damage from the storm, will remain closed for “a good four or five days,” and schools will be closed again on Wednesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Tuesday morning.
Theo - have you seen this from Point Pleasant [link]
Has anyone heard from DX?
I just sent him a lj message; I'll let people know when I hear back. His area of the state was hit hard, so he may be without power.
Sigh. I really wish my parents would learn to freakin' text. (THEY ARE OKAY) They have no power or water, and the worst of it was right on their doorstep. Or rather, several feet up in their lobby. (THEY ARE OKAY) And if they would just FREAKIN' TEXT I wouldn't be worrying about using up all their remaining phone battery by calling to check on them.
Sigh. (Also, y'all know I'm just exasperated stress-venting, yes? There's a reason I don't say this to the rest of the Internet.)
Hugh L. Carey Tunnel
That's the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel for anyone who isn't a city official in charge of renaming things.
I may offer to carpool my fellow Brooklynites to work tomorrow, if the bridges are deemed safe. (Right now they are open but still marked "yellow" in NY1's map, meaning they're open but still at risk for dangerous wind gusts.)
Finally breaking out the camp stove to make eggs and bacon.
