theatlantic: The 2011 Report That Predicted New York’s Subway Flooding Disaster Last fall, as part of a massive report on climate change in New York, a research team led by Klaus Jacob of Columbia University drafted a case study that estimated the effects of a 100-year storm on the city’s transportation infrastructure. Considering MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota’s comments today that Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the subway was “worse than the worst case scenario,” it seems pretty safe to put Sandy in the 100-year category. In that case, assuming the rest of the report holds true, the subway system could be looking at a recovery time of several weeks, with residual effects lasting for months and years. Read more. [Image: LDEO, Columbia University] Way to be proactive there, MTA. You charge us enough per ride to prepare for these things by now, you’d think. But what do I expect when they still collapse when there’s a sick passenger on board?

theatlantic:

The 2011 Report That Predicted New York’s Subway Flooding Disaster

Last fall, as part of a massive report on climate change in New York, a research team led by Klaus Jacob of Columbia University drafted a case study that estimated the effects of a 100-year storm on the city’s transportation infrastructure. Considering MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota’s comments today that Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the subway was “worse than the worst case scenario,” it seems pretty safe to put Sandy in the 100-year category. In that case, assuming the rest of the report holds true, the subway system could be looking at a recovery time of several weeks, with residual effects lasting for months and years.

Read more. [Image: LDEO, Columbia University]

Way to be proactive there, MTA. You charge us enough per ride to prepare for these things by now, you’d think. But what do I expect when they still collapse when there’s a sick passenger on board?

Source: theatlanticcities.com
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