The trains run on electricity. Once the tunnels are soaked in water, particularly the electrical controls and junction boxes, it will be very difficult and time consuming to dry them out and repair them sufficiently to get to get the trains going again. A previous poster pointed out that much of this is very old and spare parts for some of it will be very hard to get.
Worse, much of the city's electrical system goes through or near the same tunnels. Once soaked in salt water it seems certain that this will also be very difficult and time consuming to repair.
I suspect the city's fresh water pipes will be fine, but the pumps will stop when the electricity goes off. Same for the sewage system.
In other words, flooding the underground is much worse than the talking heads on TV seem to have figured out. I have no idea how long this will take to fix, but if these tunnels really fill up with water it won't be quick.
"if you see wire on the ground, do not touch it.".
It seems so. Prayers up for all those affected.
The MSM will likely ignore anything that could remotely make Obama look bad.
The comparisons to Bush and Katrina will be endless and disgusting.
Obama first order of business will be to gather his team and the leaders of the MSM and work on a plan to spin this terrible disaster.
Obama’s Katrina... why didn’t he have all those infrastructures under New York city up graded for a disaster like this with the stimulus money.