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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Oct 2 10:23:43 2023, in response to Re: Subway Flooding, posted by heypaul on Sat Sep 30 22:58:59 2023. The debris had been stored in the tunnels. The flood waters moved them. They did not migrate from the street.From the referenced article: The MTA watchdog credited the agency for purchasing the devices as part of improving flood preparedness. But the inspector general’s office recommended the MTA better maintain the new equipment and refine training on how to deploy the gear. Some sourced told me that some equipment was designed to be activated by remote control. The MTA cut corners by not supplying the communications line required for remote control. Their strategy was to send personnel to the sites to activate the equipment. Same source told me that some of the emergency closures were designed with single large, expensive metal plates to block water intrusion. The MTA changed the design to use two smaller plates to cover the same area. Water would intrude through the seam, where the two plates met. |
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