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Re: Helena Williams former LIRR president ?? |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Sep 4 10:09:16 2010, in response to Re: Helena Williams former LIRR president ??, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Sep 4 08:34:35 2010. As per the LIRR's own tweets, there was more to the East End servoce cancellations than the reliability of the diesel fleet. With high winds expected, there wwere issues concerning the crossing gates, which I understand were tied in the "up" position, plus the possibility of trees fouling the ROW, and flooding.Williams erred on the side of caution, and although she inconvenienced the customers, imagine the lawsuits if the storm had been as bad as anticipated, and a passenger got hurt or killed by flying debris, or a grade-crossing malfunction... I think Ms. Williams' decision was influenced by lawyers, not weather... |
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