Hyperbole Images of Sandy Damage.

OurLadyofKnock

I opened this link expecting to see scenes of subway trains washed away and the infrasturture in bits.

Will somebody please think of the relays!

http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-nyc-subway-damage-2012-11#ixzz2BoQLS8tH

dr.bollocko

Yeah I don't know what any of that stuff is either but without doubt the trains don't need any of that crap working to run on time without killing anyone.

Death and Taxes

OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

I opened this link expecting to see scenes of subway trains washed away and the infrasturture in bits.

Will somebody please think of the relays!

http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-nyc-subway-damage-2012-11#ixzz2BoQLS8tH

Since the subway runs on electricity you did see the infrastructure in bits, the electrical infrastucture that powers the subway!

The wrestler?

keith16

What part of this is hyperbole?

cameramonkey

NY subway system is so dirty the inundation maybe did it some service..

juan.kerr

We get rain every other day. you don't hear us whinging about it, do you?

Super-Rush

Why did you feel the need to start a thread about this?

Madam_X

juan.kerr wrote: »

We get rain every other day. you don't hear us whinging about it, do you?

Indeed. Rain = hurricanes. Always.

juan.kerr

Thought this was going to be about the NY equivalent of the New Orleans Superdome after Hurricane Katrina.

Madam_X

Super-Rush wrote: »

Why did you feel the need to start a thread about this?

I'm gonna take a couple of guesses: chip on shoulder, America hatred/obsession, pushing agenda... that kinda weird stuff.

juan.kerr

Madam_X wrote: »

Indeed. Rain = hurricanes. Always.

You missed my sarcasm. Perhaps I need to start using the appropriate smilie.

Madam_X

juan.kerr wrote: »

You missed my sarcasm. Perhaps I need to start using the appropriate smilie.

Sorry. It is the kind of thing some would say being serious here though.

Standard Toaster

Should keep plenty of people employed for a bit, no harm in that.

juan.kerr

Madam_X wrote: »

Sorry. It is the kind of thing some would say being serious here though.

No problem. One of my pet hates is small talk about the Irish weather and in particular peope complaining about the rain.

keith16

juan.kerr wrote: »

No problem. One of my pet hates is small talk about the Irish weather and in particular peope complaining about the rain.

Hopefully it will stay dry for the weekend.

seamus

The operators of the subway are probably half delighted that this gives them a blank cheque to carry out widespread overhauling and upgrading of the systems. Even install flood-resistant infrastructure (the boxes of course, not amphibious trains).

Out of most disasters comes something of a good thing in that there's a clean sweep to allow them start again from scratch.

Intensive Care Bear

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Yeah I don't know what any of that stuff is either but without doubt the trains don't need any of that crap working to run on time without killing anyone.

I know what all of that stuff does and i can assure you in my expert opinion, its seriously fu*ked.

juan.kerr

Amphibious trains would be good though.

MadsL

cameramonkey wrote: »

NY subway system is so dirty the inundation maybe did it some service..

Certainly cleaned out a few million rats.

As to this 'drop of rain' and 'Irish Summer' crap; here is what Sandy would look like over Europe. Lashing Dublin with the eye of the storm over Paris!
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63781000/jpg/_63781518_hurricane_sandy_compare976.jpg

Local-womanizer

MadsL wrote: »

Certainly cleaned out a few million rats.

As to this 'drop of rain' and 'Irish Summer' crap; here is what Sandy would look like over Europe. Lashing Dublin with the eye of the storm over Paris!
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63781000/jpg/_63781518_hurricane_sandy_compare976.jpg

Grand drying out!

Jogathon

I was in New York from the Sunday to the Friday and it was a weather that I've never experienced here in Ireland. I don't feel that the Americans exaggerated at all. Manhattan was in big trouble afterwards and I really felt that I was in a disaster zone.

ejmaztec

I bet the people still living in the sh1t in New Orleans are watching New York's speedy repair progress with interest.

Pottler

ejmaztec wrote: »

I bet the people still living in the sh1t in New Orleans are watching New York's speedy repair progress with interest.

It's a good chance to test out the builders anyway. If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere. Apparently.

arse..biscuits

The damaged relay is actually a transformer. We're through th elooking glass here people