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Hyperbole Images of Sandy Damage.

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    dr.bollocko
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    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.


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    #3
    Death and Taxes
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    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!


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    [Deleted User]
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    The wrestler?


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    #5
    keith16
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    What part of this is hyperbole?


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    #6
    cameramonkey
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    NY subway system is so dirty the inundation maybe did it some service..


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


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


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    Madam_X
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    juan.kerr wrote: »
    We get rain every other day. you don't hear us whinging about it, do you?
    Indeed. Rain = hurricanes. Always.


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    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


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


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    Madam_X
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    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.


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    juan.kerr
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    Madam_X wrote: »
    Indeed. Rain = hurricanes. Always.

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


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    Madam_X
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    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. :)


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


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    juan.kerr
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    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.


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    keith16
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    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.


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    seamus
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    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.


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    Intensive Care Bear
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    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.


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    juan.kerr
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    Amphibious trains would be good though.


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    MadsL
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    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


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    Local-womanizer
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    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!


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    Jogathon
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    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.


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


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    Pottler
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    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.


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    #25
    arse..biscuits
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    The damaged relay is actually a transformer. We're through th elooking glass here people


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