Bedlam in the Subways
Travel
in New York City ground to a halt during the rush hour commute
today, due in large part to what's left of Tropical Depression Frances.
All during the night one arm of the storm, still spinning just off the Appalachians, Frances let loose on our metropolis, soaking us with 12 hours of steady rain, and 2 1/2 hours of torrential downpour.
This all added up to flooded tunnels, soaked tracks, and major delays on of the transportation systems in the city.
I got some pictures of the congestion at 42nd street between the 7 and the A C E after the N/R lines and the 1/9 lines were shut down for "water/signal problems." In particular, check out this movie of people going nowhere fast.
Seeing this many people all crunched together reminded me of the blackout, except replace the strange euphoria of that day with an angry "I'm late for work and my boss is an asshole" attitude.
That, and it was around 120 in the subway - so hot that my camera fogged up every 5 seconds. If you watch the movie closely, you can see the fog encroaching in from the corners even as I shoot.
