A bit of rain for the next few days. Will the trains hold up?

Posted on December 10th, 2008 by The SUBWAYblogger in Live Blogging On the Subway

I guess only time will tell.  When there’s back to back days of solid rain, it can cause some big issues on the subway.  For whatever reason, the subway and water just don’t mix.

It is kind of ironic that an massive system of underground tunnels build on an island at the mouth of a major river completely melts down when the water gets even the slightest bit high.  Poor planning?  I’m just saying.

Also, the manager of my home subway stop clearly cannot wait to start salting the stairs.  Either that or he has more bags of salt than he can store.  Everyday for the last week, there’s been obscene amounts of salt on the stairs.  It actually has made the stairs more treacherous because you feel like you’re walking down gravel planks.

It’s been fairly warm and dry so the salt just sits there.

A little sprinkle here and there would probably be a good idea when it gets below freezing at night, but it has been so warm lately.

Of course, we’ll get a foot of snow in January, and we’ll need to bring our own shovels to get down to the train.

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  1. Jacob da Jew said on December 10th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    I think he’s dying to get rid of the salt. Last winter was pretty mild and so is this one so far, aside from the past few days. Probably taking up room in his warehouse.

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  2. Prince Hotels said on March 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 am

    I was just passing and thought I'd comment on this blog, I love your logo header too by the way, very good. The tube and train system in the UK is a joke aswell, "ooh there are leaves on the track, no trains today, oooh", it's a bit of a joke because leaves are slippy, to every living thing, and trains.

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  3. England Home Shirt said on June 14th, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    as long as it only rain we should be ok

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