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Is Amtrak protecting New Orleans equipment?

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Is Amtrak protecting New Orleans equipment?
Posted by blue streak 1 on Thursday, July 11, 2019 2:51 PM

With the flood gates closing by Friday morning is or has Amtrak removed all rolling equpment from NOL ?  The present forecasts say Barry may cause a storm surge on the Mississippi river to 1 foot below all city levees.  If the storm surge is higher then what ?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-10/new-orleans-faces-threat-of-two-sided-flood-as-storm-bears-down

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-cruise-ship-rerouted-due-weather-threat-64264168 

WWL-tv keeps a running advisory  on the following link.

https://www.wwltv.com/article/weather/hurricane/live-updates-tropical-storm-barry-likely-to-be-cat-1-hurricane-at-landfall/289-25b24eab-ec99-41d1-a931-5eb0c19964b9 

 

 

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Posted by CMStPnP on Thursday, July 11, 2019 3:06 PM

^^^ Why do you post these things presumming Amtrak management is competent and on the ball?    Embrace the suck like the rest of us.  Wink

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, July 11, 2019 4:54 PM

Well, if they don't want an embarassing replay of what happened to NJ Transit's rolling stock in the Meadowlands Maintanence facility during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 you'd better believe they'ved moved the equipment.

Assuming they've got someone willing to make a decision, which NJ Transit didn't have.  Whistling

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, July 11, 2019 7:01 PM

NB CNO On Time past Jackson, MS

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by rdamon on Thursday, July 11, 2019 9:14 PM

Bet they move the school buses this time ..

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