commuter rail preps for "sandy" and future storms

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henry6

I have never ever seen such advance suspension of services anywhere...and this is not only one metropolitan area but all areas from Boston south through Richmond!   There is at least a 24 hour advance suspension in all these places for subway, commuter rail, rapid transit, even bus services.  Is this too extreme?  Could today have been a regular business day with the suspensions beginning at say 10PM or even 12M (nothing allowed to run as long as schedule terminated no later than 12M)?   Is this overreacting or just good preparedness?  

 

The Balto-Wash Metro area has had rain since about 5 PM on Sunday afternoon with intensity increasing as time wears on.  It is now 5 PM Monday - rain has been at a steady heavy intensity of probably 1/4 to 1/2 inch per hour - winds have been blowing since early morning - sufficient to hear it roar through the trees.  How many trees will withstand the wind force for how long with the continuing softening ground is the question.

Getting trains to the Metro area in the morning would have been no problem - emptying the Metro are in the afternoon may be a totally different story.

[John WR]

Thanks for the pictures, Streak.  I especially enjoyed the ones of an empty Grand Central Terminal.  Several years ago I remember a noreaster that put water in Hoboken Terminal up to the public telephones.  

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a flooded Hoboken terminal

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/396286_470606992961728_1852508693_n.jpg

 empty NYC train stations

http://www.buzzfeed.com/stacylambe/nycs-empty-subway-system

 

[Anonymous]

henry6

I have never ever seen such advance suspension of services anywhere...and this is not only one metropolitan area but all areas from Boston south through Richmond!   There is at least a 24 hour advance suspension in all these places for subway, commuter rail, rapid transit, even bus services.  Is this too extreme?  Could today have been a regular business day with the suspensions beginning at say 10PM or even 12M (nothing allowed to run as long as schedule terminated no later than 12M)?   Is this overreacting or just good preparedness?  

Not being part of the preparedness teams, it is difficult to say whether they are overreacting.

The large electric utility that I worked for had a storm center, which was staffed when a major storm was headed our way.  Some said that we tended to overreact to a pending storm, but prior experience told us that if we did not get on top of it, there were plenty of lawyers who would subsequently make us wish that we had.

[henry6]

I have never ever seen such advance suspension of services anywhere...and this is not only one metropolitan area but all areas from Boston south through Richmond!   There is at least a 24 hour advance suspension in all these places for subway, commuter rail, rapid transit, even bus services.  Is this too extreme?  Could today have been a regular business day with the suspensions beginning at say 10PM or even 12M (nothing allowed to run as long as schedule terminated no later than 12M)?   Is this overreacting or just good preparedness?  

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Phoebe Vet

Danny was in 1997.  It's too late to prepare.

Thats what I get for having a relative named danny.  Corrected title

[Phoebe Vet]

Danny was in 1997.  It's too late to prepare.

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NJ TRANSIT SHUT DOWN NOTICE

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/road_rail_and_air_travel_shutt.html#incart_m-rpt-2>

NYC transit shuts down at 7;00 PM sunday night subways included

 

MARC SHUTS DOWN RAIL AND BUS

http://mta.maryland.gov/advisories/hurricane-sandy-customer-advisory

septa will be shut down by 0100 mondday morning

http://www.septa.org/realtime/status/system-status.shtml

here is announcement of all NY MTA services

http://alert.mta.info/ 

shore line east shut down monday since AMTRAK OPERATES THE SERVICE

http://www.shorelineeast.com/index.php

MBTA  ( BOSTON ) operating normally  (?) monday except no boat service.

http://www.mbta.com/weather/

 

 

 

 

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sorry here is latest AMTRAK BULLETIN  -- guess all MARC & VRE will be cancelled ??

CSX shutting down north of richmond and east of brunswick md. 

[cv_acr]

Um, you're providing links to something inside your web email. That's not going to work for anyone but you.

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This thread has covered the consequences of the of preparations foor Sandy. Will edit the existing post now to give the resulting new plans for future storms.  These plans will be posted on this original post as plans become known hopefully froom the agenceys themselves. 

Have not located NJT's  plan but here is Bergan record summary.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/NJ_Transit_retools_storm_strategy_shifts_rail_stock_to_safer_storage.html

 adding the article of what NYC TA did before & after 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/magazine/could-new-york-city-subways-survive-another-hurricane.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0