One of New York’s wettest days in decades has left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped. Heavy rainfall on Friday knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours.
I’m starting to think climate change is going to necessitate a total rebuild of all water-related infrastructure, as well as anything that can be affected by excessive precipitation. Do basements even make sense in this new world?