Re: (erielack) Agnes (er, Sandy)

[Len Allman <len_allman_@_yahoo.com>]

Hello Friends of Phoebe and Smiley

So will the tunnel rats, trash, etc. be swept out to sea thereby cleaning the tunnels once more?

Keep Smilin'
Len Allman

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On Oct 30, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Ed Montgomery <etmontgomery46_@_gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Interesting thoughts.  Since EL freights terminated mostly at Croxton, it
> probably would not have affected breaking up or building trains unless
> Croxton flooded due to the Hackensack River.  I have not heard of serious
> flooding along New York's Southern Tier.  Lackawanna Terminal had
> experienced floods before.  It was under water back in the early 80s.  The
> storm that hit on Ash Wednesday in 1962 had a storm surge so high that the
> ferries had to lay out in the river.  There was another time in the mid 60s
> when I took the train to Hoboken and discovered that there was a high tide
> that flooded the ferry building.  Ferries continued to run but passengers
> had to board using the upstairs gangways.
> 
> Ed Montgomery
> 
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