Rain Pummels City

Mother Nature must have realized she ignored us during the summer, as yesterday's rainfall broke records and caused lots of problems. Over 3.5" inches of rain fell yesterday, and with rain on deck for today and tomorrow, it's possible October's rainfall will exceed the 10.53" that fell in July, August and September combined. The NY Times spoke to an AccuWeather meteorologist, who said with the winds coming, it'll be "our first really good northeaster." Well, there goes our $3 ($5 on rainy days) umbrella.

There were floods, a Bronx retaining wall that collapsed, and people using boats to get around. There were the inevitable subway service delays as well: The J train was stalled on the Williamsburg Bridge for almost an hour, a power outage above ground affected the 5 train, and the 1, 3, 6, A, C, and E faced issues as well. Better this than terror, we say!

Photograph from Newsday

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By Jen Chung in News on October 13, 2005 7:39 AM

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S.D.

Joe, an useful page that I've added to my book marks, Thanks!

Nathan

Drought-shmout. What? We need the rain for Manhattan's crops? What about all that rain that fell from April-June? I swear it was raining 2-3 days a week all spring into early summer.

Joe

The southern and eastern reservoirs are filling up but it's the northern and western reservoirs that are of concern. Their levels are low and they aren't getting nearly as much rain as us.

Current reservoir levels.