Swamped!
Posted onI’m singing Neil Young’s “Helpless” to myself right now – the entire NYC transit system is currently shut down due to flooding and most of my office is working from home – good thing we have a slick VPN set up where nothing is really affected. MTA officials are instructing people to “stay home for now if you can – we cannot support you at this time.” At least they are honest: it’s all about managing expectations in this world, right?
This situation creates a good chicken and the egg type debate: is the horrible weather the cause or is the system not prepared for horrible weather? With the way the world is going (i.e. global warming), more instances of horrible weather are on the horizon so the MTA better do something.
Let’s review the past year: Big Dig tunnel failure in MA. A bridge fell down in MN. The mass transit system is down (for now) in NYC. Is this a USA infrastructure apocalypse or have I just not had my morning cup of coffee yet?