Think NYC’s L train fiasco is bad? Just wait until storms swamp JFK Airport

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By Eric HolthausJan 3, 2019, 8:34 pm193 pts
When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City in 2012, water rushed into the underground tunnels that are the backbone of the city’s transit system, swamping sensitive electronics and decades-old infrastructure in corrosive saltwater. Nothing like that had ever happened in the 100+ years the subways had been…

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