May 13, 2005
From the desk of Jane Galt:New York News
The Henry Hudson--the highway nearest my house, which I travel up and down at least a few times a week--has been blocked by a landslide.
Posted by Jane Galt at May 13, 2005 03:52 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksLandslides are too SoCal for New York. Frankly, I expect more a bit more originality in New York -- rat infestations, water main breaks, blackouts, disappointing revivals of classic musicals -- but landslides! Really.
Posted by: Middle Browser on May 13, 2005 06:31 AMWe drive past the area that collapsed twice a day. Apparently it started to collapse an hour before it completely caved in - Mrs. Manhattan was driving by right about the time it started.
Posted by: Dr. Manhattan on May 13, 2005 10:27 AMUnless you've come back to NY without telling us, isn't this an odd choice of tenses?
Posted by: Crank on May 13, 2005 10:37 AM"Residents told WNBC-TV that it was well known in the neighborhood that the wall appeared to be unstable. WCBS-TV showed pictures it said were taken recently and showed part of the wall bulging."
Duh!
Posted by: Patrick R. Sullivan on May 13, 2005 12:27 PMABC this morning did their best to spin this into a "decaying infrastructure" story, puttting blame on Federal budget and tax cuts.
Looks to me more like simple local neglect and incompetence.
Posted by: Bill on May 13, 2005 12:57 PMFar from being an example of neglect, I've heard witnesses that a very large man was sitting on a park bench eating a Monster ThickBurger just before the retaining wall collapsed.
They're only build to withstand so much pressure before failure, you know.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee on May 13, 2005 01:14 PMOops. This was supposed to be the first link.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee on May 13, 2005 01:16 PMThe Amtrak train bridge to Jersey also caught fire last night. Apparently the man upstairs is upset about something.
Posted by: Matt on May 13, 2005 01:49 PMWell, based upon that logic, the landlord upstairs has been mightily irritated with Amtrak since it's inception. Who knew?
Posted by: Will Allen on May 13, 2005 05:46 PMIf anyone wants to see what the scene looked like a few hours after the bulldozers arrived, click here for a 1.5 gigabyte JPEG record of the view from about 30 yards east and 12 stories up. The collapse is about four blocks north of the George Washington Bridge, where 182nd would be if 182nd went all the way to the Henry Hudson Parkway. (I'm visiting friends in New York this weekend, and am just glad they don't live on the first floor, since the bulldozers and dumptrucks are working round the clock, and it's hard enough to sleep on the 12th floor. Their 10-year-old saw it happen, but didn't have time to grab a video camera.)
Posted by: Dr. Weevil on May 14, 2005 10:50 AM
So Jane, does this mean you are back in the Big Apple now?
If so, helluva welcome-back omen!
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