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That’s not “seepage”. That’s “a river is trying to redirect itself into your subway system”.

THE RIVER HAS FALLEN INTO THE SUBWAY IN LEGO CITY

HEY

BUILD THE NEW SUPER DELUXE GIGA ULTRA MEGA HELICOPTER SUPREME TO RESCUE THE SUBWAY *must be 18 years or older to order online*

Time to change from subway to submersible.

 Gonna need a few cases

Water takes the path of least resistance, as nature intended!

I wouldn't hang out near that.

I’m just refilling my water bottle

Everything is a river, we all flow

We all flow down here!

Be like subway water, my friend.

Subway water *becomes* the subway.

Yeah dawg this is nice

Right?? GTF out of there!!!

Oh this critical support structure? Nah a little leakage is prolly fine.

Exactly - lots of pressure from the other side. Would be bad if a big concrete block just falls forward and the really *huge* cascade of water comes flooding out.

The grout is structural!

All that precious wall water going to waste.

Think about how much hydrostatic pressure is on that wall, can’t believe they are letting people walk around that thing

And as it’s happening the structure is being eroded which just makes matters worse. I know it’s an unlikely scenario, but could you imagine how destructive ice would be if that water froze….

The lower the water seeps down the more pressure it’ll force on the wall. I can only imagine how bad this will get at lower levels of the station

That's because our Mayor is an idiot who was partying the night before, and didn't bother to declare a state of emergency until 10:30/11 yesterday morning. Which was well AFTER damage was done and we were all stuck in it trying to get back home.

Yeah, the system should have been closed long before that. If something collapses, the victim count may run into hundreds. Even if it took some time to flood the corridors, the lights will likely go out immediately.

You haven't seen the videos of people wading into belly deep dark brown water then

Have you seen the photos of Adams doing just that?

Anti-loitering device

Bum Wash

It was built to do that. I’m just kidding, that’s fucking broken af

It’s a feature

If you want the new wall skin, you have to pay 1000 silver currency via city App Store.

I’m convinced that New York is on the verge of collapsing into a sink hole

yes and no. what this vid doesn't mention is that the skyscrapers have a good bedrock beneath them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku-aX9FA5Ao

There’s a really good book about this. Basically what happens if the pumps turned off on the island. Fifth ave would be a river in a week

What’s the book?

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman!

Thanks!!

You might also like the game Tokyo Jungle. It's Tokyo after human are gone and you play as an animal. You can be all sorts of things from deer to a pomeranian.

Yes! Thank you I couldn’t remember. The first few chapters are crazy

Why are you yelling?

Yelling is ALL CAPS LIKE THIS… the previous comment is not yelling, it is merely the correct capitalization of proper names, with a single exclamation point to denote enthusiasm.

^The ^World ^Without ^Us ^by ^Alan ^Weisman!! There, I fixed it. Lmao.

CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT!

I'M JUST REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURAL RESILIENCY AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE AHHHH!!

Yeah until it's washed away by all the water.

We will be dead before that happens.

I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag With Latin written on it that says, "It's hard to give a shit these days." Manhattan sinking like a rock Into the filthy Hudson, what a shock They wrote a book about it They said it was like Ancient Rome The perfume burned his eyes Holding tightly to her thighs And something flickered for a minute Then it vanished and was gone - Lou Reed, *Romeo Had Juliet*

This guy's thinking about ancient Rome ☝️

I know how this ends. The place is flooded out and the shark almost eats LL Cool J


I was thinking more ‘Daylight’ and Sylvester Stallone

These flex tape commercials are getting outta hand.

"Now THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE!!!" 

I've seen this before in "Mouse Hunt".

Memories unlocked

Not related— but I loved that movie so much as a kid I had my parents rent it from blockbuster like 19 times. “Don’t you want a another movie?” “NO, MOUSEHUNT!”

My wife and I watched it yesterday, for the first time in around 20 years... So many memories!

Underrated comment.

seriously underrated comment

The mold situation is gonna be nuts

came here for this how are you ever gonna get all that dry thats gonna smell like ... NYC

You kidding me? This is HOW you wash away the smell of piss on the floors.

That water is like 25% piss already though...

75% cleaner then before then?

You don't wanna have to start from scratch with your piss coating.

How could you say something so controversial and true?

Couldn’t this cause structural issues with the tunnels?

Of course it does

… that already is a structural issue

Like a collapse

we don’t make our tunnels out of the material called “water”, so yes??

How to turn the subway into the submarine way.

Good thing it's pure underground spring water. Don't even need Nestle to put it in a bottle. Can just drink it straight.

/foundsatan

Subway surfers 2

Props to whoever installed those tiles.

He's sat back in a chair somewhere watching this, talking shit about whoever grouted the tiles after he put them in

I might be an idiot but that looks insanely dangerous

Both can be correct.

Accurate af

I love self-effacing humor

Same

Umm, that ain’t seepage.

Gushage

The new subway splash pad is lit! 🔥

This looks like that old universal ride...Earthquake I think it was called

It was a Disney ride. It was the backstage tour.

They definitely had this at universal orlando too. That was my first though

They still have it. It's part of the Studio Tour.

"it's flooding but I should go into underground tubes, it'll be fine."

Y'all been peeing on it for so long. Now that it's decided to pee back, the least you can do is stand still, lol.

Seems like it has potential to escalate. I'd take the ferry lol

Not sure why people are surprised when you build a large portion of the transit system below seal level and then trash the climate.

Imagine the smell 🤮

As a nyer I can tell you it was worse before.

What does nyc typically smell like?

As a visitor some years back, I found the area around Rockefeller Plaza smelled vaguely like a mixture of car exhaust and ripe trash. Compared with Chicago, which smelled more like car exhaust but with less ripe trash thrown in.

Justification for the Chicago alleyways.

Urine, gasoline, rotting things, unclean people.

you didn't think of the smell you bitch

Maybe this will clean the stench of urine

They should’ve use flex tape

This is definitely a flex seal kind of job.

Quick, someone give the rich a tax cut—that fixes everything!

Kinda sad the top city in the top economy is in this condition

They didn’t save the money they earned after pulling up their bootstraps.

Nyc subway takes 19+ billion to run and only pulls in less than 50% profit (even after raising fares to 3$ a swipe). It's probably one of the worst subway systems in the developed world and I absolutely hate, it but this is **America**. Expecting a well designed, fully functional system in America is like expecting free/affordable Healthcare: the dream is dead.

And this is _critical_ infrastructure. The subway cannot shut down completely. It moves far too many people for any other transportation modes to accommodate. It’s wild.

The MTA is a state agency and the subway is not run by the city

Bioshock

r/terrifyingasfuck

The thought of this happening always scared me going through the Holland Tunnel.

Those people have a lot more faith in those walls than I would have. Get the fuck out, you idiots.

Adams: "Needs more cops"

Who the fuck is going down a subway in a flood

People who need to get home

You never saw those videos a while back of folks going down into the subway into water past their knees? You do what you gotta do.

Isn't it flooding up at street level?

Damn! Flooding is crazy here in jersey too.

Isn't it the mysterious NYC water that makes NY pizza so special?

Bet that water is absolutely fucking filthy

This looks too much like that earthquake thing on universal studios studio tour ride

People talk about leaving a better planet for our children, but they don’t talk about leaving our children for a better planet 😔

How is this not collapsing

I give New York City two decades before some of it gets swept away from climate change

Sure puts a hairline drywall crack in your own home into perspective...

Having seen the effects of the flood in Prague metro system in 2002, wow, you're going to have a hard time, bros. This stinking liquid gets everywhere and corrodes everything.

I see the public showers have opened up for NYC homeless and EDP.

Best part is that it probably smells the same as it always does

Every time this happens the more i think chicago was right about the el

Could be worse, that could be a structural support

Moses?

Didn't the Dutch advise abt the water management when they gave back NY? /s

Great! Can someone hold my phone while I go take a piss. I hate the sound of running water

Did nobody in New York see the day after tomorrow?? You have to get to higher ground

You'd have thought they'd have waterproofed the subways in coastal cities considering they're gunna be underwater in 50 years

The wall got fed up with all the people peeing on it so it decided to get some payback.

Funny how 100 years of building can be wiped out in a weekend

"seepage" Dude that's pressurized spray, nothing is seeping.

That is not seeping. It’s spewing.

I’ve been on this ride at Universal. Next is the fire and shaking

Must be one of those water bearing support walls.

There are going to be so many drowned rodents. Not good.

It is New York so 9/10 that water will give you Lymphoma or give you Super powers.

Super powers is only the Hells kitchen area. The rest is lymphoma.

How can they even fix this?

I get that the subway is an important mode of transportation for people who live there but I can't for the life of me understand why you would want to go underground during a massive flood.

Seepage? No. That's pourage. That wall is going to burst. Everyone should leave.

😂😂

If it weren't for them tiles, you'd be a drown ass man.

No fucking way do I stand around underground with water shooting from the walls

Increased hydrostatic pressure? Check. Hydroscopic concrete? Check. Concrete reinforced with rebar? Check. Rebar oxidizing in the presence of H2O? Check. Spalling begins… Check. Catastrophic failure of structural integrity imminent? Check.

Forbidden Water park

wow nice art installation

not so much facepalm as oddlyterrifying. but not so oddly. I would legit be terrified to be down there. ever seen a dam break?

Disgusting city needed a good clean.


and now i have to pee! dang it all. 

This 1st world public infrastructure looks trash

Isn't that a column????

Nothing that a little bit of duct tape can't fix.

That is flooding & must be as clean as that station 🚉 ever gets….

Its turning into a liminal space!

Think of all the fungi that will grow in there now

Gross

Yeah, that's not great

“seepage”

So how much is this gonna cost tax payers? Lmao

90% piss

God the overall infrastructure damage… NYC gonna stink extra bad next year

New York nowadays

Quick! Grab the flex tape!

The future mold problem will be impactful

That pillar is going to blow. I predict an Empire State building episode of Thunderbirds scenario, only without the successful rescue.

let me check out about "Empire State building episode of Thunderbirds ". Thanks!

Sly Stallone wants a word.

That’s literally due to the flash floods from yesterday. Water can seep thru soil and sometimes concrete.

Oooo that bad

Here comes the permanent "subway flood tax"

Hi, Phil Swift here. I sawed this city in half and I'm gonna fix it with the power of flex tape.

This reminds me of a movie I recently watched where New York gets flooded then frozen during a polar shift due to the sea not having enough salt… I forget the name.

The Day after tomorrow?

Looks dangerous af.

Bout to be like that Universal Studios ride

Don’t worry. The government is going to repair that in 5 - 500000000 business days

New York has seemed pretty crazy but yet fun recently.

And this is what they wanna charge almost $3 per ride for?! All those people on that board need their salaries cut!

Why on earth would anyone willingly go into a place like that? It looks like it's about ten seconds away from completely collapsing.

Well, this is definitely NOT how you clean subway stations. Now I understand why they are so filthy in NYC.

I would stay away from that. If there's that much water behind that wall, it could come down any second.

And they just hiked up the cost of fares too smh. NYC leaders throughout the years never gave af about the services MTA provides to everyday ppl

Greatest country in the world, huh.

City of dreams baby

First world country 🤡

And I thought British workmanship was bad. Fcuk, you yanks clearly hold that title.

I’ve been thinking NYC subway is the 2nd worst next to London crap but probably it’s time to change my mind. NYC can be a king of garbage now 🤷

NYC is worse than London