[lbo-talk] climate & chaos

[Doug Henwood]

We had transit chaos in NYC today after an intense overnight  
rainstorm dumped 2 inches of rain in an hour. Subways were flooded;  
the official line was that about half the system was shut down; word  
on the street is that it was higher. Street traffic was horrendous -  
worse than the last transit strike. Subway watchdog Gene Russianoff  
says that the Transit Authority is facing more of these intense  
storms. You've got to wonder if this was a climate change event, and  
there's lots more of this to come.

Doug