New York Minute 95 - Swamped Subway

It has been a wet and humid July in New York. Average rainfall for the month is four and a half inches, but this year we’ve had over seven inches with more storms forecast for tomorrow. I can recall only two days this month when the air was not uncomfortably sticky.

As humid as it has been, I’m not sure that the weather was responsible for the moisture that I saw on a subway car this past Tuesday. It looked as though someone had sprayed the interior of the car with a garden hose or several buckets of water.  It had rained heavily though the night; it’s possible that a number of people had come on board with wet umbrellas early in the morning. Combined with condensation from the air conditioning, I could imagine that the interior being quite wet under those conditions. But this was an extreme case. The floor was wet from end to end, and several seats were filled with pools of water.

At one of the stops, a man and his young boy got on the train. Kids move quickly. Before his dad could stop him, the boy dashed over and sat at one of the puddled seats. Fortunately, he was carrying a large backpack, which prevented him from sitting back in the seat. The bottom of the backpack got wet, but the boy’s clothes were okay.

Always be aware of your surroundings when you’re in the subway. Look before you sit.

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