{"id":1303,"date":"2006-07-18T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/07\/its_so_hot_that.html"},"modified":"2006-07-18T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T18:30:10","slug":"its_so_hot_that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/07\/its_so_hot_that.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s So Hot That . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s so hot that the third rail on the A train buckled. No, seriously<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Temperatures reached 95 degrees in Central Park yesterday afternoon. That may not be a record for New York City — temperatures soared to 106 degrees in Central Park on July 9, 1936 — but the National Weather Service still deemed yesterday worthy of a heat advisory for the region, warning that heat and humidity would make temperatures feel above 100 degrees.<\/p>\n

Today may feel worse: forecasters said that temperatures could reach 100 degrees near La Guardia Airport and in Newark, and Central Park may saut\u00c3\u00a9 in the upper 90’s.<\/p>\n

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said to help residents cope, especially those who did not have air-conditioning, the city set up more than 300 cooling stations — schools or city offices with ample air-conditioning and cold water.<\/p>\n

The hours for 51 public swimming pools were extended, he said, remaining open an extra hour until 8 p.m., and spray showers in parks and playgrounds remained open until sunset.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

A Manhattan-bound A train came to a halt at 12:45 p.m., shortly after it left the Beach 67th Street station in the Rockaways, when its electrified third rail buckled from the heat. About 70 passengers remained on the train until about 2:30 p.m., when they were led several hundred feet along the tracks to an intersection where they made their way to the street, said Deirdre Parker, a spokeswoman for New York City Transit.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Post report<\/a> makes it sound absolutely totally utterly horrible:<\/p>\n

While no injuries were reported, passengers were furious with MTA, saying the workers could have gotten them off a lot faster instead of allowing them to roast in cars until 3 p.m. with no air conditioning.<\/p>\n

Transit officials said the passengers were on the train for so long because the MTA first planned to send a rescue train to pick them up. But that plan was scrapped, and they walked everybody off.<\/p>\n

“They brought all the people into three cars and then opened the doors so they would have fresh air and to make sure they were safe,” a transit spokesman explained.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, the only thing worse than being stuck on an unairconditioned train is being crammed into only three cars of a stuck unairconditioned train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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