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One thing that came to mind after the semi flooding this morning is how decrepit the New York internal structures have become. On sunny days when everything is fine, we don’t realize these things because everyone is going about their every day lives. However, when things are strange and out of the ordinary, our senses become heightened and pick up on things that would never cross our minds.

Day started with flooding where the sewer drainage was all backed up by the downpour. Then this rain entered into the subway system bringing out all the disgusting muck and water bugs onto the platform. I had never seen the subways flooded over a foot. The rain shuts down all trains going through the Roosevelt station causing everyone to exit the train and march to the next station to catch the seven line which runs above ground. All the human cattle foolishly gathered near the middle, and trying to force themselves onto the train while a cop screams on the top of his lungs “People, let them exit the train before you get in. Why make the situation worst when your job can wait.” What he didn’t realize is that a majority of riders are cattle, getting from point A to point B and always on time.

After the morning, the worst was to come basically reinforcing the idea of how deteriorated New York City infrastructure has become. At 6 PM, a large steam pipe exploded killing one person and injuring over 30 people. Initial thoughts was that it could have been a terrorist attack, but city officials quickly dismissed that idea to provide initial calm to an otherwise chaotic chain of events. The city needs to take a deep look at itself, and start fixing the city infrastructure instead of building new residential developments over a dying city.