by jamoldover
west point wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:41 pm Correct if wrong. Someone was able to establish water filled bladders in front of tunnels # 3 & 4 that blocked most of the Sandy flood waters. If so why wasn't the same done to # 1 & 2? No more bladders???I don't think that's the case. On the LIC end, the portals for Line 1 and Line 3 are right next to each other, with the portal for Line 4 almost in line with them but on the other side of the complex. The Line 2 portal is about 1/4 mile west (closer to the river) than any of the others. I can see Line 2 getting flooded because of its closer proximity to the water, then Line 1 getting flooded via the evacuation cross-passages from Line 2. If it was a matter of barriers failing, then Line 1 and 3 would have flooded together.
