The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation.[1]
Coverage[]
Subways are featured in the documentary, Heavy Metal, and Toxic Revenge with the settings being [implied?] in New York City.
Documentary[]
Gordon Masterton explaining the subways.
In 1 day after people, as power goes out around the world, other systems are quickly beginning to fail. Gordon Masterton stated that beneath all major cities are complex network of underground tunnels that are for drainage purposes or for cabling purposes and in the case of the big cities, for transportation and many of it sit below the level of the water table so in order to keep it dry, there are system of pumps that are switched on when necessary to drain the tunnels. Deep within the subways of New York City are more than 700 pumps which constantly struggle to keep out a flood of groundwater with an average of 13 million gallons a day. Gordon Masterton stated that without people[/power] to switch the pumps on, the tunnels would fill with water in about 36 hours.
The street above the subway tunnels.
Its fate is revealed in 150 years after people when the beams and archways that hold up the roofs of the tunnels that are turned into flowing subterranean steams are on the verge of collapse. Gordon Masterton stated that the tunnels are not far below street because the columns are not supporting just the roof but the street above and in time, the tunnels are inundated and flooded with water will have corrosion to start to take hold and would cause to collapse. The tunnels then echo with the sound of cracking steel and cement as the ceiling collapse, the streets above are suck into the underground, forming the trenches in the process.
Heavy Metal[]
The subways flood.
In 2 days after people, without power, the 700 pumps that once emptied the subway system of an average of 13 million gallons of water a day are no longer operating and the tunnels are already beginning to flood. Like in the documentary previously, it was featured in NYC's subways but only moved to the next day, and no further appearances were seen afterwards.
Toxic Revenge[]
Methane seeps into the subways.
In 5 days after people, as electricity shuts off, 93 pump stations around the city are failing one by one and the 500 million gallons raw sewage overwhelmed pipes where it spilled out into New York's waterways (like in the 2003 blackout) and produces methane gas which then find its way into the city's rail and subway tunnels. Steven S. Ross stated that all of the tunnels are interconnected along with the sewer lines of the city. Being lighter than air, methane seeks the highest tunnels as it creeps below street level with the ultimate destination for much of it is the Grand Central Terminal.
Eventually in 10 years after people, methane has been building up in rails tunnels below the Grand Central Terminal, however the tracks actually run under the MetLife Building next door where other fumes are mixing in with methane, which absorb a dangerous cocktail of gases. Steven S. Ross stated that the volatile material in the presence of oxygen will begins to oxidize, heat up, and some point explodes into fire. A ball of flames erupts from below and shatters the silence of New York City.
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