New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot - eviltoast
Officials fired water at the Third Avenue Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Manhattan, to cool it down.

Third Avenue Bridge, which connects New York’s the Bronx to Manhattan, got stuck in an open position due to the high heat on Monday.

FDNY officers arrived in boats and fired water at the structure to try and cool down the metal, which expanded after high temperatures in the city, officials say.

The incident caused major traffic delays during one of the hottest days of the year in New York but reopened on the same day.

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
    6·
    4 months ago

    They are definitely not driving between East Harlem and the South Bronx. No rich people live in either of those places and they don’t connect any expensive areas.

    Hurricane Sandy was the climate issue that really affected Downtown Manhattan. It’s a big part of the reasons why wealthy people actually care about climate change.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
      14·
      4 months ago

      How much do they care? Also, we’re comparing small, island nations that are losing landmass every year to “First World Nations”. Poor Americans still qualify as rich in this case. Try getting an American to do more about climate change then saying mean things about billionaires online and you’ll see what I mean. So much of it is about their identity and not about action.

      • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
        3·
        4 months ago

        People from those “small island nations” are a substantial part of the population of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. They send a lot of money back home. They are the same people that you consider “poor”.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 months ago

          The island nation of Tuvalu, which is currently having to make plans because of rising sea levels has a per capita gdp of 5,221.53 USD. Manhatten has a per captia gdp of 474,462.94 USD. This is by 2022 numbers, but I doubt they changed much.

          As shitty as moving it, it’s much easier for Manhattanites to migrate to higher ground then it is for the people of Tuvalu. Both in terms of logistics and available resources. I am so, so sick of hearing from “bleeding heart liberals” who only seem to roleplay progressivism, but can never muster any action because the popcorn and circus is too good.