A little rain and this city shuts down

SO last night we got a crazy storm here. I remember being woken up thinking that it was hailing cause the rain was so hard. This morning, I wake up and hear that it took someone 2 hours to get to work.

And here is why....

MTA New York City Transit
Service Alert
Posted on:8/8/2007 9:39:36 AM
Due to severe flooding throughout the subway system, there are extensive delays on all subway lines. Customers are advised when at all possible to use bus service. The detours are as follows:

There is no train service in both directions between the 2nd Avenue Station and the Forest Hills-71st Avenue Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard Station and Whitehall Street Station.
There is no Franklin Avenue Shuttle train service in both directions between the Prospect Park Station and the Franklin Avenue Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the Long Island City-Court Square Station and the Smith-9th Street Station.
The train is running on the line in both directions between the Canal Street Station and the DeKalb Avenue Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the 14th Street Station and the South Ferry Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the Penn Station-34th Street Station and the Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the Harlem-148th Street Station and the New Lots Avenue Station.
The and trains are running local in both directions between the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station and the Broadway Junction Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the 23rd Street-Ely Avenue Station and the Jamaica Center-Parsons-Archer Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the Jamaica-179th Street Station and the Forest Hills-71st Avenue Station.
There is no train service in both directions between the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station and the Jay Street-Boro Hall Station.
There is no , or train service in both directions between the 125th Street Station and the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall.
There is no train service in both directions between the Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway Station and the 8th Avenue Station.
There is no 42nd Street Shuttle train service in both directions between the Times Square-42nd Street Station and the Grand Central-42nd Street Station.
Astoria-bound trains are running on the or lines from the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station to the 36th Street Station.
trains are running with residual delays.
In addition, due to debris on the track at the Church Avenue Station, the and trains are running on the or line in both directions between the DeKalb Avenue Station and the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station.
Please expect delays in service system wide at this time.
Due to street closures in Mid-town Manhattan, the following diversions will be used until further notice:
Staten Island-bound X2 and X5
From 57th Street, south on Lexington Avenue to 42nd Street, west on 42nd Street to 5th Avenue, south on 5th Avenue to 34th Street, east on 34th Street to Lexington Avenue and regular route.
Buses should pick up at X1 bus stops on 5th Avenue, there is no stop at 41st Street and Lexington Avenue.
M98, M101, M102 and M103 South-bound
Regular route to East 42nd Street, east on 42nd Street to 2nd Avenue, south on 2nd Avenue to 34th Street, west on 34th Street to Lexington Avenue, south on Lexington Avenue and regular route.
While the frozen zone is in effect, please expect delays in service on the X2, X5, M98, M101, M102 and M103.

IN CONCLUSION: you can't really get anywhere.
HOLY CRAP. and I actually need to be going somewhere...