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title: ""After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year,…"
date: 2019-11-20
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# "After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year,…

*November 20, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://gizmodo.com/nycs-first-inflatable-tunnel-plug-will-stop-floods-sm-1458290295](https://gizmodo.com/nycs-first-inflatable-tunnel-plug-will-stop-floods-sm-1458290295){target="_blank"}
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\"After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year, officials pledged to install new devices to help halt the rising tides---including flood gates and, more intriguingly, a device called a \"tunnel plug.\"\
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During a \"Sandy Resilience Tour\" last week, the MTA unveiled a working prototype of the plug, which was installed over the summer for testing. The strong inflatable tube deploys from a folded-up wall panel to fill every nook and cranny of the tunnel where it\'s installed---halting not only flood waters, but also smoke from fires, gas attacks, and other perils.\"\
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[https://gizmodo.com/nycs-first-inflatable-tunnel-plug-will-stop-floods-sm-1458290295](https://gizmodo.com/nycs-first-inflatable-tunnel-plug-will-stop-floods-sm-1458290295){target="_blank"}
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