Not as exciting as the fear-mongering black out e-mails, but some positive news from the MTA:
The transit agnecy donated some buses to become “mobile cooling centers” today. Imagine, the heat is so bad that people need to just sit on air conditioned buses for relief. Apparently, they park some outside residential buildings, nursing homes, and assisted living centers during power outages.
“We’ll often ask the MTA to bring in buses so people can be comfortable. And that’s the circumstance we did there. Until the power came on, we were able to get some MTA buses to keep people cool. It’s kind of a mobile cooling center and the MTA has been very good about allowing us to do that,” said Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joe Bruno today.
-- Chuck Bennett amNY.com
