Does not commute

A storm passed over NYC early last Wednesday morning. I heard the thunder through my earplugs. When I actually got out of bed a couple of hours later, I happended to turn on NY1 and saw all this emergency coverage: the storm dumped about 2.5 inches of rain in an hour and the subways flooded. Basically none of the subways were running. MTA reps were on the morning news shows telling people to stay home. This was a difficult concept to wrap my head around. No subways? None at all? I can accomplish a lot via cellphone and Blackberry, but I did need to physically be in the office Wednesday. (Extremely crucial advertising stuff.) I ventured out of my apt around 11 am. Had it not been in the 90s and muggy, I might have walked to Union Square to attempt my usual commute, but instead I took the 14th St. bus across town. Thankfully it was an air-conditioned, efficient ride that day. Didn't see an Uptown bus when I got to 8th Ave. so I took a cab the rest of the way. The trains were running again for evening rush, but were pretty slow. I’m still reeling from the fact that rain completely crippled the NYC subway system for a day.