Slippery When Wet

New York City is slippery when wet. A severe rainstorm Wednesday morning shorted subway service, slowed vehicular traffic and caused hours of delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters. After a few inches of rain, the city that never sleeps lapsed into a coma. After the July steam-pipe explosion explosion on 41st Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan and the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, a wholesale examination of the nation's infrastructure must be a top priority. If rain can cripple a great city, then precipitation should be added to the terrorism watch list.