Comments on: Just Your Average Infestation: Despite Fears, No More NYC Street Rats Than Normal Since Sandy

By: groverpm

groverpm — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:29:30 +0000

@ Isabella. It’s 11:30 am on the East Coast and I’ve yet to hear that the election has been cancelled.

@Discover magazine – I’d have thought what happened to all the people who live in the NY tunnel system would have made a better story.

By: Isabella Rikard

Isabella Rikard — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:38:29 +0000

This is BAD news for Obama. When things get this far out of control, people tend to vote for change if they can even make it to the polling station.
Look for Obama to CANCEL the elections due to “National Emergency”.

By: Pippa

Pippa — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:34:34 +0000

#3 – floodrat cam?

By: floodmouse

floodmouse — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:09:58 +0000

Should have fitted out the rats with those little web-cam collars you can buy for your cat in pet stores . . .

By: Magoonski

Magoonski — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:52:52 +0000

@ Georg It’s not nonsense. Think of an upside down glass in a sink. If the entrance to the burrow was equal to or above the burrow then yes it would flood, but if the opening was below the burrow then the air pressure in the burrow would keep the water at bay (assuming the burrow is air tight). Now assuming they didn’t suffocate from a build up of carbon dioxide, the rats would be fine. As for the seepage, who knows how many man made structures there are that block water from reaching the water table.

By: Georg

Georg — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:22:45 +0000

When the storm hit, city rats could have been safe deep underground in their burrows, far below the level where water can seep,

What a nonsense!