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Niagara Falls Or Long Island Rail Road Station? You Decide

Flash floods on Friday morning turned one LIRR Station into a glorified waterfall.

And you thought regular Long Island Rail Road service was already a nightmare.

Flash floods that hit Long Island on Friday morning turned the Great Neck LIRR Station into a glorified waterfall.

TGIF?

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See for yourself:


A little stormwater runoff didn't stop the guy in the yellow rain jacket (left) from waiting for his train. (Image via Facebook video screenshot)

According to LIRR alerts, there were no significant delays on the Port Washington branch. The videos were recorded at some point before 9:40 a.m.

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"Hey boss, sorry I can't come into work today. I don't know how to swim," LIRR commuters from Great Neck, probably.

Who would have turned around and gone home? Sound off in the comments below.

Image 1 via Twitter video screenshot. Video by @johnjjung

Image 2 via Facebook video screenshot. Video by Roland Eshaghoff

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