During Hurricane Sandy, both tubes of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (now the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel) did take on water, but no vehicles were in them.
Some may have freeloaded in the ballast of large ships, which take on water and who knows what aquatic species in a foreign port, and release alien life-forms when they reach their destination.
Regina Myer, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, said the field house site did not take on water during the storm, even as lower-lying areas of the park to the north and south were submerged.
The tidal surge, said Kriss Fortunato, a spokeswoman for Jefferson Parish, caused "a big, big flooding problem" in Lafitte and surrounding communities, where she said the tides overnight had added to the problems "There are some homes that did take on water," she said, though the exact total is not yet known.
But when projects take on water, Orion is on the hook.
In the spring of 1974, one of the barges began to take on water, dragging down the other two.
It was used to transport materials in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut harbors between 1941 and 1972, and afterward was moored in Bridgeport Harbor together with the Elmer S. Dailey and Berkshire No. 7. In the spring of 1974, one of the barges began to take on water, dragging down the other two.
We began to take on water.
Then the motorboat started to take on water.
It starts to take on water and begins to sink".
Which immediately begins to take on water and sink.
