{"id":5652,"date":"2011-12-21T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=5652"},"modified":"2011-12-21T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T01:05:08","slug":"umbrellas-fail-to-survive-a-brooklyn-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/umbrellas-fail-to-survive-a-brooklyn-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Umbrellas fail to survive a Brooklyn storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-01.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw broken brollies in Brooklyn and snapped off spokes in SoHo as we battled though a fierce New York rainstorm last Winter.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-03.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This spotty brolly was no match for the rainy gusts of wind blasting through Brooklyn as we headed to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/old-trains-galore-at-the-new-york-transit-museum-brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Transit\u00a0Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-04.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-02.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A trusty plastic bag is employed against the driving rain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-05.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking back into Manhattan, we passed trashcans full of broken umbrellas that had failed to\u00a0survive\u00a0the storm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-06.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-08.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back into Manhattan, on Canal Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/broken-umbrellas-in-brooklyn-07.jpg\" alt=\"Rain clouds over Brooklyn leave umbrellas buckling, New York\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/newyork\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">More New York photos<\/a>\u00a0and here&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/london-rain-six-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">London rain: six rain-drenched scenes from the capital\u2019s streets<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/london-in-the-rain-seen-from-a-double-decker-bus\/\" target=\"_blank\">London in the rain from a double decker bus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We saw broken brollies in Brooklyn and snapped off spokes in SoHo as we battled though a fierce New York rainstorm last 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