Perhaps the officials of the M.T.A. in NYC should look to the subway in Bangkok, Thailand on how to deal with heavy rains and flooding. Bangkok lies in a flood plain and the Chao Praya River which runs through it is subject to flooding and in fact, has flooded low lying area along its banks in recent years. In the six or so years that I have been visiting there in January, which is one of the DRIEST months of the years, I have been able to see a general rise in the river. In addition to some very heavy rains, some of the flooding has been due to poor flood control upstream. The subway station entrances are built up several feet from sidewalk level and have ramps for the disabled. Heaven forbid that the flood of the century should occur but if that happens they have flood gates to seal off the stations from rising waters if that became necessary. Also, ventilation shafts are either in the center divider of major multi-lane streets of off the streets to one side where they are elevated several feet above ground level thus preventing flood waters from pouring into the system.