# Silver Lining to Sandy Destruction: Thousands of Drowned Rats **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666 "2012-11-02T14:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/1 "2012-11-02T14:31:07Z")
> **[At last some good news for New Yorkers: Thousands of RATS may have drowned in...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225935/Hurricane-Sandy-probably-wiped-New-Yorks-rats-despite-warnings-rodent-apocalypse-say-experts.html?ICO=most_read_module)** > > Experts believe the water likely rushed into tunnels so fast that the rats - despite being strong swimmers - had no time to escape and died. They look like — well, drowned rats. Unfortunately, I suspect that all the damage will be prime breeding ground for a fresh new crop of rats. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/2 "2012-11-02T14:42:46Z")
Good news: A bunch of the city’s rat population is dead Bad news: A bunch of dead rats are laying all over the city. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/3 "2012-11-02T14:55:26Z")
The survivors will start a race of super rats. Be afraid. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/4 "2012-11-02T14:59:03Z")
Rats with gills! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/5 "2012-11-02T15:47:09Z")
They’ll be back. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/6 "2012-11-02T16:59:16Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > The survivors will start a race of super rats. Be afraid. “Start”? I find your sunny optimism rather endearing! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/7 "2012-11-02T17:07:42Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > “Start”? I find your sunny optimism rather endearing! Okay, then, the race of super rats will start a race of super duper rats. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/8 "2012-11-02T17:22:23Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > Rats with gills! And brass knuckles. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-lining-to-sandy-destruction-thousands-of-drowned-rats/639666/9 "2012-11-02T17:33:45Z")
Unfortunately, lots of [good mice and rats](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/02/1000s_of_lab_rats_are_drowning_victims_of_sandy_hurricane/) drowned too when a University’s lab was flooded.