On The Bright Side
A small but extremely damaging fire has caused such extensive signal problems that service on the A and C subway lines in NYC could be disrupted for as much as five years. Right now, service on the A is running at one-third of its usual level, while the C is suspended indefinitely. There is, however, one silver lining in this if you are a Queens denizen.
At the risk of being selfish, because I am also seeing this through my eyes, the resulting service plan will actually benefit me and all other residents along the Queens Boulevard subway corridor. The V will replace the C train, which means that for the first time since NYC Transit rerouted the F train several years back, there will be two weekend trains operating through the 53rd Street tunnel and along Queens Boulevard (ok, under Queens Boulevard). That also means two local trains operating along this corridor on weekends, where right now there is often only one because the G train generally is cut short for track work. Of course, it will suck for G train riders because their trains will terminate in Long Island City for the duration rather than run through to Forest Hills. They will have to transfer to E or V service, which makes for a mighty long underground walk.
Is this what people mean by the "butterfly flapping its wings" theory?