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Inside the Nondescript Building Where Trillions Trade Each Day
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoI think Secaucus is a Latin word meaning "swamp". Just kidding, but Google Earth shows a ground level elevation of about 8 ft on a street near NY4. Isn't this a problem? Does anyone know if there was any flooding in the area, e.g. because of Hurricane Sandy? The nearby New Jersey Meadowlands is, according to Wikipedia, "a general name for the large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey". It seems weird that so much of the world's business is transacted a mere 8 ft above sea level.
- Overtonwindow 11y agoA little off topic but seeing all of this reminds me of threats to our cyber infrastructure. I wonder what their attack rate is from cyber and physical threats. We hear of the global threat of terrorism attacking our infrastructure all the time, but what if it successfully hit the rich? What if a group successfully penetrated one of these center and disrupted trading for the 1%, I think we'd see a lot more attention to cyber threats. Might be an interesting dumpster fire to watch...