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This [0] is my kids' elementary school and the ballfields they play in, during Superstorm Sandy, and I assure you that it was very much underwater. Interestingl
by dankohn1 9y ago
This [0] is my kids' elementary school and the ballfields they play in, during Superstorm Sandy, and I assure you that it was very much underwater. Interestingly, the water came north up West Street, not east from the Hudson, but it's hard to see how that matters.
The expected sea level rise this century does not (most likely) put NYC underwater at high tide, but it does whenever there is a storm surge associated with high tide [1]. Sandy alone cost NYC at least $19 B [2].
[0] http://www.tribecatrib.com/sites/default/files/images/Ball%20fields-flood.jpg http://www.tribecatrib.com/sites/default/files/images/Ball%2...
[1] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/10/sandy-anniversary-flooding http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/10/sandy-anniver...
[2] https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121126/new-york-city/bloomberg-says-hurricane-sandy-cost-city-19-billion https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121126/new-york-city/bloo...
- GlobalChange 9y agoThere will always be more wild and more extreme weather events. Nature is random and not static. If one is near water, getting flooded will always be a risk. Not saying it wasn't a problem, not saying it didn't cause loss. Sea level is not static. Was never static. Oceans were 400ft (120m) lower when the climate warmed up at the end of the last glaciation (about 12000 years ago or something). Ice has been melting since then, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it whatsoever, nothing abnormal. There's absolutely nothing "wrong" with the planet's climate. The normal is the change!