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Miami sits on porous bedrock. It has much less of a chance of survival than New Orleans.
by sbov 7y ago
Miami sits on porous bedrock. It has much less of a chance of survival than New Orleans.
- irrational 7y agoMaybe. "After a $14.6 billion-dollar upgrade, Army Corp engineers have confirmed that New Orleans’ levees are sinking. Today, 11 months after one of the largest public works in world history has been completed, the system could stop providing adequate protection in as little as four years." https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/new-orleans-levees-are-sinking-city-in-vulnerable-position/ar-BBWdUHs https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/new-orleans-lev...
- selimthegrim 7y agoPreviously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696096 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696096