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It's entirely possible to wall off the sea and pump river water over it to keep cities dry. The Dutch have been doing it for centuries. All that is required is
by Tuna-Fish 5y ago
It's entirely possible to wall off the sea and pump river water over it to keep cities dry. The Dutch have been doing it for centuries. All that is required is quite a bit of money and political will.
I don't see Miami ever being abandoned, even if they have to float it.
- FuriouslyAdrift 5y agoAnything south of Orlando is basically drained swamp. The bedrock is eroding due to over development (which causes the land to sink) and salt water has encroached on the fresh water aquifer. Miami spent half a billion $ a few years ago on a pump project that is already being overwhelmed. I would be stunned if Miami survives as anything but a billionaires island 20 years from now.
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- zipswitch 5y agoIt's not just will and money that are needed. You need competence, actual ability, as well. Otherwise you're just playing at being King Canute while someones get rich.
- Day1 5y agoPoor King Canute—still misunderstood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide
- cool_dude85 5y agoMiami is built on limestone. The water comes right out of the ground.