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I mean coastal areas have always been dangerous, and people seem to be bad at imagining Florida disappearing. I do wonder tho, like … the Netherlands exist. Is
by rtpg 4y ago
I mean coastal areas have always been dangerous, and people seem to be bad at imagining Florida disappearing.
I do wonder tho, like … the Netherlands exist. Is it not possible to do that in Florida (in theory?)
People always say “well Florida is under sea level you doofuses” but loads of cities build stuff below sea level or just raise the ground outright.
- Scarblac 4y agoWhat I have heard is that the Netherlands uses levees on clay, but in Florida the ground is porous so the water would just go under them.
- hedora 4y agoIt's not possible, even in theory. Flordia soil is sand, which is permeable. The Netherlands soil is clay, which is water tight. They already have problems where sea water infiltrates some neighborhoods. It basically creates salt water springs.
- slavik81 4y agoMy understanding is that the water will come up through the ground once Florida is below sea level. The geology will make it very difficult to prevent water from encroaching. > The Floridian peninsula is a porous plateau of karst limestone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Florida