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> “Nowhere can withstand this much rain,” Bryan McNoldy, a senior researcher at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sc
by jollyllama 2y ago
> “Nowhere can withstand this much rain,” Bryan McNoldy, a senior researcher at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, told me.
What about those giant storm sewers in Tokyo? Is it really that impossible, or more of a political problem?
- sillywalk 2y agoAs I understand it, Miami is about only a few feet above sea level now. I don't know if those types of sewers could even be constructed. In a few decades Miami will be underwater, but before that happens, the aquifer that supplies it will be extremely contaminated. "Local sea level has risen about a foot in the last 80 years, with 8 inches of that total in the last 30 years, the Herald reported in May. The second foot will take only 30 years; the next foot, 20 years, according to estimates by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The average elevation in Miami is only 3 feet."[0] [0] https://phys.org/news/2024-06-miami-preview-future.html https://phys.org/news/2024-06-miami-preview-future.html
- jollyllama 2y agoYes it's likely that such things could never be built in Miami, but the comment of "nowhere" is more what I'm referencing.