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Chicago is sinking: City 4 inches lower than 100 years ago
WGN TV News ^
| 3/1/2019
| WGN Web Desk
Posted on 03/02/2019 7:55:09 AM PST by simpson96
CHICAGO — No reason to panic yet, but Chicago is sinking.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says the city is at least four inches lower today than it was 100 years ago. Areas farther north are higher, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The slow motion seesaw effect is a long term result of Ice Age glaciers that melted eons ago. The experts compare this to squeezing a tube of toothpaste in the middle with one side going up and the other going down.
The change could eventually redefine flood plains.
"If you're tilting one direction, the water flows might change direction or water might accumulate in a way different than you expected in the past,” NOAA’s Chief Geodesist Daniel Roman told the Tribune. “That’s important for on-land and near-shore environments. You might get more water, but not where you want it.”
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To: DUMBGRUNT
the old houses won’t block your view once they finish sinking, so you have something nice to look forward to (Lake Michigan view)
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posted on
03/02/2019 10:19:48 AM PST
by
faithhopecharity
( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: simpson96
Did someone check to see if the measuring apparatus wasn't tampered with?
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posted on
03/02/2019 10:46:54 AM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: simpson96
The slow motion seesaw effect is a long term result of Ice Age glaciers that melted eons ago.
This blasphemy isn't going too sit well with the powers that be...look for a correction.
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posted on
03/02/2019 11:00:10 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: simpson96
Quick, someone call Hank Johnson.
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posted on
03/02/2019 11:06:25 AM PST
by
DPMD
To: simpson96
well, they’re on the side of a lake. i would expect that.
To: stylin19a
arg...”too sit “ should be “sit too”...sheesh !
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posted on
03/02/2019 11:13:12 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: simpson96
the city is at least four inches lower today than it was 100 years ago.Is there any way to speed that up?
To: Poison Pill
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
When AOC rebuilds every single building, it’ll be lighter.
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posted on
03/02/2019 2:29:30 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: simpson96
Toothpaste tubes don’t move around by themselves.
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posted on
03/02/2019 4:01:20 PM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: simpson96
I learned all I needed to know about Chicago’s underground from Harry Dresden.
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posted on
03/02/2019 4:37:40 PM PST
by
onona
(It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
To: simpson96
Oh no, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blames President Trump and Republicans on Chicago sinking. Of course, if Chicago does sink into Lake Michigan, no great loss. 😀
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posted on
03/02/2019 4:40:55 PM PST
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: simpson96
I don’t think I’m going to lose sleep over this.
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posted on
03/02/2019 5:40:50 PM PST
by
Crucial
To: simpson96
Hard for them to claim ‘global warming’ on this one,
Funny thing is that the same effect is why Chesapeake Bay is swallowing land,
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posted on
03/02/2019 7:36:44 PM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: simpson96
Hard for them to claim ‘global warming’ on this one,
Funny thing is that the same effect is why Chesapeake Bay is swallowing land,
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posted on
03/02/2019 7:36:45 PM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: simpson96
Gosh, Chicago is sinking waaaaay more than the oceans are rising....imagine that. Evil must weigh more.....look out NYC, San Francisco, and a lot of other Dem strongholds!
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posted on
03/03/2019 2:55:22 AM PST
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: logi_cal869
Actually - it really is due to global warming. But it has been going on for 15,000 years since the mile-thick ice over Chicago retreated. The land “rebounds” and lifts up a bit due to all of that weight of the ice being gone. I’m just not sure how they’ll blame humans for it though.
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posted on
03/03/2019 3:06:08 AM PST
by
21twelve
(!)
To: butlerweave
Changing from Hog Town to Bog Town.
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posted on
03/03/2019 5:08:27 AM PST
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
To: simpson96
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posted on
03/03/2019 5:16:49 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: simpson96
Rahm should just sell this as a new program to provide free basements to the poor.
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posted on
03/03/2019 5:21:28 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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