Posted on 05/17/2023 4:12:42 PM PDT by lowbridge
The city that never sinks?
New geological research warns that the weight of New York City’s skyscrapers is actually causing the Big Apple — whose more than 1 million buildings weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds — to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water.
The city is plopping closer to the water at a rate of 1 to 2 millimeters a year, “with some areas subsiding much faster.”
While that may not seem significant to untrained eyes, the gradual descent makes NYC extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, according to lead researcher and geologist Tom Parsons of the United States Geological Survey.
Lower Manhattan is particularly at risk, and there is concern for both Brooklyn and Queens as well, according to the study.
“New York faces significant challenges from flood hazard; the threat of sea level rise is 3 to 4 times higher than the global average along the Atlantic coast of North America … A deeply concentrated population of 8.4 million people faces varying degrees of hazard from inundation in New York City,” he and his team wrote in the new report.
The city has already seen these harsh effects starting more than a decade ago.
“Two recent hurricanes caused casualties and heavy damage in New York City,” he wrote. “In 2012, Hurricane Sandy forced sea water into the city, whereas heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ida in 2021 overwhelmed drainage systems because of heavy runoff within the mostly paved city.”
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It’s a SCUM SLUM!
Maybe I should pay more attention to this climate change crap.
It’s not the buildings. It’s all the bullshit that has been piling up all the years the Democrats have been in control of the city.
At least it isn't leaning. They would call it the Tower of Pizza.
As my wife says, “ Sounds like a plan”.
Cordon it off now and we can get rid of the whole problem.
Climatologists call this sea level rise. 😂
Sounds just like New Orleans.
Only a matter of time until it’s blamed on sea level rise caused by global warming due to my gas oven.
Hi.
Isn’t there a dormant fault line running through the East River.
Just saying.
5.56mm
They say there are lots of vacant building now, I guess they can knocked down?
Clear it out send the little people off,
The uber wealthy like Gates can buy all the empty space and then live the lux life with large paradise plots in the middle of the great NYC.
Problem solved.
How many millimeters tall are the buildings ? LOL
Years ago, I had read that the architects who designed the New Yawk Public Library didn’t take into account the weight of all the books and that building sinks about a quarter in a year.
New York City’s skyscrapers is actually causing the Big Apple — whose more than 1 million buildings weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds — to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water.
But nearly fast enough.
Prediction: The Norwegian Rats will survive by swimming to the mainland. The Democ Rats will drown.
I’m surprised “sea level rise due to man made climate change” wasn’t the immediate claim.
Doesn't Michael Moore live in New York?.... there's your problem right there.
“The city is plopping closer to the water at a rate of 1 to 2 millimeters a year...”
I can’t wait 500 years. Is there a way to speed it up?
I couldn’t agree more!
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