NYC is sinking under the weight of its buildings, geologists warn

nypost.com ^ | May 17, 2023 | Alex Mitchell

[Ann Archy]

It’s a SCUM SLUM!

[billorites]

First Guam capsizes, now NYC sinks.

Maybe I should pay more attention to this climate change crap.

[mass55th]

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.

[Sacajaweau]

Simple displacement says the water will rise...and be attributed to...wait for it....Climate Change.

At least it isn't leaning. They would call it the Tower of Pizza.

[blackdog]

As my wife says, “ Sounds like a plan”.

[doorgunner69]

Cordon it off now and we can get rid of the whole problem.

[ConservativeInPA]

Climatologists call this sea level rise. 😂

[Macho MAGA Man]

Sounds just like New Orleans.

[Stosh]

Only a matter of time until it’s blamed on sea level rise caused by global warming due to my gas oven.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Isn’t there a dormant fault line running through the East River.

Just saying.

5.56mm

[Irenic]

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.

[butlerweave]

How many millimeters tall are the buildings ? LOL

[ArtDodger]

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.

[Islander7]

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.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Prediction: The Norwegian Rats will survive by swimming to the mainland. The Democ Rats will drown.

[fuzzylogic]

I’m surprised “sea level rise due to man made climate change” wasn’t the immediate claim.

[plsvn]

It’s not the buildings.

Doesn't Michael Moore live in New York?.... there's your problem right there.

[Bonemaker]

“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?

[firebrand]

I couldn’t agree more!