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What will happen when New York City floods beyond recognition because of sea level rise?

Posted - February 23, 2017

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  • 1029
    Read this article.  It's scary !!

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/new-york-future-flooding-climate-change.html
      February 23, 2017 12:32 PM MST
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  • That would be a good time to gather all the global warming deniers and move them there.
      February 23, 2017 12:36 PM MST
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  • 1029
    For sure!
      February 23, 2017 12:51 PM MST
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  • 44649
    Dang...no more Yankees games and all New Yorkers will have to move to higher ground...like maybe Denver. This post was edited by Element 99 at February 23, 2017 12:39 PM MST
      February 23, 2017 12:37 PM MST
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  • 1029
    For sure!
      February 23, 2017 12:51 PM MST
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  • Help will be provided. 

    Just keep your eye out for an old geezer in a wooden boat filled with animals. I'm sure he'll be able to fit you in.
      February 23, 2017 1:48 PM MST
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  • Things will get wet.
      February 23, 2017 3:06 PM MST
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  • 184
    Assuming you are writing about the city and Manhattan, New Jersey would have to be on alert. You know how many rats, vermin and human, live in New York City, a short swim away.
      February 24, 2017 4:27 AM MST
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  • Just the human population of NYC would almost double the population of New Jersey.
      February 24, 2017 4:40 AM MST
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  • "It will be harder to work on the first couple of floors."

      February 24, 2017 4:45 AM MST
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