American Cities Predicted To Be Underwater Between 2050 and 2060

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I've been following this subject for a few years. At first the articles mentioned 2100 as the date this would be happening. Now it's 2060 or even as early as 2050. There are several New Jersey towns on the list, as well as New York City and Miami. The reasons given are that climate change is causing the glaciers to melt more quickly than anticipated which is leading to a more rapid rise in sea levels. Rising waters have already caused coastal erosion and the loss of properties in various locations. Here are 35 towns that will be inundated with water.
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/10/30/american-cities-that-will-soon-be-under-water-3/

Here are the N.J. towns that will be impacted, including two of my favorite places, Atlantic City and Hoboken, N.J.
How Many NJ Towns Will Be Underwater By 2050? See New Map
 
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Climate Change/Global Warming is going to change the world we know. As the oceans rise, the US will lose 15% of its coastal land mass...everything from Houston, TX., to Boston, MA. 10's of millions will have to abandon their homes and migrate inland. Global warming will result in a huge migration to Canada, Alaska, and Siberia. Greenland will become the "New Europe".

The world we know will barely exist 100 years from now.
 
What has happened, we debate. What is happening, we debate. What'll happen we aver with certainty.

The simple fact is: We don't know. And this is the hardest sentence to utter (matters not if a lay person, powerful person, pauper or a king, an illiterate or a Nobel prize winning scientist.) ;)
 
aei said:
What has happened, we debate. What is happening, we debate. What'll happen we aver with certainty.

The simple fact is: We don't know. And this is the hardest sentence to utter (matters not if a lay person, powerful person, pauper or a king, an illiterate or a Nobel prize winning scientist.) ;)
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Actually, we do know exactly what will happen and everything science predicted 20 to 40 years ago has happened or is happening now.

Fierce, more plentiful storms, "100-year" floods that happen every 10 years, many days in a year over 100 degrees in deserts, droughts, etc., etc.

If you want to say it's not going to happen, then fine. You can believe in that - make that your religion. But religion ain't science. And you can't force us to believe in your "we don't know what will happen" religion. Sorry.

Study Confirms Climate Models are Getting Future Warming Projections Right - NASA Science

20 years on, climate change projections have come true

This week Miami is expected to get much heavier than usual tropical storms. I'm sure people will die in these, areas will be flooded, roofs will need repairs, etc., etc.

Here - 10 days looking ahead in Miami: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/...bf52814f07b68fe43a40bfd634facef3db6b459321c41
National Weather Service

Climate change predictions are a lot like predicting the weather. If you love thunderstorms, humidity and hurricanes, then you can choose to live in Miami. But you cannot say that the Weather Reports did not tell you things would be this way for 10 days ahead.

That's what scientists have been trying to teach World Leaders - it's a LOT like predicting the weather, just more complex and difficult.

Sadly, while I can avoid living in Miami, I cannot avoid living on Earth. Therefore, since this is our only home, why can't we listen to the scientists who are only trying to HELP us, and try to save our home?
 
VintageBetter said:
Here's a list that also includes some West Coast cities.

https://www.thetravel.com/15-usa-ci...rwater-by-2050-10-already-on-the-ocean-floor/

An artist made a few before-and-afters. San Francisco is going to need a new baseball stadium. Parts of Boston need to be vacated.
Artist shows how climate change could leave cities under water
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Thank you for the additional articles Vintage. It's cool how the artist's renderings showed projected before and after photos. People can be in denial if they want, but catalysts that will facilitate these changes are already happening and I don't see a mechanisms in place that will be able to reverse those things.
 
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I could be alive in 2050. I live in a NYC Flood Zone. During Superstorm Sandy, 2012, the Rushing River that took over my street was four feet high! Next day, the water marks were obvious. I'm building an ark. Out of Legos.
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When looking at pictures of NYC or even seeing it from the Hoboken (N.J.) waterfront park, streets sitting there surrounded by all that water, I'm surprised that NYC doesn't flood more often. It's never too early to get started on your Lego boat. :)

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OneEyedDiva said:
Thank you for the additional articles Vintage. It's cool how the artist's renderings showed projected before and after photos. People can be in denial if they want, but catalysts that will facilitate these changes are already happening and I don't see a mechanisms in place that will be able to reverse those things.
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There was a really interesting article in NY Times a few months back about plans to build a sea wall around some section of somewhere. I don't live there so I can't remember which area. Anyway, the sea wall, in addition to many locals saying in the Comments that it just won't work in a big enough storm surge, was going to block the view of the ocean - one of the reasons people like to live there. It was tall - like 6' or 8'.

The cost would be in the billions, naturally. So, the solution to keep the sea back is ugly, not always effective, and very expensive. Sounds great, right?

It seems cheaper to give every home and apartment building a free or nearly free car charger, and a big, fat credit toward buying an EV - like $5,000 to $10,000 toward a new EV. But, you also have to give people EV chargers because there are already LINES of people at the public chargers in my area. Apartment and Condo dwellers cannot always install them. The manager or HOA will not allow it.

I'll bet that's cheaper than multiple sea walls around NY, LA, San Diego, New Orleans, NJ, DC. etc., etc. Just GIVE people EV chargers and benefits toward installing them. I'll bet it's cheaper tp give everyone an EV charger.

But, looking at those illustrations, I say, "You find me a sea wall that's actually going to hold back all those millions of gallons of water." Shall they put up 24" thick Plexiglas so we can still enjoy the ocean view?

Oh, and why aren't building codes updated to require an EV car charger at every new home and apartment? Even California hasn't done that.

The future ain't gonna be pretty if people don't stop thinking it's the 1950s.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
When looking at pictures of NYC or even seeing it from the Hoboken (N.J.) waterfront park, streets sitting there surrounded by all that water, I'm surprised that NYC doesn't flood more often. It's never too early to get started on your Lego boat. :)

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It's funny how cities like this were started on the coast simply because the ships could dock there. No cars or trains yet, and no horses until troops started to bring them over, right? So they built homes and businesses near the coast so they didn't have to carry loads so far inland.

Now the coastal location could destroy them. There is a sad irony in that.
 
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VintageBetter said:
Oh, and why aren't building codes updated to require an EV car charger at every new home and apartment? Even California hasn't done that.
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As we've covered here time after time after time... there just isn't generating or distribution capacity to even come close to meeting the power requirements of a majority-EV transportation sector. Not even for consumer passenger vehicles alone.

EVs have proven to be nothing but a "so let them eat cake" approach to transportation issues. Fun 3rd or 4th vehicles for the well-off who love to strut their eco-cred, not even on the radar of anyone else. Beyond the inability to supply the necessary electricity, more carbon emissions are created in manufacturing them than in the entire lifecycle of a smaller-battery hybrid or conventional vehicle. Then you have the short life cycle of EVs, which wipes out the used car market hobbling working class and poor folks.

Yeah, we can just stop bringing up these unicorns and rainbows now. Stick a fork in it: the EV is done for at least the next 15 years. Even then massive sacrifices will be required to make them viable.
 
I suppose it all will hasten the flattening of the Smokies. The huge equipment hauling the soil and rock all over the place.
Many inland lakes dug to build trash mountains now. Many lakes will need to be dug all over the West. Can't imagine
Lithium Batteries will do that work.. Of course, pumping a lot of the CO2 back under ground has to happen.

Watch a rain puddle and in a lil bit it starts bubbling methane bubbles, slowly at first. They walk around in Siberia with
cig lighters, whoosh!
I'm betting 500 years from now no one will care.
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The Flat Earth returns to the 1920's like Erra with tiny Mini Mart recharge places in 10 years.
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Imagine 1000 out of towner EV's in a Walldo World parking lot waiting for a Quick Charge! How many out of towners
drive thru a major city every day.
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Then you have to account for all the increased Volcanic Activity in the Ring of Fire. Absolutely atrociously awful.
Most outdoor activities done while wearing Lithium Battery powered Rebreathers. Perfect !
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Imagine the Horror Movies / Stage plays / floating audiences and Water Polo! Wind powered Boats & shipwrecked shorelines.
Just building Lighthouse's cause GPS quit working.
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500,000,000 Americans out of work, just a start. 1/2 of them recently moved in.
Cookie Cutters running for 100's of miles in all directions. KFC's becoming updated.
 
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VintageBetter said:
There was a really interesting article in NY Times a few months back about plans to build a sea wall around some section of somewhere. I don't live there so I can't remember which area. Anyway, the sea wall, in addition to many locals saying in the Comments that it just won't work in a big enough storm surge, was going to block the view of the ocean - one of the reasons people like to live there. It was tall - like 6' or 8'.

The cost would be in the billions, naturally. So, the solution to keep the sea back is ugly, not always effective, and very expensive. Sounds great, right?

It seems cheaper to give every home and apartment building a free or nearly free car charger, and a big, fat credit toward buying an EV - like $5,000 to $10,000 toward a new EV. But, you also have to give people EV chargers because there are already LINES of people at the public chargers in my area. Apartment and Condo dwellers cannot always install them. The manager or HOA will not allow it.

I'll bet that's cheaper than multiple sea walls around NY, LA, San Diego, New Orleans, NJ, DC. etc., etc. Just GIVE people EV chargers and benefits toward installing them. I'll bet it's cheaper tp give everyone an EV charger.

But, looking at those illustrations, I say, "You find me a sea wall that's actually going to hold back all those millions of gallons of water." Shall they put up 24" thick Plexiglas so we can still enjoy the ocean view?

Oh, and why aren't building codes updated to require an EV car charger at every new home and apartment? Even California hasn't done that.

The future ain't gonna be pretty if people don't stop thinking it's the 1950s.
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Think Mud Roads and tiny Mini Mart Charger Stations, 1920's or there abouts. All The Cements used up in Sea Walls.
You know the Sea Has always wrecked Sea ports. Look at the Med and the Sunken City. The shore lines 15,000 years ago.
Island in Hawaii sliding in and 100' + tsunamis. The Canary Island splitting in 2 down the middle of the mountain range.

picture of the Canary Island Mounting splitting - Bing
 
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aei said:
What has happened, we debate. What is happening, we debate. What'll happen we aver with certainty.

The simple fact is: We don't know. And this is the hardest sentence to utter (matters not if a lay person, powerful person, pauper or a king, an illiterate or a Nobel prize winning scientist.) ;)
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We pretty much do know, but willful blindness keeps us from addressing it.
 
Not to worry everyone, Putin and Xi will nuke us first. They will find an excuse for us flooding them.
 
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