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minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·5 months agoI mean, that’s interesting info, but none of it refutes what i said
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·5 months ago storms can rise 15 feet or more above the ordinary sea level
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·5 months agoStorm surge levels isn’t the same thing as sea level.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoTechnically correct, but ultimately irrelevant. Storm surge renders properties below the point of sea-rise height uninhabitable. The fact that its temporary doesn’t mitigate the long-term destructive impact it inflicts.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoNot irrelevant, it very much depends on the frequency and severity. Katrina Sandy flooded NYC massively, but it’s still extremely inhabited.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months ago Katrina flooded NYC massively I’m sorry, what?
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoSandy, not Katrina. 4 to 8 foot flood levels in NYC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Sandy_in_New_York EDIT Oh yeah, and hurricane Irene just a few years before that too https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Irene_in_New_York
minus-squareMaeve@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI’m sure that’s comforting to the economically underserved that have barriers to contingency plans.
I mean, that’s interesting info, but none of it refutes what i said
Storm surge levels isn’t the same thing as sea level.
Technically correct, but ultimately irrelevant. Storm surge renders properties below the point of sea-rise height uninhabitable. The fact that its temporary doesn’t mitigate the long-term destructive impact it inflicts.
Not irrelevant, it very much depends on the frequency and severity.
KatrinaSandy flooded NYC massively, but it’s still extremely inhabited.I’m sorry, what?
Sandy, not Katrina. 4 to 8 foot flood levels in NYC
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Sandy_in_New_York
EDIT
Oh yeah, and hurricane Irene just a few years before that too
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Irene_in_New_York
I’m sure that’s comforting to the economically underserved that have barriers to contingency plans.