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New York City Sinking Under the Weight of Its Buildings, by Andrew Anglin

13-1-2024 < UNZ 31 437 words
 

It probably doesn’t help the structural soundness of the islands that the Jews are digging a complex and hitherto not comprehended tunneling system under the city.


That said: nothing would be lost if New York City sank into the ocean.


New York Post:



New York City is reaching an all-time low — literally.


New research reveals dramatic concern that the Big Apple, Long Island and many more Atlantic coastal regions face an inevitable risk of sinking under the weight of their buildings at an alarming rate.


“It affects you and I and everyone. It may be gradual, but the impacts are real,” Virginia Tech professor and researcher Manoochehr Shirzaei said.




Other metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Maryland, along with Norfolk and Virginia Beach in Virginia, were also flagged as worrisome coastal areas prone to dangerous flooding as a result of the sinking land.


The new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, highlights that the rate of sinking — scientifically called subsidence — is occurring at a staggering 2 millimeters per year in many areas.


That level, which is potentially impacting 2 million people and 800,000 properties along the East Coast, “should cause concern,” lead author Leonard Ohenhen added.


For example, significant areas of critical infrastructure in New York, including JFK and LaGuardia airports and [their] runways, along with the railway systems, are affected by subsidence rates exceeding 2 millimeters per year.”




September research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration noted that the areas around LGA and the U.S. Open’s Arthur Ashe Stadium had fallen at 3.7 and 4.6 millimeters per year between 2016 to 2023.


A September viral video also captured a wild flood scene at LaGuardia as passengers endured ankle-deep water within the airport.


The Virginia Tech study warns that more than 1,400 miles of East Coast terrain is sinking at a rate of more than 5 millimeters annually.


That’s four more than the rate of global sea rise.


I say, let them sink.


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