Heavy skyscrapers causing New York City to sink, geologists warn

[rangerrebew]

 
Heavy skyscrapers causing New York City to sink, geologists warn
05/22/2023 / By Belle Carter


Geological research published in Earth’s Future journal earlier this month revealed that the weight of skyscrapers in New York City (NYC) is causing the Big Apple to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water at a rate of one to two millimeters a year, with some areas subsiding much faster.

The more than one million buildings in NYC, which include the iconic Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, were found to weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds, which is roughly the equivalent of 140 million elephants.

According to lead researcher and geologist Tom Parsons of the United States Geological Survey, the gradual descent makes NYC extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, with lower Manhattan particularly found to be at the highest risk. Brooklyn and Queens are also areas of concern.

“New York faces significant challenges from flood hazard; the threat of sea level rise is three to four times higher than the global average along the Atlantic coast of North America … A deeply concentrated population of 8.4 million people faces varying degrees of hazard from inundation in New York City,” Parsons and his team wrote in the report.

The research pointed out that NYC has already seen these harsh effects starting more than a decade ago.

https://www.climate.news/2023-05-22-heavy-skyscrapers-causing-nyc-to-sink.html

[rangerrebew]

Climate terrorists will, of course, refer to this as sea level rise.

[Cyber Liberty]

Will Manhattan tip over like Guam?

[Smokin Joe]

If enough people flee for greener pastures, maybe that will slow the rate of subsidence...

[rangerrebew]

Will Manhattan tip over like Guam?

Nah!  We make our islands safer than Guam!

[libertybele]

According to all the climate change fruit loops, we'll all be underwater sooner or later.  Insurance companies are basing their rates on that data.  Our flood insurance went up because within the next 50 years we have a chance of flooding by 1".

[GtHawk]

Nah!  We make our islands safer than Guam!

Well, Guam is one of Islands, just sayin

Guam became a U.S. territory in 1898 and placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy. The Guam Organic Act of 1950 conferred U.S. citizenship on Guamanians and established the territory's government. The Act also transferred Federal jurisdiction over Guam from the U.S. Navy to the Department of the Interior.

It even became a U.S. territory two years before Hawaii.

[GtHawk]

According to all the climate change fruit loops, we'll all be underwater sooner or later.  Insurance companies are basing their rates on that data.  Our flood insurance went up because within the next 50 years we have a chance of flooding by 1".

I not only live in a flood zone but also a tsunami and earthquake zone...yippee ki yay!

[rangerrebew]

Well, Guam is one of Islands, just sayin
 

So is Manhattan!

[Fishrrman]

They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
And picked the Yankees up for free
They said that Queens could stay
They blew the Bronx away
And sank Manhattan out at sea
(Billy Joel, "Miami 2017")

They won't even have to tow Manhattan out.
Instead, it can just "sink in place"...

[libertybele]

I not only live in a flood zone but also a tsunami and earthquake zone...yippee ki yay!

Yikes!!  You're insurance must be astronomical.

[GtHawk]

Yikes!!  You're insurance must be astronomical.

Well I got kicked in the teeth economically a decade or so ago so I live in an apartment now, hey a bright point I don't have to pay all that insurance anymore, just renters. I guess I will just have to take that as a win? 

[libertybele]

Well I got kicked in the teeth economically a decade or so ago so I live in an apartment now, hey a bright point I don't have to pay all that insurance anymore, just renters. I guess I will just have to take that as a win? 

Getting kicked in the teeth is about right. Those in FL have been warned that their premiums are due to rise 40% -- that's not adding in the increase in flood insurance premiums.  After 30 years in this area, we are contemplating the need to move.  Where to is the question.  We're so used to the heat and mild winters, it's going to be difficult especially at our age.

I foresee lots of people having to move out of the area.  Coming up with that kind of money on a fixed income is going to be difficult.

Rent around here is sky high so that's not an option.