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minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·18 days agoStorm surge levels isn’t the same thing as sea level.
minus-squareMaeve@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoI’m sure that’s comforting to the economically underserved that have barriers to contingency plans.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days 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-217 days 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-up2·17 days ago Katrina flooded NYC massively I’m sorry, what?
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 days 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
Storm surge levels isn’t the same thing as sea level.
I’m sure that’s comforting to the economically underserved that have barriers to contingency plans.
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
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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