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Saturday, September 30, 2023

NYC UnderWater Again: Déjà Vu

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New York City area gets one of its wettest days in decades, as rain swamps subways and streets
NYC flooding: See photos of damage after storm hits New York | AP News
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Some limited historical perspective, only back to 1913:
+March 1913
+August 1995, Hurricanes Connie and Diane
+June 1972, Hurricane/Tropical Storm Agnes
+January 1996
+June 2006
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Ocean-Front Flooding Reality:
Is New York City sinking? NASA finds metropolitan area slowly submerging
Is New York City sinking? NASA finds metropolitan area slowly submerging (aol.com)
Scientists found most of the New York City metropolitan area is slowly sinking, making the region riskier to flooding, according to a study published this week.
LaGuardia Airport is also sinking, at about 0.15 inches per year, according to the study.
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SHORELINES SINKING: IT’S CALLED SUBSIDENCE!
It’s directly related to plate tectonics and water removal from beneath developed areas.
In many shoreline areas around the globe, shorelines are sinking much faster than oceans are continuing their inter-Glacial multi-century rise.
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