New Yorkers can be staggaringly self-absorbed. So, this global warming thing, this sea-level rise thing- how's it going to affect me?
"How could a rising sea level and pummeling storms affect the trillion dollars’ worth of property New Yorkers call home?"
Well, some New Yorkers are apparently hedging their bets. Smart. If you have the money, that is. "Now they’re telling us that one of the main considerations is to make sure it’s not an area of low ground. They’re also considering getting a smaller place here and investing in a property in a city way above sea level.”
"One long-term but unappetizing option is to ring the city with enormous concrete sea walls. In Manhattan, this would require a wall several dozen feet high and wide enough to fit a four-lane highway on top. The higher a sea wall or levee is, the broader it has to be, and in New York City, which is interlaced with rivers, such barriers would encroach on some of the priciest real estate in the world."
And Long Island is screwed- totally.
" ...the barriers wouldn’t prevent wind damage and would fail to protect some areas, including the southern coast of Long Island. (There, said Professor Bowman, looking several decades ahead, “I think people will stay as long as they can and then slowly evacuate if it gets really bad.”)
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