This Is Your City on Global Warming
Blogger Alex Tingle has posted a hack of Google Maps that demonstrates the effects of rising sea levels. This is what Wilmington would look like like if the sea rose 7 meters:
The flooded areas include the Eastside, Northeast, Southbridge and Browntown neighborhoods, the Christina River waterfront, I-95, I-495, the Amtrak Station, the Port of Wilmington and the city's wastewater treatment plant, which serves more than half of Delaware's population.
The flooded areas include the Eastside, Northeast, Southbridge and Browntown neighborhoods, the Christina River waterfront, I-95, I-495, the Amtrak Station, the Port of Wilmington and the city's wastewater treatment plant, which serves more than half of Delaware's population.
posted by Tom Noyes at 3:52 PM
2 Comments:
Being part of the reality-based community really sucks sometimes.
On the positive side, Delaware would expand its territory as the NJ waterline moves inland. Their damn BP terminal would end up entirely in Delaware...
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