Long Wharf Submerged 1/23/23Submitted by TuggieBoi420 t3_10jsosq in boston
scottieducati t1_j5n5sn7 wrote
Reply to comment by Ordie100 in Long Wharf Submerged 1/23/23 by TuggieBoi420
The only real plan is to relocate the capital inland. There is no saving Boston in the long term. 30-50 years maybe before flooding is a serious problem.
Yanksuck73 t1_j5n6ckc wrote
Sea levels are predicted to rise 10 inches by 2100. I don’t think that is “there is no saving Boston”
Brinner t1_j5n7ymp wrote
Nope, more like 4 feet by 2070
Most of Boston is saveable
Ordie100 t1_j5nblsp wrote
4 feet is a very worst case prediction but yeah looking at the cities maps it's still very far from "the entire city is doomed" even in a worst case 1% flood 2070 scenario. https://boston.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=77e5ead45a664676b7d404d6df3d7f05&extent=-71.0996,42.3244,-70.9606,42.3940 from https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/preparing-climate-change
Pedromac t1_j5nc8h4 wrote
Tô be fair, if even %15 of the city goes underwater, what does that mean for the T and surrounding infrastructure?
The city would be doomed.
Squish_the_android t1_j5o35h5 wrote
>what does that mean for the T
Just more slow zones.
They'll buy those submarine cars from Disney.
[deleted] t1_j5nhsoc wrote
Unpopular truths are still truths, but people don’t want to think about them.
wickedblight t1_j5o4mns wrote
Long wharf is underwater from a mild storm before the ocean rises 4ft... Not a good sign
[deleted] t1_j5nhqq1 wrote
10 feet is the worst case prediction, assuming continued CO2 pollution at 2020 levels. In that case, Boston is a goner.
All it will take is the end of the Thwaites glacier, which is collapsing at a rate about 15x faster than expected.
guisar t1_j5nncxt wrote
It's like the Midwest, instead of recognizing our existential threats, we ignore them until our irrelevance leaves us feeling like we're not missing anything anyway.
People are just waiting until (and after, look at FL) insurance isn't available to cover them. Then there will be a HUGE and subsidized movement to higher ground. We are, overall, neither that smart nor comfortable with change, no matter how inevitable.
[deleted] t1_j5nnfdx wrote
Yep. It’s easier to downvote in 2023 and say “don’t say ‘I told you so’” in 2033 than to recognize reality.
moj85 t1_j5om441 wrote
im excited for when my property 20 miles inland becomes waterfront property!!
[deleted] t1_j5oy4ox wrote
100 year old Cape, 800 square feet, great shape, near Natick Beach. Only $940K!
jrice39 t1_j5ocbx5 wrote
Isn't there a guy up in gardner who lifts concrete and foundations? He could probably do it.
N8710 t1_j5osxjk wrote
Yeah, someone should give him a call for an estimate.
wickedblight t1_j5o4hag wrote
Ffs we're underwater now and weather patterns are just gonna get worse and worse while the ocean creeps higher and higher, humanity is losing all of our coastal cities to climate change.
Yanksuck73 t1_j5pi3q3 wrote
I'm not disagreeing that we need to address climate change and prepare. I'm just saying this guy who thinks Boston will be gone in 30-50 years is off his rocker.
wickedblight t1_j5rii5c wrote
How many Katrina level "surge incidents" will it take before living on the coast is no longer viable?
Or are you defining "Boston gone" to mean if one hill survived then the city preservers?
R_Morley t1_j5uv012 wrote
If we still have bunker hill, we still have Boston. We will fight the brits and their climate change, by land or by sea!
parrano357 t1_j5oda6x wrote
reddit upvotes for being dramatic are needed
Curious_Buffalo_1206 t1_j5n9zf8 wrote
By capital, do you mean Beacon Hill? We’ll all be long dead before Beacon Hill is underwater. The Seaport will be an early casualty of managed retreat, and nothing of value will be lost. Most of Boston can be saved on a reasonable timeframe.
I mean, unless by long term, you mean when all the glaciers melt and Concord, NH is also underwater. But even in the most doomer scenario imaginable, that’s not going to happen for centuries.
itsonlyastrongbuzz t1_j5ohf8u wrote
Ahhh yes.
All of our subways, highways, and low lying neighborhoods will be flooded, underground utilities like gas, sewer, and water mains will be submerged at high tide and unable to be accessed/repaired, but as long as the literal steps to the State House are dry, “everything is fine.”
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