[quote]New York, Dallas, Seattle and 25 other major U.S. cities are sinking, threatening the structural integrity of buildings, roads, dams and other forms of infrastructure, new research found. The study's authors say it represents a looming threat to the infrastructure of these cities, which combined are home to some 34 million people. The cities with the most widespread sinking — impacting about 98% of their individual areas — are Chicago, Dallas, Columbus, Detroit, Fort Worth, Denver, New York, Indianapolis, Houston and Charlotte.
If you live in these cities, learn how to swim...they are sinking.
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| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 9, 2025 2:16 PM |
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| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 9, 2025 3:28 AM |
The coastal Pacific NW will be screwed in less than 50 years.
A 2011-style Japan tsunami is long overdue for them
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 9, 2025 3:30 AM |
Chicago?
Dallas?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 9, 2025 3:44 AM |
R2 I grew up in Portland and have heard this most of my life. I’ve experienced a few earthquakes, and they are indeed scary. When I was in college, I had a classmate who was majoring in geology and she told me that essentially everything west of I-5 would be decimated. Most of downtown Portland will also be screwed because the amount of logging that took place there to build the city left the ground unsupported—I remember her telling me that, when the “big one” comes, the ground would basically liquify in that area, and the city would slide into the Willamette.
I don’t doubt it, but I also don’t hope to live to see it.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 9, 2025 4:03 AM |
Let it all be reclaimed by the sea.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 9, 2025 1:51 PM |
[quote]Let it all be reclaimed by the sea.
Dallas sits almost 500 feet above sea level. If it's ever reclaimed by the sea, humans won't be here to see it.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 9, 2025 2:16 PM |