XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian   
   From: lunch@nofreelunch.us   
      
   On Sun, 19 May 2013 09:08:36 -0700, linuxgal    
   wrote in alt.atheism:   
      
   >Surfer wrote:   
   >> Yes. Now that Manhatten has been flooded with sea water during a storm   
   >> surge, what is the risk of that happening again and what is the risk   
   >> of it being worse next time?   
   >>   
   >   
   >Manhattan used to be a swamp, it's constantly in danger of flooding with   
   >or without a storm surge.  There's a vast infrastructure of pumps under   
   >the city.   
      
   There is certainly landfill in areas of Manhattan (e.g. Battery Park and   
   Battery Park City), but most of it is on rocks well above sea level. The   
   problem is that Wall Street buildings are built down below sea level.   
      
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