So...back in the early 80s, the world was going to get so hot it would be 100F in January, and sea levels would rise. By the year 2000, it would get worse.
The stories and pictures my science teacher showed us revealed a stark, dim future. Coasts would be under 200 feet of water. Death and destruction everywhere. You'd be able to tour former cities by boat. One picture showed the Empire State Building sticking out of the water, only the part where it narrows at the top visible.
So, let's look at that picture. That's the 80th Floor observation deck, which is 974 feet above sea level. It's a little less, but NYC is basically on the ocean, so deal with it.
If only that portion is sticking out, that means the sea level is now 974 feet above it's level in the early 80s when this was shown.
Doing some rough estimates, about 50% of the CONUS is under or at 974 feet elevation. Approximately 70% of my home state would be under water at this point, with only the glacial "mountains" being above water.
At the time, no one really paid attention to that, being the jaded children we were. But now with instant information available, I can confidently tell the pearl clutching science teachers from my youth to shove those same pearls up their asses and pull them out of the gob on their face.
So...back in the early 80s, the world was going to get so hot it would be 100F in January, and sea levels would rise. By the year 2000, it would get worse.
The stories and pictures my science teacher showed us revealed a stark, dim future. Coasts would be under 200 feet of water. Death and destruction everywhere. You'd be able to tour former cities by boat. One picture showed the Empire State Building sticking out of the water, only the part where it narrows at the top visible.
So, let's look at that picture. That's the 80th Floor observation deck, which is 974 feet above sea level. It's a little less, but NYC is basically on the ocean, so deal with it.
If only that portion is sticking out, that means the sea level is now 974 feet above it's level in the early 80s when this was shown.
Doing some rough estimates, about 50% of the CONUS is under or at 974 feet elevation. Approximately 70% of my home state would be under water at this point, with only the glacial "mountains" being above water.
At the time, no one really paid attention to that, being the jaded children we were. But now with instant information available, I can confidently tell the pearl clutching science teachers from my youth to shove those same pearls up their asses and pull them out of the gob on their face.
