Oddbean new post about login | logout @fcbf5051 @dc243d62 Sea level is another issue coming. But the sheer volume of rain water is probably going to force people to wake up first. Parts of NYC are hardly above sea level, but other parts are very high. Lot of variation in the terrain. I do wonder how people will deal with the mosquitos though as things get more damp and tropical.
@134318c2 @fcbf5051 @dc243d62 if memory serves, NYC is already on board to just spray for mosquitoes....so they'd just spray more.
@0145c0c5 @fcbf5051 @dc243d62 uahgh I GUESS.
@134318c2 @fcbf5051 @dc243d62 googling they apparently do something with "larvacides" in some areas . https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/west-nile-virus-spray.page#:~:text=Spraying%20occurs%20in%20the%20evening,helicopters%20to%20treat%20residential%20areas.
@0145c0c5 @134318c2 @dc243d62 Having been so successful with cockroach eradication I look forward to equal success with terror and prostration before our eventual insect overlords.
@fcbf5051 @0145c0c5 @dc243d62 If we'd take sewer design more seriously we could greatly reduce the roaches and rats. But no one thinks about it in terms of the city being an ecosystem where creatures, not just people MUST live. So what creatures do we want to live with? Which ones do we not want?
@134318c2 @0145c0c5 @dc243d62 Yeah, it's tough to throw them out when there's a big sign that says "Free Fud and Howzes". Once we've created an ideal environment, it's almost impossible to meaningfully control them.
@134318c2 @ce899ddd @fcbf5051 @dc243d62 fun fact: the floor of the ny stock exchange is underground, thus, under sea level and, as Manhattan is a deceivingly hilly place, it’s down hill. it is always one of the first places to flood in nyc. i was under water for days after Sandy. of course, they were mercilessly mocked for it.