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Parts of New Orleans Are Sinking Fast, Study Finds
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| 5/22/2016
| Tim Stelloh
Posted on 05/23/2016 8:20:30 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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Another neighborhood, the Upper 9th Ward, is losing just under half an inch to nearly one inch per year.
Though the researchers found that areas upriver from the city were generally losing less ground, one community, Norco, was losing an inch-and-a-half per year around industrial sites, including a refinery.
The researchers said that groundwater withdrawal was among the top reasons that parts of the region are sinking so rapidly.
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
The ground is sinking , at as much as an inch and a half per year.
It's not that the seas are rising
nor can it be blamed on fracking.
The problem identified as loss of ground water.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:23:26 PM PDT
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Of course, distinguished scientists like Obonzo the Kenyan and Algore would say that the land isn’t sinking, the ice caps are melting and causing the oceans to rise.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:24:29 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I hope it's true that all of the illegal aliens intend to move to Canada if Trump is elected.)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
The researchers said that groundwater withdrawal was among the top reasons that parts of the region are sinking so rapidly. No, no, no it has to be Bushs fault or Climate Change or something else scary. It can't be a simple scientific reasonable explanation. Has Bill Nye (smartest climatologist on the planet) weighed in on this yet?
/s
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:25:24 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
NO obviously needs to build a bullet train.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:26:45 PM PDT
by
867V309
(It's over. It's over now.)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Swamps and land below sea level were never meant to build cities on.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:26:55 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: FlingWingFlyer
My first thought, too. What grade-schooler wrote this? Everybody knows its manmade global warming that’s raising the sea levels.
Sinking land? Bosh! What an absurd notion!
To: Smittie
The Dutch are stil holding on...
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:31:54 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Everyone overlooks the obvious. Too many overweight people in NOLA.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:39:31 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Maybe Gaia is just flushing the town...
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:41:55 PM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: Paladin2
The Dutch are stil holding on... That's true and I guess you can't leave out Venice...
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:42:41 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: Smittie
And then there is Death Valley.....
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:44:31 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
To: Paladin2
And then there is Death Valley..... At least you can't drown there, usually anyways, but you can shake & bake...
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:51:13 PM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: Ken H
“Everyone overlooks the obvious. Too many overweight people in NOLA.”
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Inevitably, it will tip over.
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posted on
05/23/2016 8:59:26 PM PDT
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Why would there be a diminishing supply of ground water there....they are surrounded by water...the Mississippi river flows right by and the Gulf of Mexico is right on their doorstep.....MUCHO water.
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posted on
05/23/2016 9:15:37 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
I think all deltas subside over time. The increasing weight of the sediments causes compaction and eventual sinking.
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posted on
05/23/2016 9:16:22 PM PDT
by
ETL
(God help America...asap)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
“New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don’t wanna swim.”
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posted on
05/23/2016 9:16:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Why would there be a diminishing supply of ground water there....they are surrounded by water...the Mississippi river flows right by and the Gulf of Mexico is right on their doorstep.....MUCHO water.
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posted on
05/23/2016 9:17:18 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
To: dfwgator
Their last good song. Also their first.
To: terycarl
Don’t forget Lake Pontchartrain
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