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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/17/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    40 years is too soon for this kind of water depth, really.

    How's the power running for that Times Square picture? Electric's mostly underground in Manhattan, and I see no evidence that they've moved the wiring overhead...

    I expect Manhattan will get a seawall, if it turns out to be necessary.
    -Kle. #floodednewyork
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    Image of Mr.Anansi Mr.Anansi
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    Just a little comment on #2: Why are those types of bridges always shown as rickety death traps with steps missing? #floodednewyork
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/16/09

    @Mr.Anansi: I know! If we've got zeppelins and neon and such, you'd think someone would slap down a few more boards to make that passable. #floodednewyork
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/16/09

    @Mr.Anansi: Pft, come take a look at my subway station now. The steps aren't in any better shape. I have a hard time believing getting shit fixed in this city will change even if there ARE zeppelins in the future.

    I think that's pretty dead on. :P #floodednewyork
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    why does the first picture makes me think of a blade runner Venice? #floodednewyork
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/16/09

    @cadrina: It reminded me of the movie GHOST IN THE SHELL. #floodednewyork
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    40 years in the future and I bet there are still some New Yorkers living in FEMA trailers. #floodednewyork
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    See, everything will be fine. And we'll get zeppelins back! #floodednewyork
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    Image of jcous jcous
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    don't drink the water #floodednewyork
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    Image of Rumtum Rumtum
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    Wow, cross CJ Cherryh's Merovingian Nights (flooded wooden city on a future space colony world) and Omega Man, and you get this, with neon. #floodednewyork
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    I'm so relieved to see that High School Musical 3 will still be showing in New York 40 years from now. #floodednewyork
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    Image of Althestane Althestane
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    Beautiful concepts, though I'm sure the reality of coastal flooding in NYC would be drastically different. Saltwater at a variable depth of 10-16 feet (due to tides...is IS the ocean you know) will be horribly corrosive on building materials and foundations. Older brick&mortar buildings will have their lower levels literally eaten away, while the curtain wall systems of newer buildings will break down and potentially expose steel framing. It would be prohibitively expensive to adapt all buildings in Manhattan to this environment, and the reality would probably be that non-landmark buildings would be demo'ed and new buildings with higher, resistant foundations (a-la-Venice in the distant past) would be constructed, along with a whole new infrastructure for supplying energy, transportation, waste management, and others services. That would make some cool concept art too, though! #floodednewyork
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/17/09

    @Althestane: I agree with your assessment.
    I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. #floodednewyork
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    Image of dupioni dupioni
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    I can't imagine how awful that must smell. #floodednewyork
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    leicester promoted this comment dupioni was starred dupioni was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @dupioni: New York - Makes its own gravy! (tm) #floodednewyork
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/16/09

    @leicester: *throws away lunch* Well, that's it for that, then. #floodednewyork
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    I am so glad I got to see what one person thinks the future will look like. It is good to know.

    Also... is it physically possible for water to get that high? Last I checked New York City wasn't located in a 40 foot ditch.

    Bottom Line: This is stupid. #floodednewyork
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/16/09

    @KassiaHaoe: [www.globalwarmingart.com]
    interesting map... #floodednewyork
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    Image of Little Time Bomb Little Time Bomb
    11/16/09

    @KassiaHaoe: Funny how two people can look at the exact same thing and gather something so different. "Stupid" or not I found the images beautiful. They have a dream like quality. They aren't a piece of scientific research about rising water levels, they're an artists rendering of a possible future where the water table rose. #floodednewyork
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    Image of RizzRustbolt RizzRustbolt
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    Good news! If you like rice based dishes, that is. #floodednewyork
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/16/09

    @RizzRustbolt: Yay! #floodednewyork
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/16/09

    In reply to Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
    Even after the disater itself. This isnt on the scale of destruction like AI. or Waterworld were everything is 100's feet underwater. This is one of those liveable disasters!! It seems like anything over 10 feet seems to be in working order. I would forget the boats and have bridges everywhere!! And I mean everywhere!!!! #floodednewyork
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/16/09

    @Honu Harry: Awesome, finally we can combine Musical theater with fishing. I bet the big ones will be hanging out in the orchestra pit.
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment Edited by Jassen at 11/16/09 8:12 AM Jassen was starred Jassen was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/16/09

    @Jassen: Depending on the size of the fish....It could be a very short concert!!!! #floodednewyork
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    Image of Bhockzer Bhockzer
    11/16/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Even though it's one of those "livable disasters" there's still the whole problem of all those sources of contaminates that are below street level.

    I'm incredibly skeptical that we could clean the flood waters in NY enough to make habitation possible, even after 40 years. There are just too many potential sources of contamination; gas tanks/lines of all types, asbestos, cracked sewer lines, etc... #floodednewyork
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/16/09

    @Bhockzer: But if we brought everything up a few feet above water level. We have shops and residential areas now that are many feet above this scenario given to us here!! I suppose it depends on the ferocity of the floods!! If its on an Emmerich scale of 'death flood', then it doesnt seem worth it. But if its a constant flood, like increasing rainfall. We might be able to work around that and go higher away from the contaminents. Maybe!

    I suppose its also a good argument in favour of the Flying Car. Many a nerds dreams come true. All we have to do is loose a few feet in street level!!! #floodednewyork
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    Image of I'm Waitin' for Dolemite I'm Waitin' for Dolemite
    11/16/09

    @Jassen: You know- if this was Gawker, there would already be a multi-post daughter thread of fish-Musical puns.

    hang your head in /mock/ shame i09 #floodednewyork
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    Image of I'm Waitin' for Dolemite I'm Waitin' for Dolemite
    11/16/09

    @Jassen: LLoyd Webber's "Catfish" #floodednewyork
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    Image of I'm Waitin' for Dolemite I'm Waitin' for Dolemite
    11/16/09

    @Jassen: "A Coral Line" #floodednewyork
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/16/09

    @I'm Waitin' for Dolemite: There are many many fish-musical puns to be made (my current head cold prevents me from thinking of any at the moment)

    Just out of interest, why did you have this clip so readily to hand ? #floodednewyork
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    Image of I'm Waitin' for Dolemite I'm Waitin' for Dolemite
    11/16/09

    @Jassen: "The Fantafishsticks" #floodednewyork
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/16/09

    @I'm Waitin' for Dolemite:
    "Sunfish Boulevard"
    "The Grouper of the Opera"
    "Starfish Express " #floodednewyork
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    10/29/09

    In reply to New York's Post-Apocalyptic Survival Will Be Decided By A Hitman
    I think they should change the name. Fallout 3 is a pretty household name by now. It's never a good thing to have the first emotional feedback for your movie to be that of confusion. People get bored of having to make clarifications, and sometimes people even regard name-jacking as a marketing ploy (e.g.: iSomething). #thefallout
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/29/09

    In reply to New York's Post-Apocalyptic Survival Will Be Decided By A Hitman
    I know this is said below but they really should change the name. Not only will people confuse it with the game, it's a really boring name. #thefallout
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    10/29/09

    @Makidian: Yeah, the name is quite boring .. and no doubt that some people will confuse it with the Fallout series.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/29/09

    @d_r_e: For some reason the word zero strikes me as wanting to find its way into a new title like New York: City Zero, or Zero City, bah even that sounds stupid. I know, how about Assault On Lord of the Flies Precinct Zero. #thefallout
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    Image of jbq jbq
    10/29/09

    @d_r_e: Which means that if a Fallout adaptation is ever made, they won't be allowed to call it Fallout. Re: Avatar the Last Airbender #thefallout
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    10/29/09

    @Makidian: How about "The Snorkel of Liberty" ? #thefallout
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    10/29/09

    @gd01skorpius: Haha, I like that or "Liberty Drowns" #thefallout
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