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misanthrope

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7. To be frank, NOLA's problems are also from subsidence

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Mon May 4, 2026, 10:39 PM

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New Orleans has been sinking. Partially it is because they constrained the flooding that replenished the land since NOLA is built upon a massive pile of silt that extends into the Gulf of Mexico. The other part is the weight of the city atop that silt presses down it while removal of the gas and petroleum under that section of the world also adds to the subsidence.

It has been known for decades now that at some point NOLA was going to have to relocate to the continental shelf. Its current location is doomed.

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Global sea surface temperatures. Look at this year (a red line). Doesn't bode well for hurricane season. [View all] applegrove Monday OP

El Nio should counteract that moonshinegnomie Monday #1

Unlike Hunter S Thompson, it's getting too weird for me. surfered Monday #4

Excellent. Thanks. applegrove Monday #5

Plus there is this... surfered Monday #2

Oh man. People in NoLa can't catch a break. applegrove Monday #3

To be frank, NOLA's problems are also from subsidence misanthrope Monday #7

That looks catastrophic. I am not a climate scientist, and I am aware of Maru Kitteh Monday #6