Re:New Orleans levees passed their first major test
by pessimizer on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:59PM
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> Your argument depends on this but you give neither numbers nor citations, so it's unsubstantiated and we have no idea how true it is.
Unsubstantiated on this thread. I mean, you can look it up and find out if it's true yourself. It's also weird that you follow it up with numbers of your own, but also no references, so you must think that's alright to do.
Re:New Orleans levees passed their first major test
by eloff on Sunday September 05, 2021 @05:15PM
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You also don't know how substantiated my claims are, but at least with numbers you could look it up. Parent provided only an argument from authority. There is no easy way to falsify it. You'd have to do all the research from scratch.
Re:New Orleans levees passed their first major test
by eloff on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:42PM
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People don't seem to understand what I'm saying. If the OP at least gives numbers you can compare them to easily looked up estimates and find out if they're reasonable or if you can ignore him in a couple minutes.
Without that I'd have to search projected sea level rise, then read all about the elevation, vulnerability to storm surge, levees, flood risks, etc for New Orleans. It would take hours to know if the OP has a valid point or not. You might have to do that anyway, but at least if his numbers are bad you can shortcut the process and ignore him.
Your argument depends on this but you give neither numbers nor citations, so it's unsubstantiated and we have no idea how true it is. Numbers I've seen, that are bad, but not worst case are 6' by the end of the century and 20'-60' over longer timescales. I seriously doubt New Orleans will be just fine through that. Many coastal cities will have to move. It's not practical to wall in all of the coast to that extent. Many cities would end up being islands.