Rising Waters Are Drowning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
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Re: Rising Waters Are Drowning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
#2The US east coast has post-glacial rebound and Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown to compound their sea-level problems. But most the rise is nothing special compared the rest of the world, which is the worst part of this.
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#3As a very frequent Amtrak rider, I’m pretty conflicted here. On one hand, climate change is bad. On the other hand, giving the Amtrak fleet a bath, or altogether destroying it sounds pretty good to me.
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#4Even a decade ago, some long stretches through connecticut reminded me a lot of the tramway sequence in Spirited Away: https://vimeo.com/91985775
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#5Even a decade ago, some long stretches through connecticut reminded me a lot of the tramway sequence in Spirited Away : https://vimeo.com/91985775
The train I get along the Fife coast on the way into Edinburgh is so close to the sea I often find myself wondering if you could jump from the train into the sea...
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#6As a very frequent Amtrak rider, I’m pretty conflicted here. On one hand, climate change is bad. On the other hand, giving the Amtrak fleet a bath, or altogether destroying it sounds pretty good to me.
Come on
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#7As a very frequent Amtrak rider, I’m pretty conflicted here. On one hand, climate change is bad. On the other hand, giving the Amtrak fleet a bath, or altogether destroying it sounds pretty good to me.
> On the other hand, giving the Amtrak fleet a bath, or altogether destroying it sounds pretty good to me.
Why?
Re: Rising Waters Are Drowning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
#8> The report’s authors estimated the initial cost of protecting the study area to be $78 million, based on the premise that water levels around Wilmington would rise 2 feet by 2050.
That's a drop in the bucket compared to Amtrak's $38 billion maintenance backlog or the $13 billion Hudson tunnel project.
Out of all the potential effects of climate change, this seems like one of the least worrisome -- we even know how to fix it already!
Re: Rising Waters Are Drowning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
#9The US east coast has post-glacial rebound and Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown to compound their sea-level problems. But most the rise is nothing special compared the rest of the world, which is the worst part of this.
Won't post-glacial rebound counteract rising sea levels?
Re: Rising Waters Are Drowning Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
#10> The report’s authors estimated the initial cost of protecting the study area to be $78 million, based on the premise that water levels around Wilmington would rise 2 feet by 2050. That's a drop in the bucket compared to Amtrak's $38 billion maintenance backlog or the $13 billion Hudson tunnel project. Out of all the potential effects of climate change, this seems like one of the least worrisome -- we even know how…
The $78 million is for ten miles of the 457-mile corridor for the sea-level rise estimated for 2050. And the rise will only accelerate after 2050.
But yes, that does seem like a low figure.