The $52 Billion Solution To Save NYC From The Sea

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Ten years after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the New York City area, the Army Corps of Engineers is proposing at $52.6 billion plan to protect the region from coastal storm risk. Plan 3B includes seawalls, surge gates, flood walls, levees and more but still can’t guarantee perfect protection. Watch the video to find out what’s included in the plan, who opposes it and how it will change the NYC coastline forever.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
01:44 - Plan 3B
05:10 - Costs
08:10 - Timeline
10:26 - Climate migration
Produced by: Lindsey Jacobson
Additional Camera: Nathaniel Lee, Andrea Miller, Charlotte Morabito
Additional Editing: Brian Lutz
Graphics: Midnight Snacks
Archival Assistance from Debora Schooley
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The $52 Billion Solution To Save NYC From The Sea

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@be4unvme Рік тому

I'm all for this, I even first heard about it a long time ago from a geopolitical analyst. The issue for me is that this $52 billion budget will grow to be $300billion and timeline will extend double it's life.

@willinton06 Рік тому

I mean, the lives of 20 million people are clearly not worth 300 billion

@ShidaiTaino Рік тому

How can a budget that large grow 5 times

@mikecromaticm2896 Рік тому

Hope so. But you are taking from a storm that's around 0.125 % chance at hitting the city.

@YeeLer Рік тому

Just print money, problem solved :)

@goombahead634 Рік тому

In that case consider it an investment, seriously!

@isabellewilson883 Рік тому

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@madisonhuff5148 Рік тому

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@milanpickett7419 Рік тому

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@williamdrijver4141 Рік тому

It's not a question if such storms will happen, just when. The damage over the next decades will be much more than 52 billion.

@qud3913 Рік тому

You think this project will cost the stated 52b? lol

@stevetaxpayer6664 Рік тому

You've fallen for the climate change scam pushed by dishonest scientists that live on climate change grants instead of working real jobs.

@ausxau Рік тому

@@qud3913 it would take 75+ years to build it

@SummerSausage1 Рік тому

how do you know? are you GOD!

@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481 Рік тому

Because every flood event will be billions of dollars in damages. It’s that simple.

@cloudyblaze7916 Рік тому

Climate change is a real threat that the Government have decided to not take any major action on. We often ignore the devastating effect it could have if things were to get out of hand. Imagine the economic turmoil it could have on the economy, and for a place like NYC, the effect would be rippling, and might spread across the whole globe. The stock market will collapse, businesses will go bankrupt, etc. So the Government should take action today.

@albacus2400BC Рік тому

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@conbertbenneck49 Рік тому

Why? Let New Yorkers move up to the third floor. The heating system could then be on the second floor. The tenants now could use row boats to get around. That is good for health and solves the NYC car traffic problem. It also now has an automatic street cleaning system, Each tide cycle will flush the debris out to sea. You can fish out your window for fresh fish for dinner.

@azrrrrrrrr Рік тому

lmaooo. thanks for a good laugh bro!

@Jason-ji3wh Рік тому

You’ll be fishing rats

@ben8878 Рік тому

I love hearing rich people say we are in it together🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@acealexander9070 Рік тому

Thanks a lot CNBC for this awesome journalism and thanks to all the people involved in this project!! Hopefully all people in the NYC area benefit greatly from this project!! Also: please keep New York City alive and thriving as it has always been, is now and hopefully will stay for many more centuries to come.

@RobLandauer Рік тому

But we can't switch to renewable energy because that would cost too much.

@brmadden895 Рік тому

It's sadly ironic, isn't it?

@KRYMauL Рік тому

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@mikewhite2085 Рік тому

Ain't nobody falling for these bots

@Aiordo Рік тому

@@wza223-fo3mc They really are 😆

@evjq Рік тому

Thinking about cities with underground storm water reservoirs (Tokyo and Chicago as examples), I wonder what role or viability those could play in a solution.

@rack9458 Рік тому

Even a beaver knows that attempting to stop water flow creates flooding in the opposing areas!

@h3n985 Рік тому

The issue for me is that this $52 billion budget will grow to be $300billion and timeline will extend double it's life.

@cathie3874 Рік тому

just wonder when Path can operate on weekends. it was said they were impacted by typhoon sandy 10 years ago but the construction is still in progress. the mighty slowness and the astonishing high budget really astonishes me...

@atomicwedgie8176 Рік тому

Well, embezzlement takes money. Politicians can't allow a project this size to go through without siphoning off a huge chunk for themselves.

@lambangwidy Рік тому

we need dutch engineers, they have more experience for doing this

@chrisk5437 Рік тому

I think people need to reassess where they live… you live near a volcano, then you better expect lava. Live near a large body of water, expect a flood. You can’t beat nature

@magee1627 Рік тому

You’re one of the few critical thinkers left. I agree with you, all animals are nomadic except modern humans

@Sparky-ww5re Рік тому

Spot on. Climate change has been happening for millions of years before the first dinosaur, and will continue for millions of years after the last human is replaced by another form of life, maybe even more intelligent than the human race. Unfortunately critical thinking seems to have gone the way of the manual transmission, having been replaced by social media telling them how to think and act.

@Murasame13 Рік тому

Look at California. Constant droughts and fires. Why? IT'S A DESERT.

@Ripoffanimalplanet 7 місяців тому

This is completely true, nothing can stop the flooding entirely. There are too many variables in this plan and flooding damages will still occur at a high rate.

@JohnnyJay81 5 місяців тому

⁠@@magee1627That isn’t critical thinking. Especially if the idea is completely and utterly not salvageable or based in reality. It may sound good in your mind, or on social media, but human nature will never allow that nonsense to happen until they exhaust all other options, no matter the cost. Can you imagine the politics of emptying out the NEW YORK CITY metropolitan area???? Give me a break.

@mvp019 Рік тому

Let it go under - my hometown has become a shell of what it once was.

@tjr4459 Рік тому

I worked down in the Wall Street area when Sandy hit the city. The company didn’t reopen until 3 weeks after the storm. Even after that length of time, the water line from the floods were still visible on the building walls, it was about 10 feet high.

@SummerSausage1 Рік тому

Good. Put those crooks out of business!

@chriskim7123 Рік тому

@SummerWizz1 You'd be poorer than now without that crooks defending the economic stability.

@TheMadisonHang Рік тому

you know what they say the writing is on the wall 🤭

@roccoVAL Рік тому

@@SummerSausage1 I love those crooks :)

@SicilianStealth Рік тому

During Sandy my street was under 5 ft of water they evacuated us that day I went home to Rye to my parents where we didn't have electricity but we had hot water in the stove. I applied to FEMA and they put me up at the downtown W for 3 months. Sent me a check for $2,500 with an additional month at Gild Hall.

@mvpcilo2268 Рік тому

Funny part is the people that caused this are sitting at the top of a hill.

@XOPOIIIO Рік тому

Climate change is caused by consumers, not by producers.

@cwg73160 Рік тому

The people that caused this are dead. Good try, though.

@tsubadaikhan6332 Рік тому

But they also own Beach Houses for Vacations. And they're probably insured for those.

@KazimaliMawji Рік тому

This project will be delayed and final figure will be $150 Billion.

@bro7269 Рік тому

If not more…..!

@shinji1264 Рік тому

Lol that's how it was back then, right now tho we've got a lot more incompetent ppl in power so it's gonna cost 300b and take twice the time u estimated

@qjtvaddict Рік тому

It’s over leave

@redfox4561 Рік тому

I mean we spend like twice that on military so id say even 150billion is worth saving one of the most important cities in history.

@bro7269 Рік тому

@@redfox4561 Let me know who else you want to be the world’s military leader…..China? Russia?

@madmachanicest9955 Рік тому

There is more then enough money in the corporate investments and personal income of the richest new yorkers to pay for this program.

@jubelet Рік тому

What makes you think you're entitled to take that money?

@ThompterSHunson Рік тому

There are no barriers tall enough to protect you from the wrath of mother nature.

@BigSleeveLess Рік тому

So true

@premium7182 Рік тому

Fact

@rochelleperry2242 Рік тому

God is going to tear that down too WATCH! THEY JUST DON'T GET IT! NYC IS GOING UNDER

@Delosian Рік тому

I like Plan 2, one or more large surge gates, as this is a lot like what the Netherlands did to protect against storms. It is the higher than normal waves that are the issue so if you can stop these waves from getting into the low-lying areas then you're largely fine. I would also look at dredging the NY Harbor area and using that to build up the sea wall where NY bay meets the Atlantic.

@NazriB Рік тому

Lies again? Masters Of Sea

@SummerSausage1 Рік тому

Great suggestion, what is your Masters and PhD in?

@Delosian Рік тому

@@SummerSausage1 I currently hold a Masters degree in Engineering, a Bachelors degree in Biomedical Science, I am a Senior Member of the IEEE (SMIEEE), I have 23 years of experience in the workforce, and I have co-authored multiple scientific research papers.

@truthhurts3524 Рік тому

I was thinking dredging may also be some assistance.

@squeektheweek6949 Рік тому

This was exactly my thought, it is one project instead of several and I believe has the most longevity instead of having to revisit plans 10 years from now when things develop beyond the original several plans scope which are still being implemented.

@briansmith6306 Рік тому

Time for NYC to raise taxes…..no reason the entire nation should have to pay.

@davidmontgomery8938 Рік тому

Similar work is being done to protect Houston - it's just a necessity at this point.

@pl6935 Рік тому

10x the estimate so the politicians can line their pockets

@joegallego7490 Рік тому

That's crazy, why not to spend that money on planting more trees or on renewables energy sources and the best option is to start cutting down on fuel consumption. China, US and India are really affecting the rest of the world because of their massively green gas emissions

@SamsungA-lj1zo Рік тому

Would it be possible to build breakers with rocks to mitigate surge damage? Also taking lessons from other cities using mangrove, greenspace, corals

@KailuaChick Рік тому

It’s a nice thought but mangroves are tropical, they wouldn’t survive the cold. Same with corals.

@stansb37 Рік тому

Netherlands have this

@tommygogetter5992 Рік тому

Could probably build a wall out of nyc rats, locally sourced material

@richardnuevo Рік тому

Mangroves as natural barriers in that part of the globe? 🙄

@BradThePitts Рік тому

For the same $52 billion you can build a couple blocks of the 1st Avenue Subway.

@qjtvaddict Рік тому

No longer worth it due to climate change

@Time2Live.online Рік тому

At the current rate the Antarctic Doomsday Ice Sheet is breaking up New York does not have until 2044. The sea level will be rising by about 11.5 feet in the next 2 to 3 years, and double that by 2030. It's a shame no one took the warnings seriously back in the 1970s when there was plenty of time to deal with this. If I lived in NY, I would start looking to relocate soon.

@UptownSigma Рік тому

From a new yorker definitely soon

@Bryan-eq6nt Рік тому

Nigeria did something similar and it worked well. It's pretty feasible as far as there aren't other water bodies getting pushed by the walls

@aeris...5389 Рік тому

They should be ready to build an underwater city

@johnsamuel1999 Рік тому

That 52 billion dollars will jump to 200 billion dollars 😂

@adammorra3813 Рік тому

Very true John.

@LoveHandle4890 Рік тому

Reminds me of the scene from A.I where New York in the future was underwater tbh.

@thedopplereffect00 Рік тому

That movie was awful

@UncoolForYou Рік тому

The end of the world is Manhattan.

@christophermiller3031 Рік тому

some sort of energy generation really should be built into this project... be it waves, wind, solar... with such a big project that requires maintenance... making it a powered generating project could make it seem more utopian and less dystopian

@KRYMauL Рік тому

An off shore wind farm and oyster farm/ sea wall would make a lot more sense. I hope they actually incorporate stuff like that.

@KevinSmith-qi5yn Рік тому

The it will hurt the poor and minorities the most line was pretty funny. How many poor people do you know who own property near the coast of the NYC area? Most poor people can't afford property in the NYC area at all. This is an issue with these projects when the ones making the decisions are bureaucrats and politicians. It takes them decades to come up with a plan, come in massively over budget and take decades to build.

@jerrypeukert5732 Рік тому

They have to sell it.

@akadoiphin267 Рік тому

@@TheDogGoesWoof69 you have to sell your soul to even afford a house in today’s age.

@JohnnyJay81 5 місяців тому

Another idiot bot. Are all these Russian or Chinese?

@attanborney6992 Рік тому

Or they could just do something about climate change. 🤔

@Iwish4zombies Рік тому

Either way they’ll tax you don’t worry

@automnejoy5308 Рік тому

That ship has sailed, crashed, burned and sunk.

@ronblack7870 Рік тому

add 20 feet to the land. jack up all the structures. chicago did it one time including raising tall buildings.

@TheMadisonHang Рік тому

why does this seem so familiar? reminds me of some other sunked cities in europe

@geoffgeoff3333 Рік тому

Question: does the plan include dealing with rainwater runoff from super storm? If not, won't the area behind the storm gates flood?

@markfactor5952 Рік тому

Guess rain water will flow from the drainages towards the wall where high capacity pumps will pump them over the wall

@chaoswarriorbr Рік тому

Manhattan is an island in a river coming out to sea. There isn't a viable plan to contain that. Build somewhere else, it'll cost less. F NYC!

@thegntlemn1986 6 місяців тому

Precisely.

@ismailnyeyusof3520 Рік тому

In an ideal world I imagine the best solution woud be massive walls that remain hidden until the 100 years storm and then they rise to protect the city. Probably cost way more than 52 billion though, along with exorbitant maintenance costs.

@HYPEREX Рік тому

Sounds like a movie

@sobeliever1638 Рік тому

In my mind when the time comes the wall does not rise because a millennial was to busy lving their best life on UKposts and did not maintain it.

@aecath Рік тому

The lack of urgency is astounding.

@briangervais5962 Рік тому

Just start building higher. You can't wall off the ocean for more than a decade or two. I don't want to pay taxes for rich people on the coasts to constantly rebuild after disasters.

@jovanabeograd Рік тому

I wish NYC the best

@TheRoyalManbird Рік тому

Imagine if someone spent $52 billion fixing what's causing these mysterious rising seas and extreme storms

@speakingofgreg Рік тому

52 Billion wouldnt be nearly enough

@AmeriMutt76 Рік тому

@greg9761 the implication (to me) is that the sum of all the expensive "adaptations" will be more than what fixing the problem in the first place would have been. Next week, Musk will claim his mission to Mars is actially a climate change adaptation and secure government funding..

@riteshshinde3092 Рік тому

Sounds good but these changes are only possible through systemic policies to incentivize carbon neutral activities

@chelechillen7848 Рік тому

Ya you should start. Go live in a cave.

@TheBooban Рік тому

@@kronosaurelius but people are making money with renewables. So adapting to climate change doesn’t have to be a net loss. It’s actually profitable. Healthier. Everyones happier. And not dead n stuff.

@jakkeni7212 Рік тому

If we would have worried about climate change like we should have , decades ago, we wouldn't need to worry about building a wall now

@sexywave Рік тому

1:21 I'm all for the wall around NY itself not just the wall in our southern border, know what I'm saying? 🤣

@blakespeith3698 Рік тому

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@lucyfrashu352 Рік тому

I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

@jameswillson8910 Рік тому

😱Sounds familiar, I have heard her name on several occasions.. and both her success stories in the wall Street journal!

@vanillafyona6557 Рік тому

Wow wow please is there any way to reach there services, I work 3 jobs and trying to pay off my students loan for a while now!! Please help me

@vanillafyona6557 Рік тому

@Randy George Thanks am sending her a message NOW! this is huge opportunity for me

@milleroven9670 Рік тому

My first 15 figure profit shocked everyone that they started trading with her guidance and expertise on both stocks and crypto....

@witness1013 Рік тому

So - just a years rent in an Manhattan penthouse... seems reasonable...

@R.U.1.2. Рік тому

You COULD spend it on better office furniture. That would be a once-in-a-day upgrade.

@thunderb00m Рік тому

How the people who own homes on billionaires row make an investment to protect their assets and fund this project?

@DunnickFayuro Рік тому

I'd argue that the insurance companies should get involved in the funding of this. At least partially. They're the ones who will eventually save big money from this.

@sobeliever1638 Рік тому

They barely want to pay what they should be paying how would this ever happen?

@DunnickFayuro Рік тому

@@sobeliever1638 They would save more money. They like paying less. It's in their corporate DNA.

@imperialmotoring3789 Рік тому

I thought "build bridges not walls".

@miroslavstafi689 Рік тому

Whats about Yellowstone?

@01ai01 Рік тому

This is a problem that solves itself without a sea barrier. If property insurers charge market rates that reflect the risk, and the federal government took a position of not bailing out landowners, then people would move, causing property values to decline to the point that building a wall wouldn't be anywhere near economically feasible. Problem solved, you're welcome.

@Triquetra15 Рік тому

Finally. I’ve been looking for an intelligent comment that understands reality. Why should everyone else have to pay to fix these people’s real problem which is there need to live as close to ocean as possible without ever seeing water in their house. There is literally a whole continent they could move to. If they really want to stay there, I’m all for it, but they should pay. They haven’t been getting out their pocketbooks for people living in West Virginia who are partially poor because of their bad geography.

@ashleyhill6697 Рік тому

@@Triquetra15 the trend seems to be going to no state tax and bigger federal govt.

@matthewhintz6404 Рік тому

Reminds me how pre 1950 living close to the ocean wasn’t considered desirable in the way it is today. People who did live on the coast often didn’t even have windows facing the water. The ocean was a source of heavy winds and the technology didn’t exist yet to proof your home from the force of these. How about instead of using technology to force making a previously inhospitable environment somehow livable, we just accept that Mother Nature can’t be completely dominated and we instead should adapt in other ways.

@JohnnyJay81 5 місяців тому

The fact that this nonsense got likes is an indication of the lack of education and common sense in today’s world. Do you not understand global economies, POLITICS, and the societal impact of doing what you say? Do you not understand the massive interruption this would have on the country and the far greater cost? My goodness, how can people be so narrow minded and completely unable to think past the trees. Stop watching nonsense that just reinforces your ignorance and actually try to get educated. But we all know you won’t..

@JohnnyJay81 5 місяців тому

@@Triquetra15Zero brain activity here

@ronbennett7885 Рік тому

Probably be cheaper to alter the weather so more water freezes over cold regions, in particular, the South Pole. That would draw down sea levels over time. Wall might help for a 1-2 foot rise, but anything more, likely not. Water will find a way to get around the wall including coming up through the soil. Better approach is moving much of the city and/or raising the buildings.

@powerhouse884 Рік тому

I ams sure you discuss that with Storm and Professor Xavier already. Brilliant take, hope we hear from them soon.

@distracting1 Рік тому

Or we could try and stop climate change by going to renewable energy, wasting less, and planting trees?

@atomicwedgie8176 Рік тому

@@distracting1 Obama and Gore have beachfront mansions... I wouldn't worry too much about climate change.

@distracting1 Рік тому

@@atomicwedgie8176 "same I also think we shouldn't care about when the glaciers melt all of florida will be under the sea!"

@atomicwedgie8176 Рік тому

@@distracting1 Take a glass and fill it with ice, set it on a table, and be amazed that it won't run over, when it melts. Climate change is a money and control grab against us. Statistics show the world is ACTUALLY cooling... it goes through heating and warming cycles. These politicians and scientists pushing this nonsense are demons.

@hyggemcb06 Рік тому

Why did the study take 10 years! Sandy was in 2012, started in 2013 and construction expected complete by 2040's when sea level will already be higher...

@YouTubeCensorsEverything Рік тому

There has to be an engineer able solution to divert flood waters into lower waterways and do it without some giant expensive sea wall. Imagine if we took all that extra water and captured it for our reservoirs somehow. I'm not going attempt to guess if or how we could do that but I can only hope they're thinking about it in a practical way.

@bkguy11203 Рік тому

NYC's reservoirs are all located north of the city and are mostly full. Capturing surge water would have to be desalinated and would take a tremendous amount of energy to then transport upstream, so while its a nice idea that isnt something that is really necessary and/or feasible.

@YouTubeCensorsEverything Рік тому

@@bkguy11203 I'm not saying that's the right solution but there's many ways water moves across continents. We just have to think about how to get to do that same thing when we want, where we want. If we can't solve problems like this in the 21st century we're doomed.

@jimmyliu4614 Рік тому

Sea walls might be working in the short term, but they become less viable in the long term under projected climate change and sea level rise scenarios. I am afraid that major cities like New York will eventually have to strategically relocate their critical social and financial infrastructure to inland areas.

@idigrocks Рік тому

Places like New York can’t exist long term. A sea wall would eventually fail and they don’t have the ability to stop a flood like that, it would be a catastrophe

@peterbelanger4094 Рік тому

You kids are completely brainwashed.... sigh....

@PiotrMaselkowski Рік тому

Ask Dutch, they have 1/3rd country below sea level

@tommygogetter5992 Рік тому

Could just stop building in risky areas and move development to Hartford CT. But something tells me that won’t happen since people are moving to Miami which is already under water

@BenjaminCronce Рік тому

Won't be "inland" for long. Plan correctly, and it'll be water front again.

@donaldatherton319 Рік тому

okay playing devils advicate here: lets say this approved and built and works, what is to prevent any other site on coastline demanding their own $52 billion project?

@asahel980 Рік тому

If only Long Island is connected whole to connecticut , a sea walls(like attack on titan tall walls) to the south will just suffice and they can make a natural huge water reservoir and can make a hydroelectric dam too.

@karenzipern6892 Рік тому

An excellent story that clearly communicates the complex climate challenges faced by all New Yorkers . Lindsey reports not only on the problems but also on some potential solutions as well

@ShidaiTaino Рік тому

New York is priceless. The city must survive at all costs.

@Sanyu-Tumusiime Рік тому

it's garbage. i hope we pollute more and let new york sink along with LA and SF

@almdrs Рік тому

I agree!

@enriqueshunnar6725 Рік тому

This reminds me of the Expanse Series New York Wall

@r.b.l.5841 Рік тому

What Sealevel rise did they use for the design? 14 years - likely triple that. during that time, the revised Sealevel rise will blow this design 'out of the water' better move to 70 meters higher ground.

@AmeriMutt76 Рік тому

Been waiting for this to actually happen for years. I mean, sci-fi had this figured out way back in 1981!

@TheBooban Рік тому

Yeah, wall to keep NYC in, not the sea out!

@fearless6947 Рік тому

which movie?

@peterbelanger4094 Рік тому

It was ONE storm, 11 years ago. The world is NOT ending.

@veronicalee5937 Рік тому

@@TheBooban Will it keep their Politics IN though???

@cliffwoodbury5319 Рік тому

Might as well build trillions of dollars of walls on all coast. The U.S. should have began populating the Mid West a long time ago. the North American water Shed is huge and extending from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and by connecting it north to south and east to west should be a priority.

@TheBooban Рік тому

Smarter to just extend the coast. Problem is cities too near to the water. Can’t move the city now, so just reclaim land and rebuild the coast with natural barriers and give people their natural coast again. Must be cheaper and better solution.

@crankychris2 Рік тому

Have you ever been to the Midwest USA? 'Nuff said, its worse than Ukraine, especially the meth!

@kiyanwest_ Рік тому

Is the wall to keep water out or the ppl in 🤔

@TrilithiumBanditKelsey Рік тому

This will end up like the levy-system around New Orleans; whatever ends up being constructed... it won't be maintained, just like all the other dated, mouldering infrastructure here.

@linkjag Рік тому

There is no world in which climate migration wouldn't just benefit the hugely wealthy. All of the rich people pushed out of lower Manhattan will just be moved to the Bronx and the non coastal parts of Brooklyn and queens which are some of the last ungentrified areas of the city. They'll make those places their new homes and push the people who live there onto the streets. Climate migration cannot be an option

@GilmerJohn Рік тому

Perhaps the city can gradually be raised up. Start with the streets block by block. The building owners can do changes in their entrances or whatever it takes. There is a precedent for this: when the NY Central RR ran tracks to Grand Central Station, it was decided to raise the street level to above the track level. The necessary accommodations were made. Park Avenue runs OVER the NY Central tracks.

@jumbomuffin1316 Рік тому

…. Huh?

@travellingslim Рік тому

"We should take bikini bottom and push it somewhere else!"

@AlexandrePRODHOMME Рік тому

futurama's NEW New York comes to mind

@bugsybogart6926 7 місяців тому

Build Pipe Lines To Desserted Places Like Arizona, Nevada, Utah And Arizona To Lower The Water 🌊

@SashaBuzko 7 днів тому

So we have no problem spending billions of taxpayers money to protect private profits of major shareholders of oil companies. We are not changing our energy generation structure because it will hurt their earnings (politicians like to call it "economy"). We are just mitigating the damage because we are being told it's inevitable. In other words, many will pay for the greed of the few.

@jeremygibbs7342 Рік тому

At $52 Billion. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be cheaper to build a new city that can A. Handle a growing population and B. Not be in the direct path of hurricanes based on accessible data?

@Maxine13267 Рік тому

It’s probably much more environmentally damaging to build a whole new city. The increase in co2 material transportation and manufacturing would exacerbate the problem and wherever that new city is placed we’ll see increased problems as well. If you move it inland and it gets too hot you get droughts and wildfires. Move it north and the weather is erratic you get blizzards with 10 feet of snow. The reality is we have to modify the city and change the way we live and interact with nature to secure the future.

@AndresGarcia-on9gb Рік тому

The damage from Sandy was $19 Billion for NYC and $37 Billon in NJ and that is with buildings and infrastructure being repaired. You're not moving a fraction of NYC for $52 Billion. One WTC alone cost $3.8 billion to build and it's not uncommon that individual office buildings in Manhattan run into the billions of dollars to construct. The real estate in all of NYC alone is worth literally trillions of dollars and if you take into account the infrastructure you're looking at trillions more. Start building all new building and infrastructure and you're probably in range of tens of trillions of dollar just to move NYC.

@headlightman Рік тому

Escape from New York! 😂 5% of the countries economy and becoming less everyday. How many boarded up window downtown still? All those companies who said they'll never be back! How's that Louisiana thing going now? You know New Orleans? Who's paying for it?

@beo456 Рік тому

Our new estimate is now 500 Billion and 30 years to build.

@forex4137 Рік тому

Very interesting

@containedhurricane Рік тому

Too costly. I bet the Dutch can offer a much cheaper solution

@pieterveenders9793 Рік тому

Guaranteed. They did an even bigger project for 1/10th the costs. The Delta works they built to defend the Southwest of the country protects an area bigger than New York, and was designed and built for a mere €5 billion. Even better, it still allows the port of Rotterdam, the 3rd biggest in the world, to work without any hindrance to its shipping whatsoever yet can fully close everything off in less than an hour if needed.

@markovermeer1394 Рік тому

@@pieterveenders9793 Too optimistic. Those 5B€ was spend between 1960 and 1997. Taking inflation into account, my wild guess is that it costed around 30B€ in todays money. But better to look at current investments. The Dutch spent 7.7B€ per year (2020) on water management projects, which is just short of 1% of the GDP. 1% of 21Trillion US$ (GDP) is 210B US$ per year. 50B spread over many years to protect NY is not much. Relatively.

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@raybod1775 Рік тому

What about Florida cities and every other city along the oceans? Let New York City pay for it itself.

@ginolorenzo9851 Рік тому

the making of Escape from New York build a wall make Manhattan Island a prison

@FinancialShinanigan Рік тому

If anything, 8 million New Yorkers will get free scuba gear!

@yuglesstube Рік тому

I wonder how they plan to pay for all this, and it's not just NY!

@twothreefour234 Рік тому

Flushing NY from time to time may not be all bad.

@netizencapet 7 місяців тому

NYC's GDP in 2022 was $2.1 Trillion. $52.6 Billion is definitely affordable.

@woobanger6886 Рік тому

It ⏲️ to leave the BIG CITY OF DREAMS

@fortunatusfortunatus Рік тому

New Yorker can surely afford this because New York has a "billionaire row" 🙂

@Rust_Rust_Rust Рік тому

You pay for it

@Tsukonin Рік тому

It will cost much more than that, and it'll be a waste of money and ressources. No plans for facing climate change or even for facing economic recession/retraction. That's insane. Not to mention we don't know how much sea levels are going to rise since we don't know if global temperatures are going to be 2, 3 or 4 degrees higher than pre-industrial times. Precisely because of the uncertainty, it wouldn't hurt to already prepare for the worse, which means already planning relocations of some of the most low-lying areas of NYC's region.

@Frenchieeeee Рік тому

The $0 solution: Don't, fk cities. We don't need cities when we can work remote.

@jimysk8er Рік тому

And if they use traditional concrete and steel, they will only add to the base problem.

@JS-pb6gb Рік тому

So it will be more like 75 billion. I don’t think block nyc waterfront go with plan 2

@Arational Рік тому

The wall around New York is in the opening sequence of The Expanse.

@okinawanah3463 Рік тому

focus on building the wall with Mexico first

@saulgoodman2018 Рік тому

How about work on the the water systems. It floods in Hoboken from just a half inch of rain. More drains, and make the pipes bigger. It will not flood.

@nitemare1525 Рік тому

Glad luck nyc with this plan

@Rust_Rust_Rust Рік тому

We don't need luck we are rich

@nikitakucherov5028 Рік тому

Invest a few million in PICKING UP THE DAMN TRASH. Im visiting NYC right now and it’s ridiculous

@MarkWhiteartist Рік тому

Why not drop large boulders into the sea to create an underwater wall that reduces wave size? Similar to how some Caribbean beaches have a "shore" hundreds of feet out. It's better than a visible wall and wouldn't require construction or years to build. The boulders would absorb the wave impact, protecting the land.

@xaza8uhitra4 Рік тому

Just redirect the next hurricane to billionaires row and wall street. problem solved

@laptopdroptop9457 Рік тому

Man in a suit says we’re all in this together, check your wallets people lmao

@dkmooninite Рік тому

based lol

@aero1000 Рік тому

Why not reclaim a big part of the land as part of a sea wall. You can create a new seafront, and more buildings in high value area which would also generate money, it’s just like Flevoland in the Netherlands, any of the proposed plans are heavily inspired by the Netherlands.

@ragdog1257 Рік тому

The wave trailer 🌊🤷

@trepan4944 Рік тому

So...Walls work now? Didn't work in 2016 but now they magically do? Fascinating.

@fucky889 Рік тому

Water isn’t very smart, humans are. I guess , I might be wrong since you are also a human.

@JHayler7 Рік тому

I'm sure the waves/storm surges will get a ladder to help them climb over

@Flyfishing9898 Рік тому

Water doesn't work like an autonomous human being, numbnut

@anony88 Рік тому

@@JHayler7 walls won't stop tidal waves, but they can sure help slow the movement. See how that works?

@Flyfishing9898 Рік тому

@@anony88 he was being sarcastic in response to the parent comment

@who2u333 Рік тому

Or we could have oil & gas corporations foot his bill. Apparently they wrote studies in the 70's that predicted this if we maintained or increased using their products.