Manhattan is sinking

[Doom_Guy]

Scientific studies have determined that the island of Manhattan is sinking, probably due to the colossal weight of the hundreds of skyscrapers that sit on top of it.

https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/sea-level-isnt-rising-manhattan-is-sinking/

 

[nerfhearder]

What is it with all you idiots and that blog? The guy just flatout lies and makes shit up. It's been shown over and over and over yet people keep linking him.

STOP BEING STUPID!

 

[someoneyouknow]

Considering the tallest buildings in Manhattan sit on top of Manhattan schist, an extremely hard and durable rock, if Manhattan were to sink it would be only because the tectonic plate it sits on is sinking.

 

[nerfhearder]

Considering the tallest buildings in Manhattan sit on top of Manhattan schist, an extremely hard and durable rock, if Manhattan were to sink it would be only because the tectonic plate it sits on is sinking.

The dumbass who writes that blog says it's because Manhatten is mostly fill dirt which of course it's not. Battery Park is, a little bit on the edges, that's it.
This is what I mean about that guy, he makes shit up and these idiots believe it without thinking. Even other deniers have called him out for being full of shit.

 

[pensivepoet]

It'd make a good movie if it could sink in two hours.

 

[nerfhearder]

It'd make a good movie if it could sink in two hours.

They've tried that. Fucking thing always comes back.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

So, who cares if it sinks? Just move up a few floors.

 

[Hypoxia]

So, who cares if it sinks? Just move up a few floors.

And waterproof the subways. Be sure to move everything from underground vaults, too. Oh, when all those skyscraper foundations start dissolving? Pay them no mind. Down comes the Tromp Tower, ker-plop.

Miami will go first. Good riddance.

 

[Doom_Guy]

And waterproof the subways. Be sure to move everything from underground vaults, too. Oh, when all those skyscraper foundations start dissolving? Pay them no mind. Down comes the Tromp Tower, ker-plop.

Miami will go first. Good riddance.

The subways were completely flooded during hurricane sandy.

 

[stickygirl]

And waterproof the subways. Be sure to move everything from underground vaults, too. Oh, when all those skyscraper foundations start dissolving? Pay them no mind. Down comes the Tromp Tower, ker-plop.

Miami will go first. Good riddance.

Won't the lard keep Miami afloat?

 

[Super-Surprise]

Doom believes everything on the internet is factual. You go Doom!

http://i.imgur.com/OOMLI.gif

 

[Hypoxia]

Won't the lard keep Miami afloat?

Good one.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Miami was just a swamp anyway. Maybe when it sinks the Cubans will go home and make cigars.

 

[jomar]

According to the Journal of Irreproducible Results the fault lies with all the National Geographics that pile up over time.

 

[pensivepoet]

Doom believes everything on the internet is factual. You go Doom!

http://i.imgur.com/OOMLI.gif

I'm glad he doesn't read The Onion.

 

[Hypoxia]

According to the Journal of Irreproducible Results the fault lies with all the National Geographics that pile up over time.

So all those New Yorkers retiring to Florida kept their subscriptions going? Yes, that would account for a massive transfer of weight from NYC to Ft Lauderdale.

 

[jomar]

So all those New Yorkers retiring to Florida kept their subscriptions going? Yes, that would account for a massive transfer of weight from NYC to Ft Lauderdale.

Yes, global warming is a conspiracy. The seas are rising only because the coast is sinking.

 

[oggbashan]

So all those New Yorkers retiring to Florida kept their subscriptions going? Yes, that would account for a massive transfer of weight from NYC to Ft Lauderdale.

Yes, global warming is a conspiracy. The seas are rising only because the coast is sinking.

I blame the Big M's go large policy.

We're all getting heavier and sinking the continents. Add the sugar content of Coca-Cola and Pepsi and we're doomed, doomed...

 

[someoneyouknow]

The dumbass who writes that blog says it's because Manhatten is mostly fill dirt which of course it's not. Battery Park is, a little bit on the edges, that's it.
This is what I mean about that guy, he makes shit up and these idiots believe it without thinking. Even other deniers have called him out for being full of shit.

Battery Park City is the only true place in NYC that I know of which is made entirely of fill. From the original World Trade Center site no less. There's some fill at the bottom of Manhattan, at Battery Park where you mentioned, where the Staten Island Ferry docks and the new(ish) subway station was put in.

There's a mark on the sidewalk where the road curves, right in front of the church across from the Ferry terminal, which shows the original shoreline of Manhattan. Everything from there out to the fort is fill but there are no buildings built on it. It's all open.

 

[pensivepoet]

But an earthquake would be very interesting.
What are the chances of an earthquake, Doom?

 

[Hypoxia]

But an earthquake would be very interesting.
What are the chances of an earthquake, Doom?

I'm not Doom except when I'm squashing ants but I have screwed seismologists so I can talk about quakes.

Oklahoma is getting many, thanks to pumping and fracking. The Mississippi Valley has a propensity for monsters. Not so much on USA's East Coast but they can still happen. Note that the once-a-decade-or-so large Pacific Coast quakes cause substantially less damage than any ONE of dozens of major hurricanes or tornadoes annually in the East and MidWest. Katrina was MUCH nastier than Loma Prieta.

I do not consider the USA east of the Rocky Mountains as suitable for human habitation. Yet people try to live there anyway. Suckers.

 

[pensivepoet]

I've spent a lot of time in and around NYC and I've never been impressed with the infra-structure.
Most of the bridges look like a couple cherry bombs could bring em down.
Who thought it was a good idea to put a building on the GW?
It all just looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[JustaSCOUNDREL]

Scientific studies have determined that the island of Manhattan is sinking, probably due to the colossal weight of the hundreds of skyscrapers that sit on top of it.

https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/sea-level-isnt-rising-manhattan-is-sinking/

You left out the T when describing what is happening to Manhattan.

I'm not a fan of NYC.