30% of Boston could get flooded by 2100 (2013, city hall, neighborhoods)

[konfetka]

These Scary Maps Explain What Sea Level Rise Will Mean in Boston - Neighborhoods - The Atlantic Cities

Not to scare anyone, this is what officials are preparing for right now:

"Had Sandy’s storm surge reached Boston 5½ hours earlier than it did, striking at high tide, 6.6 percent of the city could have been flooded, right up to the steps of City Hall. If average sea levels rise by 5 feet – a possibility by the year 2100 – today’s 100-year flood would become the city’s new normal, occurring twice a day at high tide. At that sea level, a moderate storm surge of another few feet could inundate 30 percent of the city."

This map shows flood depths up to 7.5 feet, a scenario that represents what a 100-year storm surge might look like come 2050:




Because this is what it looked like in 1640:

[queenbee78]

Well, thankfully most of us will be dead. lol