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Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas

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On 7/5/2018 8:58 PM, mixed nuts wrote:
> On 7/5/2018 7:46 PM, Sergio wrote:
>> On 7/5/2018 7:02 AM, mixed nuts wrote:
>>> On 7/5/2018 5:00 AM, kensi wrote:
>>>> The West Avenue and Sunset Harbour areas are consistently underwater
>>>> due to sea level rise, and raising them is one major aspect of the
>>>> City's solution:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.miamirealestateguy.com/miami-beach-to-raise-west-avenue-1-to-2-feet-to-combat-rising-sea/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> They're going to need a lot of big panels to control all them 75HP 480V
>>> 3 phase ocean water pumps.  Sea level rise will be a great stimulus for
>>> the panel punching industry.  A very great stimulus.  And amazing.
>>>
>>> They'll need backflow preventers too.  Many very high quality backflow
>>> preventers.  And people to install them.
>>>
>> they will have to raise up all the sewer pipes, and drainage ditches too.
>>
>> they did this along the Texas coast years ago, as Texas was pumping out
>> fresh water benieth the coastline in many areas
> 
> They just jacked the houses up 16-20 feet and let the roads get wet.
> Don't need no drainage ditch if the road's doing' the draining.  Like
> along Surfside Beach and over to Galveston.
> 

I drove throug galvez after Ike, and on the backside of the island, the
water came up and got those 2 and 3 story buildings back there and moved
them, and they all came out crooked.

(their land sinking due to pumping freash water out from under themselves)

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Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas kensi <kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid> - 2018-07-05 05:00 -0400
  Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2018-07-05 08:02 -0400
    Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-07-05 18:46 -0500
      Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2018-07-05 21:58 -0400
        Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-07-05 23:11 -0500
  Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-05 12:12 -0700
    Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-07-05 13:26 -0700
    Re: Miami Beach is Raising Streets by 2 Feet to Combat Rising Seas Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-07-05 18:43 -0500

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