• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    Consistently multiple inches a year is actually insane

    One must pose the question, then:

    …Where is it going?

    Edit: thinks about tectonic plates … Oh no…

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      20 hours ago

      In this case it’s compressing because the water has been drained. It used to be a lake. Same problem in New Orleans.

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        19 hours ago

        Ahhhh… That’s better than a gap in the earth opening and sending one of the largest cities on earth between tectonic plates to basically hell

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      19 hours ago

      It’s gonna sink like the artifact from Indiana Jones and cause the Yellowstone supervolcano to erupt lol