thanks for the tons of carbon dioxide trapping the gases in the air there. but this is why it is sort of bringing it home right now. this is brooklyn, and we are there in brooklyn looking at manhattan looking at the brooklyn bridge, and this is jane s carousel there, a landmark, and this is what superstorm sandy did there. that one storm in 2012 completely rewrote the floodplain maps in new york city. there is an extra 65,000 people living in a floodplain that they didn t know until sandy came along. you can see it here, and the barge with the heavy equipment and the stacks of boulders and for the last couple of months, they have been shoring up this area that was washed out by super storm sandy, and the water was in the lobby there, and as a result of it, the army corps is looking into a number of plans to build various seawalls depending upon the tradeoffs,
but right now they are shoring up the banks of the east river. this is a process where they lay down liners and put rocks on top of it. the army corps of engineers is working on a plan to build seawalls all around new york city in various places depending on public comments. it s all a trade-off as we think about living in this new world. lower manhattan, obviously, the financial center of the universe in many places, so protecting that with engineering in our lifetimes is going to be new, very expensive reality. yeah. that s one way to start your friday morning. manhattan is sinking. good morning, everyone. bill weir, thank you. so make the most of your day. [ laughter ] yeah, tgif has whole new meaning. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. manhattan may be sinking but we are still here with you this morning.
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