Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Smerconish poll of the day: Will US map be the same in 50 years? Thoughts? [View all]FakeNoose
(32,599 posts)21. The map in Forbes doesn't go far enough
It shows low-lying coastal areas will all be underwater by 2050. This is very possible and not difficult to believe.
But they missed a big one: the inland areas around the Great Lakes will also be affected. The Chicagoland area, lower parts of Michigan, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway feeding into the Lake Ontario-Erie-Huron basin. The size of those Great Lakes will greatly increase as the banks of coastal areas recede. Also I'm thinking that the southern part of the Mississippi River basin will fill in with Gulf seawater up to Saint Louis, or maybe farther?
My point is that it's not just the East, South and West Coasts that will suffer. The inlands of the Midwest will get their share too when the shit hits the fan.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
43 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Smerconish poll of the day: Will US map be the same in 50 years? Thoughts? [View all]
dwayneb
Jan 2022
OP
I'm not sure Canada doesn't get annexed if the right wing gets full control of the u.s.
unblock
Jan 2022
#9
I hope we will be that long discussed, N.A.U. but done with consent not by force.
ShazamIam
Jan 2022
#2
N.A.U. North American Union, it was being talked up big at the turn of the century. There was even a
ShazamIam
Jan 2022
#32
The red states will split off and become 3rd world countries. The blue states ...
Binkie The Clown
Jan 2022
#4
Thanks for the links! Interesting info and I most definitely will be looking up!
Willis88
Jan 2022
#39
Smerconish won't be on it, so that's a plus. Tired of talking points from that guy (Nt)
FreepFryer
Jan 2022
#7
Then I'm not sure why your OP asks whether we agree w Smerconish and not GOP / Putin.
FreepFryer
Jan 2022
#15