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humdaaks_lament t1_j1go9cu wrote

Not to worry. Just water. Nothing deadly like molasses or anything.

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thedafthatter t1_j1hjbxw wrote

They say you can still smell the molasses on hot days

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wrenhunter t1_j1iemaf wrote

It’s actually "you can smell them old asses on hot days"

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questfire t1_j1htg7a wrote

I attribute that smell to "low tide" in the harbor.

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Financial_Cancel1577 t1_j1i7vv0 wrote

God the molasses flood really was hilarible. On the one hand, killed by a notoriously slow liquid. On the other hand, because it was so thick and slow they kept it at near-boiling all the time so they could pump it out faster. It was basically hot tar. Edit: turns out I was full of crap. My apologies.

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Vanilloideae t1_j1ian2l wrote

I don't think that's correct. I've read a lot about the disaster, including Dark Tide, and I've never heard anything about heating the molasses. It was certainly warmer than the air temp in January (apparently ~40F) due to fermentation but it wasn't even close to "near-boiling".

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Financial_Cancel1577 t1_j1j4i18 wrote

Huh. I swear I didn't make it up, but now I can't find the source, so you're probably right. Thanks for the correction.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j1gcshb wrote

With rising sea levels and more storms the first person to start a gondola business in the greater Boston area is going to make bank.

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clamsumbo t1_j1ghbe8 wrote

Someone tried it

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zhiryst t1_j1hr78y wrote

I thought this was going to be the Rich Rebuilds video of the Sherp in the Charles. It's not, so here it is for anyone curious about a less romantic way of going through land and sea in one vehicle https://youtu.be/VC4Gkbs0bMY

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talentedtrash88 t1_j1hlgwx wrote

Gotta borrow those dudes who gondola up and down the Providence River

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mpjjpm t1_j1gtltf wrote

Almost bought a condo there. Feeling real good about my life choices right now.

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The_Big_Sad_69420 t1_j1gw6mh wrote

Haha yeah it’s crazy here, just curious where did you end up moving? If you’re comfortable sharing. Curious because I’m also looking for somewhere to move to from Bostom

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mpjjpm t1_j1gwhxu wrote

All the way to Broookline… When I was shopping, I was scheduled to view a condo near Long Wharf, but decided not to because the place I ended up buying was good enough and less expensive.

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__plankton__ t1_j1i363j wrote

Honestly 10/10 would rather live in Brookline than long wharf regardless of cost

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sonicNH t1_j1gsiq4 wrote

Doesn't it ALWAYS flood in this area?

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Z0idberg_MD t1_j1he6fg wrote

Flooding near the Aquarium? Never!

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Visible-Education-98 t1_j1hoque wrote

Yes, it does. It also floods in East Boston right across the harbor from the aquarium, has for decades. They went and built luxury apartments where there used to be wharves and now every time it rains and the flooding happens it makes the news like its a new phenomenon and a discussion around how "flood abatement" money is needed due to "climate change". Pfffffftttttt. What a joke!!!! Boston and State politicians palms got heavily greased for those building projects to get green lighted, but in the end, the developers were the ones who were duped. SMH

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mrcatatonia t1_j1hv2v6 wrote

Why did you put climate change in quotes?

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Wareve t1_j1hyzpz wrote

Just based on the context, I think they meant that the developers were blaming "climate change" when, really, they'd built in a bad place to begin with, so the climate is making an already bad situation worse, rather than creating the issue itself.

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Jimmyking4ever t1_j1jci57 wrote

I built a 3 million dollar home on the water and it flooded!

Who could have ever saw that coming?

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Wadehey t1_j1hwk46 wrote

So you don’t think the climate is going to change in the next 30 years and flooding in East Boston will be more common?

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drowsylacuna t1_j1j2mmb wrote

Yes, but building where it already has been flooding for decades seems like a bad plan even ignoring climate change.

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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1gkfv0 wrote

What is happening? I moved to Seattle back in August, so I'm not there to experience it in person.

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thebruns t1_j1gnp76 wrote

Tide goes in tide goes out you can't explain it

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nonitalic t1_j1hz1cf wrote

New moon today, so it's a spring tide. These days anytime there's rain during a spring tide that area will see some flooding. It's always been a flood risk, but has gotten much worse in the last decade.

Source: worked in a basement around there. Major flooding used to be an every other year thing, by the time I left it was 3-4 times a year.

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Visible-Education-98 t1_j1hp23p wrote

Must be "climate change", has to be, cuz they told us so!

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Salvia_dreams t1_j1htkb7 wrote

Yeah dude, earth is also “round” /s

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FuzzyWDunlop t1_j1gqtpu wrote

Coastal flooding in some locations. Pretty big rain storm here along with strong winds that were pushing into the harbor this morning and you add high tide to get this.

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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1gsrvd wrote

Funny, here we got snow and freezing rain that turned the whole city into a very hilly ice skating rink because of no salt. I think we traded weather or something.

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sir_mrej t1_j1gvrlh wrote

Hello fellow masshole living in Seattle

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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1gw5cl wrote

I feel more like a Seattlite who inadvertently spent 7 years living in Boston because of poor career choices, haha. But I am fond of the sub, so I didn't unsubscribe.

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sir_mrej t1_j1h0uuw wrote

LOL. I grew up in New England, and didn't expect to stay in Seattle as long as I have :)

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donkeyrocket t1_j1gx2fq wrote

I'm fairly sure Seattle reversed the salt ban or at least uses different de-icing mixtures now. Even so, an ice storm of that level that sometimes hits Seattle isn't really going to be solved by salt anyway. They may not have treated some areas as it would be futile.

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SuitableDragonfly t1_j1h0ep6 wrote

Yeah, I don't think salt is banned or anything, it's just a matter of them not having the infrastructure to deal with something like this.

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MonsieurReynard t1_j1hnbm9 wrote

Also a Boston boy who loved living in Seattle for a few years in the 90s..: one thing is that folks there could not be bothered with using winter tires, never saw anyone swap them out unless they were hardcore mountain buffs or skiers. Everyone else makes do on all seasons. Combined with little to no snow removal or salting, and Seattle after a winter storm was one of the craziest places to drive ever. I drove a RWD pickup when I lived there, and was sort of a "head to the mountains every weekend" type, so I put snow tires on just to survive. But you knew better than to drive on icy days there if you didn't have to, because it was a skating rink on those hills.

Still miss Seattle, go back every year (or I did before the pandemic) to see old friends and get in some time on Rainier or Baker. Also have to say Seattle food has it all over any East Coast city in my opinion! But in many ways it feels fairly similar to New England culturally. I felt right at home and considered retiring there before settling on Western Mass. Homeboys gonna homeboy.

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wittgensteins-boat t1_j1h43l5 wrote

Seattle has about 10,000 miles of streets and roads.

If they had 50 trucks, each truck is responsible for 200 miles, and could cover major roads in say a 6 to 8 hour cycle.

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wgc123 t1_j1hprel wrote

Yeah, I’m looking apfor update pictures. Yesterday it was rainy, but the overnight low here in a suburb was 11°, so what does all that water look like now?

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Ultraeasymoney t1_j1htmf3 wrote

This explains why Condo cost more the higher up it's located.

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Syracuse1118 t1_j1hvgzw wrote

king/high tides flood the seaport, aquarium, and Eastie all the time… always have

Source: Boater in Winthrop

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Alphatron1 t1_j1i0uj2 wrote

Oh I love that dirty water…

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MisterEnterprise t1_j1hu0ap wrote

I'm surprised it's not frozen over.

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AkbarTheGray t1_j1hv984 wrote

But quite cold enough today to freeze salt water, but it sure feels like it....

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questfire t1_j1ht623 wrote

Food at the Chart House never needs any salt.

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davidmatousek t1_j1iyhc8 wrote

Interesting that it happened downtown and not here. No coastal flooding in the seaport. Northern Ave was nice and dry.

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NewEng12 t1_j1jibha wrote

Holyy, I was considering renting an office in that building, not anymore

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Maddcapp t1_j1hczn2 wrote

Isn’t that where the Chart House was? What happens to those buildings when it floods? Are they vacant?

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Jimmyking4ever t1_j1jcock wrote

Here I thought my day couldn't get any better.

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exploremore617 t1_j1k81f5 wrote

Ahhh yes, Bostons most exclusive neighborhood. Built on landfill.

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boogie82406 t1_j1ke8zg wrote

This isn't fallout 4 ps5 upgrade?

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DontStealMyPen1 t1_j1khtuu wrote

Boston ain’t weak ass Texas. We know how to deal with the elements here.

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