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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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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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humdaaks_lament t1_j1go9cu wrote

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

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sonicNH t1_j1gsiq4 wrote

Doesn't it ALWAYS flood in this area?

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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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donkeyrocket t1_j1gx2fq wrote

Replying to SuitableDragonfly (#1,035,036)

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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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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MonsieurReynard t1_j1hnbm9 wrote

Replying to SuitableDragonfly (#1,035,777)

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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Visible-Education-98 t1_j1hoque wrote

Replying to Z0idberg_MD (#1,036,759)

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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questfire t1_j1ht623 wrote

Food at the Chart House never needs any salt.

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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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Wareve t1_j1hyzpz wrote

Replying to mrcatatonia (#1,038,498)

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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nonitalic t1_j1hz1cf wrote

Replying to thebruns (#1,034,549)

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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Financial_Cancel1577 t1_j1i7vv0 wrote

Replying to humdaaks_lament (#1,034,608)

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

Replying to Financial_Cancel1577 (#1,040,093)

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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YellowSea11 t1_j1idbbi wrote

Serious question .. is this why it's a duckboat? Does the duckboat ...work?

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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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exploremore617 t1_j1k81f5 wrote

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

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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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