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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: American War a dystopic novel
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 18:12:27 -0400
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The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 11:17:02 -0400, Kevrob <kjrobinson@mail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I remember Jack Kirby's take on Earth: After Disaster -
>> "Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth."
>>
>> The Great Lakes will have merged and Hudson's Bay gets surrounded by land.
> 
> I'm going to have to look that one up since if Erie and Ontario merge
> that's a major event (not to mention Superior which is 150-200 meters
> further above see level) since those two are connected by Niagara
> Falls (which is about a 75 meter difference between top and bottom)
> 
The other lakes are all about 100m above Ontario, with Superior the 
highest by a few meters.

To join them all sea level would have to rise by the equivalent of 
melting three and a half to four times as much ice as exists on earth. 
So you need massive subsidence in which case there's no point in 
worrying about survivors.


William Hyde