Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: American War a dystopic novel Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:25:56 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:25:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c8dc74073d4cf9e8d4b06e72d3dfd2c1"; logging-data="4054309"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18kKkdRR4TjD4iIeIaKsBaeBiERd3LnZbA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:YL/giz7Pfy6pbJB+VNadWDc33u4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2019 On 9/3/2024 3:56 PM, The Horny Goat wrote: > On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 11:17:02 -0400, Kevrob 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) I did look it up. If all ice melted, the Great Lakes would not be affected. Sea level would rise about 230 feet, but Lake Ontario is at 246 feet, and is the lowest. pt