MoMA's current show is all about what to do about New York flooding. But not so much in the SFnal exciting way, more in an overflowing Gowanus Canal way. Stored here, principally for cdk 's benefit, until I figure out what to do about it.

Also, just in case you want a more chaotic, less well-argued me, I'm storing my thoughts toward posts (good god ( Read more... )

...sounds delightful: the perfect place to grill octopi.*

Actual flooded NYC would, I think, be miserable - partly because of the gunk dragged up from the underground and sewers, partly because of the impossibility of maintaining a clean fresh water supply, and partly because of the waves and weather: Manhattan is right on the Atlantic. With just ( Read more... )

( A rant, almost free of linkage, about attempts on Northern passages. )