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FarCenter

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3. Manhattan is probably pretty easy to protect
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 11:10 AM
Nov 2012

The World Trade Center, for example, sits in a huge reinforced concrete bathtub that extends far below the water level of the Hudson River. It would seem possible to extend this structure upwards another 20 to 40 feet in order to keep out flood waters.

The same approach could be taken to protect the lower couple of floors of other buildings in the lower lying areas of Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bathtub

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