Quote:All Under Water

❝ [by 2008] The West Side Highway will be under water. And there will be tape across the windows across the street because of high winds. And the same birds won’t be there. ❞ ~ Columbia University ℹ️ Professor James Hansen ~ June 1988

Full Quote: [In New York City by 2008] The West Side Highway [which runs along the Hudson River] will be under water. And there will be tape across the windows across the street because of high winds. And the same birds won’t be there. The trees in the median strip will change. There will be more police cars. Why? Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up… Under the greenhouse effect, extreme weather increases. Depending on where you are in terms of the hydrological cycle, you get more of whatever you’re prone to get. New York can get droughts, the droughts can get more severe and you’ll have signs in restaurants saying “Water by request only.