been noticing a strange thing about the city while i’ve been working my way through the sewers….
Why did sealevel rise?
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In London or in New Babbage? I could have guessed it might be due to abnormally heavy rains, but I’m not sure.
Anyhow, if the sea keeps rising at this rate London might start looking more like Venice, Italy.
(Images from Harmsworth’s Magazine, August 1899)
– Dr. Henry Jekyll
London is sinking in our world, which might explain all the refugees.
architctural elements in the underground lead me to believe that sea level was once much lower than it is now.
Sensibly I’d consider it a possible result of the ancient city levels being compressed over time, but a more fun cause might be exponential growth of gelatinous cube colonies in the Vernian Sea.
Cthulhu rising.
Jimmy, something that large rising out of the ocean would logically make the sea level drop.
– Dr. Henry Jekyll
Not when ‘ee’s strolling towards the city …
My guess would have to be an excessive amount of snowfall is pulling more soot than normal from the sky and it is getting deposited on the ocean floor making the level rise?
The water level rise in the sewers was generally attributed to the collapse of the former Mount Hallendon into the far side of the Iron Bay basin (which most local geologists state was due to the overmining of the ridge overlooking the bay during the time preceding the Great Fire) and the subsequent flow changes within the sewer system. While efforts to increase the outflow pumping were thought to support a decrease of overall water levels, the seasonal precipitation changes, coupled with the collapse and the normal number of backups have raised the overall water level city-wide.