Monster Hurricane? No worries.

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The Huffington Post recently reported on ideas being floated to protect New York City from the next big hurricane and resultant flooding. As to be expected the proposed fixes are both expensive and boring. They include things like completely sealing off the harbor or adding a big levee to the east side of Manhattan.

Yeah, maybe they’ll get Halliburton to build those. Even if the city didn’t get screwed on cost over-runs the “solution” would still be lame-0. Here’s what New York City should do instead:

Build a series of pumps in Manhattan. Have them feed into a big ass pipe that runs under the harbor and then up through the Statue Of Liberty. After a big storm the water drained from Manhattan would be forced out through the Statue Of Liberty’s mouth. It’d look like she’s hurling.

If engineers staggered the water releases correctly it’d be like Old Faithful, spewing a massive geyser of water each hour. This would become an instant tourist attraction, driving lots of money into the city.

This is what is known as a total win-win.

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3 thoughts on “Monster Hurricane? No worries.”

  1. They should re-release the Charlton Heston, Planet of The Apes film with the Statue of Liberty in it and raise funds that way, What a film.

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