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Mon 26 Dec, 2005 08:51 pm
I live in New York City and keep reading about global warming, rising oceans (melting sea ice, surface melt in Greenland), and increase in strong hurricanes.
How can I tell whether I need to move to a higher spot in NYC and which locations are how how much above sea level?
New York elevation:
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/faculty/seem/magarey/Vinesite/Elevation.htm
This page lists NYC elevation (I'm assuming they just mean Manhattan) as 87 ft. I suspect you'd do better to either (a) go to Mt. Marcy, the highest point in NY, or just move to a higher floor in any given apartment building. I don't think you're going to see major differences in elevation around the boroughs although Northern geographic Long Island is pretty hilly, at least it is in Nassau and Suffolk counties, so it may very well be in Queens, too.
Still, with ice melt and the like, if it becomes an issue where you've got to move, moving away from any coastline is likely to be your best bet.
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