[scruple]

At 20 meters, the Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, and parts of Orange county are significantly impacted.

[rich_sasha]

Well if California goes, we might as well all pack up, civilisation is over.

[scruple]

Okay. So what do you think will happen when a significant chunk of the United States economic power is under water?

[gus_massa]

From https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148494/anticipating...

> In its 2019 report, the IPCC projected (chart above) 0.6 to 1.1 meters (1 to 3 feet) of global sea level rise by 2100 (or about 15 millimeters per year) if greenhouse gas emissions remain at high rates (RCP8.5). By 2300, seas could stand as much as 5 meters higher under the worst-case scenario.

I guess thy will migrate the datacenters before 2300.

[oceanplexian]

I suspect it will look like Amsterdam, or Venice, or any number of cities that figured out how to cope with existing at or below sea level.

[rich_sasha]

Well, billions of poor people without iPhones will be displaced or flooded. But actually on reflection, that's irrelevant compared to, dunno, having to build sea walls in Los Angeles and ruining the beach.

When I imagine the value of beach houses in Orange County dropping due to sea level rise, it fills me with such sadness.

[refurb]

Mostly knowledge workers. Remote work already reducing potential impact.