lemonyzest757
lemonyzest757 t1_j9utl38 wrote
Reply to comment by Logical_Crab_4594 in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511
It's already happening.
['You can't live in a swamp': Virginia fishing village threatened by rising sea levels
A new study found that Tangier Island is losing ground faster than previously thought, highlighting how climate change threatens U.S. coastal communities.](https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/climate-change-tangier-island-sea-level-rise-rcna4830)
lemonyzest757 t1_iyea1j6 wrote
Reply to comment by airbus29 in TIL about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed an estimated 224,000 people. It is not even not even in the top 10 for deadliest natural disasters in history. by ProfoundPenguin
Oh for crying out loud
lemonyzest757 t1_iy9dmhg wrote
Reply to comment by brock_lee in TIL the guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," Sheldon Leonard, became one of the most successful TV producers in history, having created the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among many others. As a tribute, the two main characters on "Big Bang Theory" were named after him. by latchkey_adult
That was in the dark, unhappy timeline.
lemonyzest757 t1_iue7aes wrote
Reply to comment by johnn48 in TIL In China more than 40 million people live in caves by likessvenska
No, it's more like the Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico. They are caves in the side of the mountain, not underground.
lemonyzest757 t1_j9uusuz wrote
Reply to comment by GoGaslightYerself in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511
I know - I live in the Tidewater area. I don't know how much exactly is due to rising sea levels and how much to subsidence, but they are both factors.