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Empire State Building covered in dirt up to observation deck...

posted 9 years ago by Deadpool1969
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How long would it have taken for that to actually happen? If it's set in 2077 there's no way that could have happened.

[–] howard_w13 9 years ago

How long would it have taken for that to actually happen? If it's set in 2077 there's no way that could have happened.

...unless titanic tsunamis pulled up enough earth from the ocean depths to bury most of the coastal areas.....which is PRECISELY what happened after the TET destroyed the moon about 60 years prior.

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[–] darkness_surroundz 9 years ago

yep, tsunamis so huge that they towered over Wall street deposited many feet of mud above and sand on them...grass grew over them, and only in certain places did the new "plains" give way to canyons to the streets below

[–] darkness_surroundz 9 years ago

yep, tsunamis so huge that they towered over Wall street deposited many feet of mud and sand on them...grass grew over them, and only in certain places did the new "plains" give way to canyons to the streets below. Atomic and maybe even Meteor blasts may have further deposited more earth and the 'new' surface

[–] psdhart 8 years ago

To me, it did feel like they took the Icelandic landscape and randomly put recognisable buildings in it 

[–] BigRich 8 years ago

To me, it did feel like they took the Icelandic landscape and randomly put recognisable buildings in it

That's exactly what it looks like.

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[–] sirmildredpierce 9 years ago

How about the Brooklyn Bridge sort of sitting intact in the middle of that big crack in the glacier. I guess after the apocalpse glaciers don't move any more.