[K5pbem] Hong Kong

[Michael Surbrook]

On Jan 16, 2006, at 11:23 PM, Logan Darklighter wrote:

> Something just occured to me that could be an important question -
>
> How much of the information - maps, articles, and the like. But  
> mostly the maps - are going to be inaccurate given the rising sea  
> levels due to global warming in the campaign universe? How high has  
> the sea risen, actually? And how much of the land was lost, and  
> then reclaimed, with, say, lang fill and the like? I can easily  
> imagine many places in Hong Kong having a Venice-like aspect to  
> them now. Some better asapted than others. I seem to recall that  
> the unnamed city in the first Ghost in the Shell movie having  
> several areas that had canals instead of or in addition to streets.  
> I foresee this as being even more likely in Hong Kong.

Sarah mentions them filling in the harbor in one story -- so it might  
even out, semi-flooded areas replaced with land fill.

> I could actually see not modifying my perception of the Manhatten/ 
> Neo York area in this regard, because, although open to the sea, I  
> saw it as possible to build a huge seawall across the straights and  
> between Long island and the inland New York State shore. In fact, I  
> think you actually mentioned this as a possibility at one point.
>
> But Hong Kong is surrounded by water, and I can't see any way to  
> avoid having some major land changes if you assume the worst  
> happens in regard to climate change. Do we lose the current airport  
> for example? It was built on an artificial landfill island built  
> only a few meters above the water. Or was that raised or seawalled  
> around somehow?

That's the old airport, the one not on Lantau Island.

> Or do we ignore this like Cowboy Bebop ignores differences in local  
> gravity? ^_^

Yes.

I think what happens is people can develop this as they wish -- if  
you think it will be cool to have a scene with a semi-flooded Venice- 
like sequence in a part of Hong kong along the harbor, go for it. But  
don't presume the water level's risen that much -- so don't submerge  
everything.

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