Lower Manhattan Polar Cap Melt Flood Scenario, 2020

To produce this map, the flood shape file was processed in ARCGIS and transported to GRASS 6.4.1 using a previously saved file dealing with Smith-9th Street.  The pink areas are those areas in danger of flooding by 2020 if the sea level rises due to a drastic polar melt.  Subway lines that pass through these flood areas will need their air vents raised and other precautions must be taken