Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
22 points
1/21/1970
12 hours ago
by randycupertino
Comments
mkarrmann
11 hours ago
dlcarrier
We're at the point that "so slow/little it can only be seen from space" is a better description of our current technology.
10 hours ago
mkarrmann
Ya if anything the real take away is that our satellites are very impressive!
an hour ago
JohnMakin
It seems you're implying this isn't very fast - ~10 inches a year is extremely fast for this type of activity.
8 hours ago
mkarrmann
It is very fast, Mexico City has serious problems.
My point is that "can be seen from space" is an awful way to communicate that. It provides no useful intuition for the scale of "10 inches per year".
an hour ago
gnabgib
Discussion (220 points,5 days ago, 73 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47974682
10 hours ago
Referring to "25 centimeters per year" as "so fast it can be seen from space" is so funny to me.
We have very good satellites! Lots of things can be seen from space. "can be seen from space" is an awful way to provide readers intuition for the scale of something.