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Old 02-26-2010, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
Glass is going to be a huge problem.

Sure there's plenty of it around, but how much is going to have survived the effects of a nuke in one piece?

In some areas of New York City (we are talking about New York, aren't we?), glass will be entirely unavailable in the form that is required. Staten Island, which took the brunt of the effects of the New Jersey refinery strikes, probably will have little or no glass suitable for use in greenhouses. What glass might be found shouldn't be looked for, given the ongoing radiation hazard. According to Armies of the Night, those parts of Manhattan nearest the blast lost a bunch of glass, too.

By late 2000, a lot of ground floor windows also will be broken. I'm not in a position to say what percentage, which would vary condierably by neighborhood in any event. We should bear in mind, though, that New York City has become considerably more violent since 1997.

Nonetheless, windows above the first floor and away from southern Manhattan should be increasingly intact as one goes up. Obviously, the second story windows will receive a fair amount of whatever abuse falls on the ground floor windows. Nevertheless, I would expect an overall trend of lessening damage as one moves away from the ground. Turning this theoretically available glass into greenhouses is another matter.

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