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An alarming global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change, and coastal flood exposure report has been released.

Climate-induced sea-level rise and vertical land movements, including natural and human-induced subsidence in sedimentary coastal lowlands, combine to change relative sea levels around the world’s coasts. Although this affects local rates of sea-level rise, assessments of the coastal impacts of subsidence are lacking on a global scale.

Jumping Jack reached out to #CityImages saying that he almost forgot what the inside of a bar looks like and decided to celebrate.

After waiting a week following his 2nd shot, jab, or #COVID vaccine prick, Jumping Jack decided it was time to have a shout down at the local Irish 31 Pub. He also happens to be a second-generation BARISTA, but we're not referring to the neighborhood coffee house. A barista is now a person whose job involves preparing and serving different types of coffee.

A complex winter storm will start today in the Midwest with heavy snow from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley, including the Chicago metro area. On Sunday, the snow and wintry mix will spread into the Mid-Atlantic region before a potential Nor'easter intensifies and significantly impacts portions of the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and New England on Monday and Tuesday.

Leaving The City: A family journey. According to Forbes, and Reuters, folks are beginning to move out of Metropolis.

For example, New York City has reportedly...

Total Moves: 8,381
Percentage Moving Out: 60.6 percent
Population: 19,849,400
Median Household Income: $64,888
Job Growth: 1.1 percent

New York City dominates the economy of the state as the leading center of advertising, banking, finance, media, and publishing in the USA. 

When I first moved to City Island, A Slice of NYC Paradise I found a small and quiet seaside village but I had no idea there would be so many knuckleheads living here who would eventually refuse to protect others and themselves by wearing masks. An old-timer who was born and died on the same street warned me that many of them had moved into our island. Captain Ed explained that according to local tradition, anyone actually born on the island is known as a "clamdigger". A City Island resident not born on the island is known as a "mussel-sucker."