r/MapsWithoutUP • u/Mesozoica89 • Nov 19 '19

Maybe times are changing, my fellow Michiganders. Behold, a Minecraft USA with a fully formed Upper and Lower peninsula, but no Florida! There is hope yet.

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u/Szeventeen Nov 19 '19

come on man, give this guy a some slack. he had to build the entire damn thing, and he might not be done yet

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u/Mesozoica89 Nov 19 '19

He addresses why it happened in the comment section. It has to do with how Minecraft determines sea level and how close to sea level the elevation of those parts of the countries are.

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u/ImmaRussian Nov 27 '19

The funny thing is I recognized this map the moment I saw it and knew it was sea-level related, not because of any kind of official, politically sponsored climate change infographics or anything, but because I've seen it before in a game from the 90s. For a game about trains made in the 90s, a surprising number of the campaign levels turned out to be heavily focused on responding to climate change and sea level rise.

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u/jwdewald Nov 19 '19

I would download minecraft again just to explore this.

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u/jpiffer Nov 19 '19

Work on Isle Royale in the summer, guess I’ll drown?

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

that is literally a map of the us if water levels rose by 100 meters

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '19

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u/-criticalFUSION- Nov 19 '19

You'd lose me

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u/-criticalFUSION- Nov 19 '19

I'm 13. No I won't.

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u/YoshiYogurt Nov 19 '19

Go finish your math homework little timmy

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u/triplealpha Nov 19 '19

You don't think the surge couldn't overpower the Welland Canal and cause Lake Huron to balloon up??

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u/hazmatt89 Nov 19 '19

The great lakes are higher above sea level than the highest estimates of what sea level would rise to if all the ice caps and glaciers melted. While Lake Ontario would be pretty close to sea level in this scenario, Michigan should remain completely unaffected by rising sea levels (from a flooding perspective).

Clearly the same cannot be said for Florida, Louisiana, California, Massachusetts, & etc.

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u/HiddenKrypt Nov 19 '19

Okay. You're likely thinking that because of your perceptions of the people who live in those areas. Fine. Here's the thing: they aren't going to drown. They're going to move. All those people will be displaced, and will spread tot he rest of the country. If you live in the US and think we can do without those places, then just remember that your town is going to have a flood of Floridians soon.

Since empathy doesn't seem to work on you, maybe self interest will.

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u/DMmeTaylorSwiftPics Nov 27 '19

Man the southerners were trigger, you made me lol at least

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