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U.S. Cities at Risk of Sinking
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this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
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I know you refer to the credit card comparison but right at the top it literally says "mm/year".
How much is that in milli-school buses?
If we use a bus at 45' and convert that into milli-school bus you get 0.045 feet = 1 milli-school bus. 1 milli-school bus = 13.761mm.
1 mm = 0.00328084 milli-school bus